Sebastian Niemann

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