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Olaf Kreinsen

  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Writer
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Olaf Kreinsen was born on 13 May 1960 in Gummersbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. He is a director and assistant director, known for Tatort (1970), Die Gang (1997) and Kommissar Rex (1994).
BornMay 13, 1960
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    Known for

    Tatort (1970)
    Tatort
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    Moritz Bleibtreu, Stacy Keach, Dustin Nguyen, and Uwe Ochsenknecht in Die Gang (1997)
    Die Gang
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    Tobias Moretti in Kommissar Rex (1994)
    Kommissar Rex
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    SOKO Kitzbühel (2001)
    SOKO Kitzbühel
    4.5
    TV Series
    • Director

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    Director

    • Vienna Crime Squad (2005)
      Vienna Crime Squad
      5.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015–2024
    • Ann-Kathrin Kramer, Harald Krassnitzer, Stefania Rocca, Ricky Tognazzi, Matthias Zera, and Federica Sabatini in Wedding in Rome (2017)
      Wedding in Rome
      5.5
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Heldt (2013)
      Heldt
      5.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2013–2015
    • Schwestern (2014)
      Schwestern
      5.6
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Alessandro Preziosi, Karin Proia, Tanja Wedhorn, Nunzia Schiano, Patrick Mölleken, and Chiara Paoli in The Homecoming (2014)
      The Homecoming
      5.4
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Sieben Tage Ohne (2014)
      Sieben Tage Ohne
      5.2
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2014
    • SOKO Kitzbühel (2001)
      SOKO Kitzbühel
      4.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2009–2012
    • Klarer Fall für Bär - Gefährlicher Freundschaftsdienst
      6.8
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Die Dienstagsfrauen (2011)
      Die Dienstagsfrauen
      5.5
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2011
    • All My Loved Ones (2009)
      All My Loved Ones
      5.7
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Gesine Cukrowski in Licht über dem Wasser (2009)
      Licht über dem Wasser
      4.8
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Die Versöhnung (2008)
      Die Versöhnung
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Anna Loos, Eleonore Weisgerber, and Luise Risch in Von Müttern und Töchtern (2007)
      Von Müttern und Töchtern
      4.7
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Die Familienanwältin (2006)
      Die Familienanwältin
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2006
    • Das beste Jahr meines Lebens (2005)
      Das beste Jahr meines Lebens
      4.0
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2005

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Die Gong-Show (1992)
      Die Gong-Show
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 1992–1993
    • The Contest
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 1990
    • The Contest (1989)
      The Contest
      7.2
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 1989

    Writer

    • Das Paar des Jahres
      6.9
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 1998
    • Gelegenheit macht Liebe
      5.6
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 1997

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    • Born
      • May 13, 1960
      • Gummersbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany

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