Leander Haußmann (sometimes Haussmann) (German: [leː.ˈʔan.dɐ ˈhaʊ̯s.man] ; born 26 June 1959) is a German theatre and film director.
The son of actor Ezard Haußmann and costume designer Doris Haußmann, [1] he was born in Quedlinburg and attended the Ernst Busch theatre school in Berlin.
Haußmann was the theatre director of the city theatre in Bochum ( Schauspielhaus Bochum). He also wrote and acted in several plays (1995–2000), and had a role in the Detlev Buck film Jailbirds (1996). His feature film breakthrough came with Sonnenallee in 1999. His second feature, Herr Lehmann, followed in 2003. [2] His production of Die Fledermaus in Munich was controversial, compounding the trouble surrounding his production of Peter Pan. As a result, his scheduled production of Romeo and Juliet was cancelled.
Leander Haußmann (sometimes Haussmann) (German: [leː.ˈʔan.dɐ ˈhaʊ̯s.man] ; born 26 June 1959) is a German theatre and film director.
The son of actor Ezard Haußmann and costume designer Doris Haußmann, [1] he was born in Quedlinburg and attended the Ernst Busch theatre school in Berlin.
Haußmann was the theatre director of the city theatre in Bochum ( Schauspielhaus Bochum). He also wrote and acted in several plays (1995–2000), and had a role in the Detlev Buck film Jailbirds (1996). His feature film breakthrough came with Sonnenallee in 1999. His second feature, Herr Lehmann, followed in 2003. [2] His production of Die Fledermaus in Munich was controversial, compounding the trouble surrounding his production of Peter Pan. As a result, his scheduled production of Romeo and Juliet was cancelled.