Ralf Husmann

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Ralf Husmann
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Husmann in 2015
Born (1964-09-24) 24 September 1964 (age 58)
Dortmund, West Germany
(now Germany)
Occupation(s) TV producer, Screenplay writer and author
Years active1995 – present

Ralf Husmann (born 24 September 1964 in Dortmund) is a German TV producer, screenwriter and author. He is the creator of Stromberg , the German adaption of The Office .

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Life and work

In the 1980s Ralf Husmann had a cabaret-Duo named Burghardt & Husmann with his partner Hubert Burghardt. [1] Since 1995 he is an employee of the German television production company Brainpool, where he is a headwriter and television producer. He is responsible for diverse comedy- and show-productions. Amongst other things Ralf Husmann wrote for Die Harald Schmidt Show , the comedy series Anke , the television series Berlin, Berlin and the television show Rent a Pocher . Furthermore he works as author for the comedy show RTL Samstag Nacht or the television magazine stern TV  [ de ]. He also created the television series Dr. Psycho – Die Bösen, die Bullen, meine Frau und ich and had the main responsibility for it. [2] [3]

Since 2004 Ralf Husmanns public profile rose rapidly because of his work as author for the author comedy series Stromberg . [4] He also appeared as associate Hans Schmelzer in a few episodes. [5] In 2007 he became assistant director of Brainpool. [6]

Furthermore Ralf Husman wrote two books. In June 2009 he released his novel Nicht mein Tag, which became a bestseller in Germany. [7] In September 2010 appeared his second novel Vorsicht vor Leuten, also in Germany. [8] [9]

Filmography (selection)

Awards and nominations

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References

  1. Article about Ralf Husman's novel Nicht mein Tag Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Cassier, Philip (9 September 2008). "Ralf Husmann: Der Pate hinter Harald Schmidt, Anke Engelke & Co" . Retrieved 4 March 2022 via www.welt.de.
  3. German Wikipedia-article about Ralf Husmann
  4. Portrait about Ralf Husmann in Polylux Archived 2008-05-27 at archive.today
  5. "Ralf Husmann". IMDb. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  6. Interview with Ralf Husmann in the German newspaper Berliner Zeitung
  7. "Ralf Husmann: Nicht mein Tag. Roman". www.perlentaucher.de. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  8. Novel Nicht mein Tag at Amazon.de
  9. Novel Vorsicht vor Leuten at Amazon.de