
Biography
Sven Unterwaldt is a German film director and screenwriter, who began making amateur films as a teenager and later worked as a sketch writer and director for TV shows. He went on to make his feature film debut with Wie die Karnickel, later achieving major box-office success with films like 7 Zwerge – Männer allein im Wald and its sequels. Unterwaldt has continued to direct and write for cinema, including recent family films such as Die Schule der magischen Tiere 2 and 3, and has received several awards for his television and film work. He is also a member of the German Directors’ Association.
Directed 18
2020s
- 2026
Horst Schlämmer sucht das Glück
Director
- 2024
- 2023
Club Las Piranjas
Director
- 2022
- 2021
Catweazle
Director
- 2020
2010s
- 2018
- 2017
It’s Your Turn, Honey!
Director
- 2016
- 2015
- 2010
Otto's Eleven
Director
2000s
- 2008
U-900
Director
- 2006
7 Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough
Director
- 2005
- 2004
7 Zwerge - Männer allein im Wald
Director
- 2002
Like Rabbits
Director
1990s
- 1999
Antrag vom Ex
Director
Wrote 5
2020s
- 2021
Catweazle
Screenplay
2010s
- 2014
- 2010
Otto's Eleven
Writer
2000s
- 2006
7 Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough
Writer
- 2004
7 Zwerge - Männer allein im Wald
Screenplay
Acted in 2
2010s
- 2018
2000s
- 2005
Produced 1
2000s
- 2006
7 Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough
Executive Producer
Appearances1
2010s
- 2017