Sebastian Niemann
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- June 21, 1969
- Place of birth
- Lüneburg, Germany
Biography
Sebastian Niemann is a German director and screenwriter born in Lüneburg, Germany in June 21, 1968.
Niemann began his studies at the University of Television and Film Munich in 1994 and was able to reap the first international recognition with his short film, Prosecutor, by winning the Special Prize of European Television Channels, which was part of the International Festival of Fantasy "Horror & Science Fiction" in Brussels.
Together with Rainer Matsutani he wrote the screenplay for the fantasy comedy Nur über meine Leiche (1995) with Katja Riemann and Christoph M. Ohrt and staged Das Spiegelbild, the third episode of the television film Ghost Hour (1997) with Jan Niklas and Corinna Harfouch in the lead roles.
Then, in 1998, Sebastian Niemann staged the ProSieben mystery thriller Biikenbrennen - The Curse of the Sea with Christoph M. Ohrt and Anja Kling, in which he teamed up for the first time with producer Christian Becker (then under 'Indigo Filmproduktion').
Movies directed by Sebastian Niemann
- Hui Buh: The Castle Ghost 2006 · ★ 5.8
- Jack the Ripper: The London Slasher 2016 · ★ 6.9
- Killing Is My Business, Honey 2009 · ★ 6.7
- 7 Days to Live 2000 · ★ 5.6
- Hui Buh and the Witch's Castle 2022 · ★ 5.6
- Biikenbrennen - Der Fluch des Meeres 1999 · ★ 6.6
- Haunter 1994 · ★ 6.8
- Geisterstunde - Fahrstuhl ins Jenseits 1997 · ★ 6.0
- Hui Boo and the Curse of the Genies 2027
- Das Jesus Video 2002