{{short description|German theatre and film director (born 1959)}} thumb|Leander Haußmann upon leaving as director of the Bochum Theatre, June 2000
'''Leander Haußmann''' (sometimes '''Haussmann''') ({{IPA|de|leː.ˈʔan.dɐ ˈhaʊ̯s.man|lang|De-Leander Haußmann.ogg}}; born 26 June 1959) is a German theatre and film director.
The son of actor Ezard Haußmann and costume designer Doris Haußmann,<ref name=rp>{{cite news|title=Schauspieler Ezard Haußmann ist tot|url=http://www.rp-online.de/kultur/Schauspieler-Ezard-Haussmann-ist-tot_aid_927310.html|work=Rheinische Post |date=2010-11-07 |accessdate=2010-11-30}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://variety.com/2004/film/reviews/berlin-blues-1200534554/ | title =Berlin Blues | last =Elley | first =Derek | date =2004-03-11 | publisher =Variety | access-date =2023-06-29 }}</ref> 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.
==Filmography== * ''Sonnenallee'', with Detlev Buck, Robert Stadlober, Alexander Beyer (1999) * ''{{Ill|Denk ich an Deutschland …|de}} – Die Durchmacher'' (2001, TV documentary series episode) * ''Berlin Blues'' (2003) * ''NVA'', with Detlev Buck, Kim Alexander Frank, Jasmin Schwiers (2005) * ''{{ill|Intrigue and Love (2005 film)|de|3=Kabale und Liebe (2005)|lt=Intrigue and Love}}'', with Götz George, Katharina Thalbach, August Diehl (2005, TV film) * ''Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps'', with Benno Fürmann, Jessica Schwarz, Uwe Ochsenknecht (2007) * ''Robert Zimmermann Is Tangled Up in Love'' (2008) * ''{{ill|Dinosaurier – Gegen uns seht ihr alt aus!|de}}'' (2009) * ''Hotel Lux'' (2011) * ''{{Ill|Teenosaurus Rex|de|Das Pubertier – Der Film}}'' (2017)
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==External links== {{Commons category|Leander Haußmann}} *{{IMDb name|name=Leander Haußmann|id=0369686}} *[http://www.filmportal.de/df/d3/Uebersicht,,,,,,,,EFC121B06BF26C3FE03053D50B3736F2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.html Leander Haußmann at Filmportal.de]
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