Achim Szymanski

Achim Szymanski (born September 4, 1959 in Herzogenrath ) is a German creative director and writer .

Life

Achim Szymanski studied art history and German in Aachen . From 1982 he contributed to the satirical magazine " Titanic ", of which he was an editor from 1983 to 1985. From 1986 to 1992 worked as creative director for a Munich advertising agency ; after that he worked alternately as a freelancer and as an employee in various agencies.

In addition to his work in the advertising industry, Szymanski is active as a ghostwriter (especially for Thomas Gottschalk ) and screenwriter for entertainment programs on radio and television ; he also writes for newspapers and magazines . In book form, a number of reference books, literary, and he published satirical works, including the serial novel - parody "Stop Steffi through!" and on Helgoland playing detective story . Achim Szymanski, who belongs to the Art Directors Club Germany , received numerous awards for his advertising work (texts, radio and television commercials and campaigns ), including for the radio and TV commercials with "Frau Bratbecker".

Works

• Hold on, Steffi! , Haffmans-Verlag, Zurich, 1986
• Oh lala Fontaine , Comicon-Verlag, Garching, 1990 (together with Rudi Hurzlmeier )
• Der Werbe-Rabe , Haffmans-Verlag, Zurich, 1996 (together with Gerd Stahlschmidt)
• Heligoland or a thousand years without pants , Goldmann-Verlag, Munich, 1996
• My short life , Munich 2003 (together with Hubertus Hamm )
• Congratulation! The best years are still to come , Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich, 2006
• Beyond Travel , Droemer-Knaur, Munich, 2008
• I'll get you out of there , Ullstein, Berlin, 2010
• Post from the top , Ullstein, Berlin, 2011

Web links

• Homepage
• Literature by and about Achim Szymanski in the catalog of the German National Library