Hans Georg Nenning was born on February 20, 1946, in Graz, Austria. His father, Dr. Hans Weingraber, was a medical doctor, and his mother, Edith (née Kainer), was a psychology student. During her second marriage to the journalist Günther Nenning, his name was changed to Hans Georg Nenning.

Early Life and Acting Career

Nenning grew up in Graz and later Vienna. In 1969, he enrolled at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna to pursue a career in acting.

Throughout his career, he has performed on numerous prestigious stages, including:

   Burgtheater,  Komödianten,  Stadttheater Ulm, Volkstheater,  Theater in der Josefstadt

Among his many roles, he has portrayed:   Haimon (Antigone),  Billy the Kid (Billy the Kid), Rupprecht (Der zerbrochene Krug), Pozzo (Waiting for Godot),   Figaro (Der tolle Tag),  Odysseus (Philoktet)

His self-produced performances at Theater der Courage, where he took on the roles of François Villon and James Dean, received significant attention.

Nenning has also appeared in numerous film and television productions. His performance in Ernst Hinterberger’s play "Hansi Vrba, Inländerfreund" received critical acclaim, with Franz Schuh noting:

“... a play produced quickly but offering an extraordinary experience: the actor Hans Georg Nenning magnificently portrayed a man in decline...”

In 2000, he appeared in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, directed by David Frankel and co-produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg.

Filmmaking Career

In 2006, Nenning began studying film directing. He collaborated with Werner Ertel† to create the ORF documentary "I Took It Seriously" for BR-Alpha.

In 2007, he directed his first short fiction film, Dusk, which received several nominations at international film festivals, including:

  ÉCU The Independent Film Festival (Paris, 2008)

  Athens International Sci-Fi & Fantasy Short Film Festival (2008)

  ReelHeART International Film Festival (Toronto, 2008)

  Swansea Life Film Festival (2008)

  The End of Pier International Film Festival (2008)

In June 2013, Dusk was selected for "THE EUROPEAN INDEPENDENT FILM CHANNEL – Screening the world’s best independent films."

From 2008 to 2012, Nenning developed three production-ready film projects. Commissioned by the Culture and Science Department of Lower Austria, he presented a dystopian reinterpretation of Jean Racine's Andromaque, set amidst a devastating global war over oil.

Literary Career

Hans Georg Nenning began working on his pentalogy Beyond the Light – Reports from the Future in the 1990s, a vast space-time saga exploring human destiny, survival, and power struggles throughout the cosmos. The series was published in 2011 and consists of five interconnected novels:

  Alex Korden

  Dorian Crooke

  Karen Tamara

  Leonardo Da Brewster

  Monique Galeano & Adamo Hunter

He has also written the following standalone novels:

  Fading Away – an end-time shocker (2015)

  Frozen Light – a post-atomic thriller (2015)

The Cascade Trilogy:

  The Mission (2017)

  Dormir (2018)

  Incarnation (2021)

Audiobook Productions:

  Cascade – The Mission (2019)

  Cascade – Dormir (2020)

  Cascade – Incarnation (2022)

  Beyond the Light – Reports from the Future: Alex Korden, Dorian Crooke  (2023), Karen Tamara (2024)

Personal Life

Nada and Hans Georg celebrated their wedding on July 7, 1986, according to the Byzantine rite in the St. Panteleimon Monastery in North Macedonia.

From 1996 to 2006, they lived in Munich and Berlin, and since then, they have been living and working in Vienna again.

BIOGRAPHY