Sebastian Niemann

Writer, Director, Producer

June 21, 1969 (56 years)
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 & Shows on Plex

  • Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
    Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver2018

Known For

  • Hui Buh: The Castle Ghost
    Hui Buh: The Castle Ghost2006
  • The Hunt for the Hidden Relic
    The Hunt for the Hidden Relic2002
  • The Privilege
    The Privilege2022
  • Seven Days to Live
    Seven Days to Live2000
  • Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver
    Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver2018
  • Killing Is My Business, Honey
    Killing Is My Business, Honey2009
  • Hui Buh and the Witch's Castle
    Hui Buh and the Witch's Castle2022
  • Jack the Ripper: The London Slasher
    Jack the Ripper: The London Slasher2016
  • Over My Dead Body
    Over My Dead Body1995
  • Biikenbrennen - Der Fluch des Meeres
    Biikenbrennen - Der Fluch des Meeres1999