Wolfgang Lauenstein (born 20 March 1962 in

Hildesheim Hildesheim (; nds, Hilmessen, Hilmssen; la, Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of the Lei ...

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) is a German film director, writer and animator.

Biography

Lauenstein entered the

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in Hamburg, Germany in 1985. While enrolled at the school Lauenstein, together with his twin brother

Christoph Christoph is a male given name and surname. It is a German variant of Christopher. Notable people with the given name Christoph * Christoph Bach (1613–1661), German musician * Christoph Büchel (born 1966), Swiss artist * Christoph Dientzenho ...

, created the

animated short Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most anima ...

film '' Balance''. It received an

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in the animated short film category in 1990. The Lauensteins have created a number of animation works for advertising (including station idents for

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). They also directed and wrote the screenplay for two animated feature films, ''

Luis and the Aliens ''Luis and the Aliens'' is a 2018 English-language computer-animated science-fiction comedy film written and directed by Christoph and Wolfgang Lauenstein, and co-directed by Sean McCormack. The film premiered at the Luxembourg City Film Festival ...

'' and '' Spy Cat'' (both 2018).Staff (12 December 2019
«SpyCat», acompaña a la agente 00-Cat en su primera misión especial
(in Spanish). ''LaButaca''. Retrieved 1 July 2021.

References

Works cited

* Olivier Cotte (2007) ''Secrets of Oscar-winning animation: Behind the scenes of 13 classic short animations.'' (Making of '" Balance"'') Focal Press.

External links

Lauenstein & Lauenstein official site
* 1962 births Living people Film people from Lower Saxony German animated film directors Stop motion animators Directors of Best Animated Short Academy Award winners German twins People from Hildesheim University of Fine Arts of Hamburg alumni {{animator-stub