
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 …
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2025 · Self - Interviewee
movieThe Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
2023 · Production Design
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2021 · Self - Production Designer
tvThe Queen's Gambit
2020 · Production Design
tvBabylon Berlin
2017 · Production Design
movieThe Legend of Timm Thaler: or The Boy Who Sold His Laughter
2017 · Production Design
movieA Hologram for the King
2016 · Production Design
movieIn Secret
2014 · Production Design
movieCloud Atlas
2012 · Production Design
movieHotel Lux
2011 · Production Design
movieSeason of the Witch
2011 · Production Design
movieThree
2010 · Production Design
movieThe International
2009 · Production Design
movieA Woman in Berlin
2008 · Production Design
moviePerfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006 · Production Design
movieJazzclub - Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm
2004 · Tänzer auf der blauen Kartoffel, Production Design
movieOperation Valkyrie
2004 · Production Design
movieBookies
2003 · Production Design
movieBoat Trip
2002 · Art Direction
movieHeaven
2002 · Production Design
movieThe Experiment
2001 · Art Direction
movieThe Princess and the Warrior
2000 · Production Design
German Television Award
1999 · Self
movieAimée & Jaguar
1999 · Art Direction
movieWinter Sleepers
1997 · Art Direction
moviePraxis Dr. Hasenbein
1997 · Production Design
movie00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter
1994 · Production Design
movieDecadence
1994 · Art Direction
movieTerror 2000
1993 · Writer
movieThe German Chainsaw Massacre
1990 · Set Designer, Title Designer
movie100 Years Of Adolf Hitler: The Last Hour In The Führerbunker
1989 · Production Design
movieMother's Mask
1988
movieEgomania: Island Without Hope
1987 · Graphic Designer
Bavarian Film Awards
1979 · Self
Grimme Award
1964 · Self
German Film Award
1951 · Self