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Leonard Sanftenschneider

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Leonard Sanftenschneider, a screenwriter from Germany's Ruhr area, has been passionate about storytelling since his childhood. Between 2017 and 2019, he pursued film production studies at SAE Institute in Bochum, Germany. Since then Leonard dedicated himself to developing original movie/TV concepts and screenplays. In 2022 he was nominated for the Young Screenwriter Award at the Crime Television Festival in Wiesbaden, Germany.
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    • Known for

    Ruhrkultur Live (2020)
    Ruhrkultur Live
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    Sina Hübsch, Sascha Thamm, Ralf Winkel, Martin Fromme, and Helmut Sanftenschneider in Für eine Handvoll Witze (2025)
    Für eine Handvoll Witze
    8.4
    Short
    • Director
    • 2025
    Robert Sheldon and Yannick Hommers in Caravaggio (2019)
    Caravaggio
    6.3
    Short
    • Director
    • 2019
    Wandel
    Short
    • Writer
    • 2025

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    Director

    • Sina Hübsch, Sascha Thamm, Ralf Winkel, Martin Fromme, and Helmut Sanftenschneider in Für eine Handvoll Witze (2025)
      Für eine Handvoll Witze
      8.4
      Short
      • directed by
      • 2025
    • Ruhrkultur Live (2020)
      Ruhrkultur Live
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Robert Sheldon and Yannick Hommers in Caravaggio (2019)
      Caravaggio
      6.3
      Short
      • Director
      • 2019

    Writer

    • Wandel
      Short
      • writer
      • 2025
    • Sina Hübsch, Sascha Thamm, Ralf Winkel, Martin Fromme, and Helmut Sanftenschneider in Für eine Handvoll Witze (2025)
      Für eine Handvoll Witze
      8.4
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2025
    • Ruhrkultur Live (2020)
      Ruhrkultur Live
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2020
    • Robert Sheldon and Yannick Hommers in Caravaggio (2019)
      Caravaggio
      6.3
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2019

    Editor

    • Full Metal Pizza (2025)
      Full Metal Pizza
      Short
      • editor
      • 2025
    • Ruhrkultur Live (2020)
      Ruhrkultur Live
      8.0
      TV Series
      • edited by
      • 2020–2021

    Personal details

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      • Leonard Sanftenschneider's Instagram
      • Official Website of Leonard Sanftenschneider

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