Tommy Krappweis

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Tommy Krappweis
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Born
Thomas Krappweis

(1972-05-09) 9 May 1972 (age 53)
Munich, Germany
NationalityGerman
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • Film director
  • Writer
  • Film producer
  • Audio drama producer

Thomas "Tommy" Krappweis (born 9 May 1972 in Munich) is a German writer, comedian, film-, television- and audiodrama director, producer and musician. Krappweis is the founder and managing director of the production company bumm film GmbH, based in Otterfing near Munich, Bavaria.

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Career

Tommy Krappweis became known as ensemble member of the german television comedy show RTL Samstag Nacht, of which he was a member from 1995 to 1998, and as the creator of the KiKa character Bernd das Brot (together with author Norman Cöster), for which he received the prestigious Grimme Award in 2004. [1]

He wrote and directed the movie version of the first volume of his fantasy trilogy Mara and the Firebringer in 2013/14, which won the Jury Fantasy Award of the german Role Play Convention in 2015. [2]

His all ager bookseries Ghostsitter (2015) is a three time Lovelybooks Awards Winner. [3] The audio drama series, based on the books written and directed by Krappweis, started as the most successful audio drama on Amazon Music Germany in 2017. 17 Ghostsitter adventures have been released until 2023, with new releases scheduled for 2024. Each release regularly tops the german Audible charts. The US-Version of Ghostsitter entered the Top 5 in 2020 and has spawned 4 Seasons so far (2023).

The 2020 audio drama Kohlrabenschwarz (with co-author Christian von Aster) was picked up for a streaming fiction series by Paramount+. [4]

Along with the podcasting team Hoaxilla, Krappweis started live streaming Talks on his Channel WildMics on Twitch in 2020, reaching thousands of viewers every Tuesday with the shows #ferngespräch (Long distance call) in the years 2020 to 2022 and #nachsitzen (detention) since 2023. #ferngespräch invites experts, persons affected by discrimination and other people of interest. Tommy Krappweis and team were awarded with the Kaiser Maximilian Prize Tirol in 2021 [5] and Krappweis was honored with the European of the Year Award in 2022 for his efforts in political and social education. [6]

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Audio Drama

Awards (selection)

References

  1. ↑ "Preisträger 2004: Grimme-Preis". grimme-preis.de. 2004. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  2. 1 2 Lewin, Roger (May 20, 2015). "RPC 2015 – Der RPC Award". Teilzeithelden (in German). Retrieved 2023-12-11.
  3. ↑ "Tommy Krappweis". audible.de. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  4. ↑ Krei, Alexander (September 12, 2022). "Paramount verfilmt "Kohlrabenschwarz" von Tommy Krappweis". dwdl.de. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  5. ↑ "Kaiser-Maximilian-Preis 2021: Mit Fakten gegen Mythen". ibkinfo.at – Innsbruck informiert (in German). October 14, 2021. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  6. 1 2 "Ehrung für europaengagierte Ehrenamtliche". w24.at (in German). December 12, 2022. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  7. ↑ "Eyes & Ears of Europe: Design". eeofe.org. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  8. ↑ "#EUROPAgegenCovid19 Initiative ausgezeichnet mit EESC Civil Solidarity Prize der EU". OTS.at (in German). Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  9. ↑ "Kaiser Maximilian Preis verliehen an #EUROPAgegenCovid19". OTS.at (in German). Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  10. ↑ "Europa Staatspreis 2023 verliehen an #EUROPAgegenCovid19". OTS.at (in German). Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  11. ↑ "„Verstärkter Wettbewerb führt zu erweiterter Vielfalt und beeindruckender Qualität": Die Nominierungen für den Deutschen Fernsehpreis 2023". Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2023 (in German). September 11, 2023. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
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