Axel Melzener
Axel Melzener (born November 7, 1975 in Solingen ) is a German screenwriter , author , game designer and lecturer at the Interspherial script school.
Live and act
Melzener began his career in 1994 as a story writer and game designer for video and computer games . In 1996 he began studying screenwriting and creative producing at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy in Ludwigsburg. During his studies he wrote more than a dozen scripts for short films before he graduated in 2001 . After his studies, he founded the typewriters office with Jørn Precht and Frank Weiss , which was responsible for the scripts of several successful television productions such as Die Goldenen Reiter or Trautes Heim . The three authors were winners for the best sitcom concept for the Sat.1 Talents Award.
In 2004 he wrote the screenplay for the movie Abgefahren - With full throttle in love , since 2020 he has been the scriptwriter and creator of the ZDFneo series Dunkelstadt by director Aslı Özge .
In addition to screenplays, Melzener also writes non- fiction and has published the non-fiction book Writing Short Film Scripts : The First Steps to the First Film in Sieben-Verlag.
Melzener has been a lecturer at the Interspherial Scriptwriting School in Stuttgart since 2001 , and has also worked as a lecturer in the Philippines , Mallorca and Zurich .
Publications (selection)
As a screenwriter
- 1999: Man, Jesus! (Short film)
- 2003: Lenßen & Partner (TV series, four episodes)
- 2004: Wacky - full throttle into love
- 2004: Home Sweet Home (TV series, episode Warm Voices )
- 2007: Kimberley & Co (short film)
- 2011: Screams of the Forgotten (TV movie)
- 2013: 3 rules (short film)
- 2016: Hear the silence
- 2018: Alarm for Cobra 11 - The Autobahn Police (TV series, two episodes)
- 2019: Manou - fly fast!
- 2020: Dunkelstadt (TV series, six episodes)
As an author
- 2010: Weltenbauer, Sieben-Verlag
- 2011: Better with every page, Sieben-Verlag
As a game designer
- 2003: Airline 69: Return to Casablanca
Web links
- Axel Melzener at Crew United
- Literature by and about Axel Melzener in the catalog of the German National Library
- Axel Melzener in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b lecturers. Interspherial Screenwriting School, accessed July 21, 2020 .
- ↑ Who is who. Retrieved July 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Axel Melzener. In: Munich Film Academy. Retrieved July 21, 2020 .
- ↑ Alex Melzener Video Game Credits and Biography. Retrieved July 21, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Melzener, Axel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German screenwriter, author, playwright and lecturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th November 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Solingen |