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Currently, Rainer Matsutani is 60 years, 4 months and 13 days old. Rainer Matsutani will celebrate 61rd birthday on a Wednesday 9th of July 2025. Below we countdown to Rainer Matsutani upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Rainer Matsutani |
| Occupation | Director |
| Age | 60 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Cancer |
| Born | July 9, 1964 (Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) |
| Birthday | July 9 |
| Town/City | Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| Nationality | Germany |
Rainer Matsutani’s zodiac sign is Cancer. According to astrologers, the sign of Cancer belongs to the element of Water, just like Scorpio and Pisces. Guided by emotion and their heart, they could have a hard time blending into the world around them. Being ruled by the Moon, phases of the lunar cycle deepen their internal mysteries and create fleeting emotional patterns that are beyond their control. As children, they don't have enough coping and defensive mechanisms for the outer world, and have to be approached with care and understanding, for that is what they give in return.
Rainer Matsutani was born in the Year of the Dragon. A powerful sign, those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dragon are energetic and warm-hearted, charismatic, lucky at love and egotistic. They’re natural born leaders, good at giving orders and doing what’s necessary to remain on top. Compatible with Monkey and Rat.
Rainer Matsutani is one of Germany's most experienced and versatile film and tv directors. Rainer directed his first feature film OVER MY DEAD BODY, a campy fantasy comedy, in 1995, while he was still in film school.
The film went on to win numerous awards at festivals, and achieved cult status among fans. In 1996, he filmed an episode of the science fiction mini series LEXX - THE DARK ZONE (Episode: EATING PATTERN) for US Pay TV channel SHOWTIME.
Rainer stayed true to the genre of fantasy films by directing THE ELEVATOR - SUPERNATURAL ENCOUNTER (1997/RTL) and FIREWALKER - CURSE OF THE VOLCANO (1998/ProSieben). After- wards, he directed Germany's first martial arts TV movie ULTIMATE FIGHTER (1999, ProSieben).
His suspense thriller TRICKED (Sat1) became the most successful TV movie of 2000. He scored a theatrical hit with another fantasy comedy: 666 - SLEEPING WITH THE DEVIL. Between 2003 and 2005, with the thriller- trilogy THE VOICES, UNFAITHFUL and ONCE YOU WERE SILENT, he created one of the biggest rating hits for RTL.
The two Tatort episodes THE ETERNAL EVIL and LETHAL COVER round out his body of work in the thriller genre. These projects were followed by large event films for television, with RAGING INFERNO (2007/ProSieben), THE FINAL PROCLAMA- TION (2008/RTL), FAKTOR 8 (2009/Pro- Sieben) and WILD LAND (2013/Sat1).
In between, Matsutani worked in the theatrical field again, with GANGS (2009) and 205 - ROOM OF FEAR (2012). As a regular director on the crime series SOKO STUTTGART (ZDF) since 2010 and DR. KLEIN (ZDF) since 2014 he is gathering a lot of experience in the field of serial television.
From 1994 to 2004 he was a co-owner and producer at Engram Pictures, which has since merged with Constantin Film. On almost all of his projects, Matsutani was also writer or co-writer.
