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. Information above via their homepage.

Known For

Art

2020
The Queen's Gambit

as Production Design

2017
Babylon Berlin

as Production Design

2016
A Hologram for the King

as Production Design

2013
In Secret

as Production Design

2012
Cloud Atlas

as Production Design

2011
Season of the Witch

as Production Design

2011
Hotel Lux

as Production Design

2010
Three

as Production Design

2009
The International

as Production Design

2008
A Woman in Berlin

as Production Design

2006
2004
Operation Valkyrie

as Production Design

2003
Bookies

as Production Design

2002
Heaven

as Production Design

2002
Boat Trip

as Art Direction

2001
The Experiment

as Art Direction

2000
The Princess and the Warrior

as Production Design

1999
Aimée & Jaguar

as Art Direction

1997
Praxis Dr. Hasenbein

as Production Design

1997
Wintersleepers

as Art Direction

1994
1994
Decadence

as Art Direction

1990
1990
1987
Egomania: Island Without Hope

as Graphic Designer

Actor

2021
Creating The Queen's Gambit

as Self - Production Designer

2004
Jazzclub - Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm

as Tänzer auf der blauen Kartoffel

Writer

1992
Terror 2000

as Writer