Marion Hänsel
Marion Hänsel (née Ackermans; 12 February 1949 – 8 June 2020) was a Belgian film director, producer, actress and screenwriter. Her film Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. Hänsel was posthumously awarded an Honorary Magritte Award at the 11th Magritte Awards.
Marion Hänsel

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- Name
- Marion Hänsel
- Birth Name
- Marion Ackermans
- Born
- 12 February 1949
- Birthplace
- Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
- Died
- 8 June 2020
- Place of death
- Belgium
- Occupation
- Film director, film producer, screenwriter, actress
- Full name
- Marion Ackermann.
- Nationality
- Belgium · France
- Fields
- performing arts
- Honours
- Golden Mira · André Cavens Award · Silver Lion
- Languages
- French
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• Name — Marion Hänsel • Birth Name — Marion Ackermans • Born — 12 February 1949 • Birthplace — Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France • Died — 8 June 2020 • Place of death — Belgium • Occupation — Film director, film producer, screenwriter, actress • Years Active — 1969–2020
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Marion Hänsel was a director, film director, actress, screenwriter and film producer, born on 12 February 1949 in Marseille and died on 8 June 2020 in Belgien. Both events are recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Palaver (1969) • Le Lit (1982) • Dust (1985) • The Cruel Embrace (1987) • Il Maestro (1990) • Between Heaven and Earth (1992) • Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (1995) • The Quarry (1998) • Hell (2005) • Sounds of Sand (2006) • Noir océan (2010) • La Tendresse (2013) • En amont du fleuve (2016)
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Marion Hänsel is recorded as film producer, screenwriter, actress and director.

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Brigitte Köhler, Marion Hansel Zentralbild Schaar wen-ki. 15.7.1966 Deutsche Meisterschaften in Schwimmen vom 14. bis 17.7. 1966 in Piesteritz (1. Tag) Brigitte Köhler (SC Magdeburg, links) erkämpfte sich in 1:12,5 min. über 100 m Rücken
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2010
Marion Hänsel (2010) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
2020
Marion Hänsel died at Woluwe-Saint-Pierre.
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Marseille.
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Woluwe-Saint-Pierre.
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