Sven Unterwaldt

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.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1965-04-21 · Lübeck, Germany
Known for
- 7 Zwerge - Männer allein im Wald (2004) — Screenplay
- 7 Dwarves: The Forest Is Not Enough (2006) — Director
- The 7th Dwarf (2014) — Screenplay
- Help, I Shrunk My Teacher (2015) — Director
- Otto's Eleven (2010) — Director
- Siegfried (2005) — Wiesel (voice)
- jerks. (2017) — Self
- Catweazle (2021) — Director
- School of Magical Animals 2 (2022) — Director
- School of Magical Animals 3 (2024) — Director
- It’s Your Turn, Honey! (2017) — Director
- Antonio, ihm schmeckt's nicht! (2016) — Director
- Tabaluga (2018) — Mirmel (voice)
- Like Rabbits (2002) — Director
- U-900 (2008) — Director
- Horst Schlämmer sucht das Glück (2026) — Director