For years I’ve been translating the biting political comedy series CHAMELEON by Christian Jeltsch on behalf of Isarstraßenfilm: turbulent adventures from the nebulous world of international lobbyists and svengalis in Berlin, Brussels and elsewhere. I certainly enjoyed translating it into English. The series will be dropped on ARD from 14 June 2024. It was originally produced for Sky Studios.
For yet another time, Ufa Fiction hired me to translate the scripts from English to German, and vice versa (thanks to the international writers’ room) for a dramedy series on behalf of Amazon Studios. It’s the adapted YA romance series MAXTON HALL, based on Mona Kasten’s bestseller SAVE ME. Since its global launch on 9 May 2024, the teen drama has become the most successful international series on Amazon Prime world-wide! Season 2 is underway – again translated by me.
This year I fulfilled myself a dream: the founding of a comedy collective! Together with my venerable and witty colleagues Christian Weindl, Orlindo Frick and Juli Pieper, I have been plotting in the writersroom since the beginning of the year, working on seriously humorous serial concepts, which we will soon be sending out to creative comedy decision-makers in a deliberate manner. We have a lot planned. Laughing, mostly. And writing.
On 19 December at 18:50, my episode “Spree Pirates” of WAPO BERLIN was broadcast on ARD. My knack for nerdism and pop culture helped me with the writing of this case for the Capital’s water police. The result is an unusual case in the gaming and game developer milieu with an even more unusual murder weapon… Also available on the ARD VOD media library from 19 December.
Produced for SAXONIA by Katharina Puttendörfer, executive producer Britta Hansen,
RBB network editor Kerstin Freels, directed by Oren Schmuckler.
At last I can stretch my journalistic muscles again! Hired by UFA Documentary, I’ve written a concept for a documentary series about a German popstar (who needs to remain unnamed for now), his family, and his next career steps. This series is currently being considered by a global streaming service of a creative contant company that’s almost as old as the 1917-founded media pioneer UFA. Further information at a later time. For now I’ll remain as quiet as a mouse…