Uli Hanisch
Personal Info
Known for
Art
Gender
Male
Birthday
1967-01-01 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
Nuremberg, Germany
Uli Hanisch
Biography
Uli Hanisch was born in Nuremberg in 1967.
Studying graphic arts in Düsseldorf, he began collaborating in 1989 with Christoph Schlingensief on experimental films such as THE GERMAN CHAINSAW MASSACRE. He designed the movies of Germany's exceptional comedian Helge Schneider.
Working in several European art departments for films by Enki Bilal or Peter Greenaway, he also designed German feature films with directors like Leander Haußmann, Oliver Hirschbiegel, and Sönke Wortmann.
Since 1996, he collaborated many times with Tom Tykwer. He was awarded in 2007 the Bavarian Film Award, the German Film Award and the Prix d'Exellence of the European Film Academy for best production design of Tykwer's THE PERFUME - The Story of a Murderer, produced by Bernd Eichinger. He worked on Tom Tykwer's THE INTERNATIONAL, produced by Chuck Roven for Columbia Pictures, and other international productions in Europe, like in Budapest 2008 for the medieval horror movie SEASON OF THE WITCH, again produced by Chuck Roven, directed by Dominic Sena.
In 2011, Hanisch designed three parts of this epic story on CLOUD ATLAS. For this, he received the German Film Award for Best Design. He was nominated for the Art Director's Guild of Los Angeles Production Design Award. He also collaborated on the Berlin part of the Netflix series SENSE 8, directed by the Wachowskies and Tom Tykwer.
In 2012, he went to Belgrade and Budapest again for the American arthouse project IN SECRET, starring Jessica Lange and Elisabeth Olsen, directed by Charlie Stratton and produced by Bill Horberg.
In 2016, he started to work for the German TV period series BABYLON BERLIN, produced for SKY and ARD, directed by Tom Tykwer, Henk Handloegten and Achim von Borries. He designed the new permanent backlot street for STUDIO BABELSBERG, the NEUE BERLINER STRASSE.
Since 2001, Hanisch has lectured at various film schools in Germany and Europe. He has been a Professor of production design at the INTERNATIONAL FILM SCHOOL (IFS) in Cologne since 2018.
Uli Hanisch lives in Berlin.
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Known For
Acting
(2021)
Creating The Queen's Gambit
as Self - Production Designer
(2004)
Jazzclub - Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm
as Tänzer auf der blauen Kartoffel
(1988)
Crew
(2023)
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Production Design
(2017)
The Legend of Timm Thaler: or The Boy Who Sold His Laughter
Production Design
(2016)
A Hologram for the King
Production Design
(2013)
In Secret
Production Design
(2012)
Cloud Atlas
Production Design
(2011)
Season of the Witch
Production Design
(2011)
Hotel Lux
Production Design
(2010)
Three
Production Design
(2009)
The International
Production Design
(2008)
A Woman in Berlin
Production Design
(2006)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Production Design
(2004)
Operation Valkyrie
Production Design
(2004)
Jazzclub - Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm
Production Design
(2003)
Bookies
Production Design
(2002)
Heaven
Production Design
(2002)
Boat Trip
Art Direction
(2001)
The Experiment
Art Direction
(2000)
The Princess and the Warrior
Production Design
(1999)
Aimée & Jaguar
Art Direction
(1997)
Praxis Dr. Hasenbein
Production Design
(1997)
Wintersleepers
Art Direction
(1994)
00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter
Production Design
(1994)
Decadence
Art Direction
(1992)
Terror 2000
Writer
(1990)
The German Chainsaw Massacre
Title Designer, Set Designer
(1989)
100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker
Production Design
(1987)
Egomania: Island Without Hope
Graphic Designer