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Ranisch lived in his childhood in Berlin-Lichtenberg. He studied until 2004 theatre pedagogy in Flecken Zechlin. From 2004 to 2011 Ranisch studied at Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg. [1] Ranisch works as film and theatre director and as actor in different film, theatre and tv-productions in Germany. Ranisch shot the film Pink Children (2012) together with 4 German directors about their mentor Rosa von Praunheim. [2] In 2018, he published as author the book Nackt über Berlin. In 2016, he married his partner Paul in Berlin. [3]
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