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 col...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
2023
Production Design
64 years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, Coriolanus Snow sees a chance for a change in fortunes when he mentors Lucy Gray Baird, ...

Creating The Queen's Gambit
2021
as Self - Production Designer
A fascinating character. Exquisite sets. A wig for every era. The stars, creators and crew reveal how the hit series about a chess prodigy came to lif...

The Legend of Timm Thaler: or The Boy Who Sold His Laughter
2017
Production Design
The devil tricks a little boy off his laughter in exchange for assured wins in all his bets. It depicts his journey after the deal with the devil, how...

A Hologram for the King
2016
Production Design
Alan Clay, a struggling American businessman, travels to Saudi Arabia to sell a new technology to the King, only to be challenged by endless Middle Ea...

In Secret
2013
Production Design
In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her...

Cloud Atlas
2012
Production Design
A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and con...

Hotel Lux
2011
Production Design
In 1938 Hans Zeisig, an apolitical comedian, impersonator and cabaret actor, flees with a Russian passport (instead of American, which he would have p...

Season of the Witch
2011
Production Design
A 14th century Crusader returns with his comrade to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. The Church commands the two knights to transport a witc...

Three
2010
Production Design
Hanna and Simon are in a 20 year marriage with an unexciting relationship. By chance, they both meet and start separate affairs with Adam. Adam has no...

The International
2009
Production Design
An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading...

A Woman in Berlin
2008
Production Design
A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II.

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
2006
Production Design
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest pe...

Jazzclub - Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm
2004
as Tänzer auf der blauen Kartoffel
A musician tries to get by working several jobs.

Jazzclub - Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm
2004
Production Design
A musician tries to get by working several jobs.

Operation Valkyrie
2004
Production Design
In 1944, a group of high command officers plot an attempt against Hitler, and one of the leaders of the conspiracy, Stauffenberg, goes to a meeting wi...

Bookies
2003
Production Design
Four college friends become small-time bookies, only to find their world spinning dangerously out of control when their greed attracts the attention o...

Boat Trip
2002
Art Direction
Two guys whose love lives are a wreck look forward to finding ladies on the high seas. Unfortunately, they've mistakenly been booked on a gay cruise.

Heaven
2002
Production Design
Cate Blanchett stars as Philippa, a British teacher living in Turin, Italy, who has seen many friends, including her husband, fall victim to drug over...

The Experiment
2001
Art Direction
20 volunteers agree to take part in a seemingly well-paid experiment advertised by the university. It is supposed to be about aggressive behavior in a...

The Princess and the Warrior
2000
Production Design
Young nurse Sissi lives a secluded life entirely devoted to her patients at Birkenhof asylum. Her first encounter with ex-soldier and drifter Bodo has...

Aimée & Jaguar
1999
Art Direction
In 1943, while the Allies are bombing Berlin and the Gestapo is purging the capital of Jews, a dangerous love affair blossoms between two women – one ...

Wintersleepers
1997
Art Direction
Young blonde translator Rebecca lives with her boyfriend ski instructor Marco in a mountain villa owned by her friend, nurse Laura. Rene, local cinema...

Praxis Dr. Hasenbein
1997
Production Design
Before WWII: Dr. Hasenbein lives with his son Peter in a small town. Aunt Uschi's orphanage houses many children and a hamster. When the hamster falls...

00 Schneider - Jagd auf Nihil Baxter
1994
Production Design
The funny clown Bratislav Metulskie is found dead in circus "Apollo". The retired commissioner 00 Schneider is asked to assume control of the case. Sc...

Decadence
1994
Art Direction
Two couples betray the decadence which lurks beneath the surface of high society: Steve, wealthy but ignorant, is engaged in a kinky relationship with...

Terror 2000
1993
Writer
Germany, right after the re-unification. The people are out of control, blind hatred towards immigrants is common sense. In this time, a social-worker...

The German Chainsaw Massacre
1990
Title Designer, Set Designer
Taking place around the German reunification of 1990, a group of East Germans cross the border to visit West Germany and get slaughtered by a psychopa...

100 Years of Adolf Hitler – The Last Hour in the Führerbunker
1989
Production Design
On 30 April 1945, dictator Adolf Hitler, his wife Eva Braun, and prominent members of the Third Reich live out their final hour in the Führerbunker.

Mother's Mask
1988
Returnee Willy von Mühlenbeck has to realize that his evil brother Martin has risen to become the head of the industrialist family, while their ailing...

Egomania: Island Without Hope
1987
Graphic Designer
Egomania is a visually stunning end-of-the-world melodrama about lust, jealousy and murder set amidst solar eclipses, orchestral chants and the distan...