Christoph Wortberg
Christoph Wortberg (born August 17, 1963 in Cologne ) is a German actor , screenwriter and writer .
Life
After graduating from high school in 1982, Wortberg first studied German, philosophy and history in Cologne. He then completed an acting training, among other things as part of a guest study at the University of Television and Film in Munich. He is also the author of radio features for WDR and SDR. He also writes scripts for television productions such as Großstadtrevier , Die Wache , Der letzte Bulle , SOKO Cologne , Tatort Cologne .
Wortberg should be known to a wider audience through his role in the ARD series Lindenstrasse , where he played the doctor's son Frank Dressler.
In 2017 he wrote the screenplay “Neighbors” for the Cologne crime scene investigator duo Max Ballauf and Freddy Schenk . With 11.19 million viewers, this crime scene was the most successful case since the 1,000. Crime scene episode in November 2016.
In 2007, Wortberg received the Hansjörg-Martin Prize from the “Authors' group of German-language crime literature - The Syndicate ” for the crime novel Die Farbe der Angst . Together with Manfred Theisen he wrote the youth novel Der Geist der Bücher , published in 2007 .
His youth novel The Seriousness of Life is also no fun was nominated for the German Youth Literature Award 2015 .
Works (selection)
- Novels
- November night, juvenile detective novel, Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart, 2004
- No choice, juvenile detective novel, Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart, 2005
- The color of fear, juvenile detective novel, Thienemann Verlag, Stuttgart, 2006
- The King of the World (together with Manfred Theisen), youth novel, Bertelsmann Verlag, Gütersloh, 2006
- The Spirit of Books (together with Manfred Theisen), Roman, List Verlag, Berlin, 2007
- Easy, youth novel, Beltz & Gelberg, 2011
- The seriousness of life isn't fun either, Beltz & Gelberg, 2014
- Scripts
- Tatort - Neighbors , 2017, WDR / Bavaria Fernsehproduktion GmbH
- SOKO Köln , 36 episodes, TV series, network movie / ZDF
- The last bull , 3 episodes, ITV STUDIOS Germany GmbH, Cologne / Sat1
- Credit without return (together with Oliver Pautsch), comedy, ZDF / multimedia
- Double effort (together with Lars Jessen), episode: Waiting overdose , series, Studio Hamburg / RTL
- Die Wache , 24 episodes (including 10 together with Daniel Anderson), TV series, Endemol / RTL
- Heartbeat - The North Medical Team , 19 episodes, TV series, Cinecentrum / ZDF
- Großstadtrevier , 4 episodes, TV series, Studio Hamburg / NDR
- The Last Witness , 1 episode, crime series, Nova Film / ZDF
Awards (selection)
- 2007: Hans-Jörg Martin Prize for The Color of Fear
- 2015: Nomination for the German Youth Literature Prize for The Seriousness of Life is also no fun
Web links
- Christoph Wortberg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Christoph Wortberg in the catalog of the German National Library
- Interview with Christoph Wortberg
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christoph Wortberg at boedecker-kreis.de
- ↑ "Tatort" cracks the 11 million mark at quotenmeter.de
- ↑ The seriousness of life is also no fun at djlp.jugendliteratur.org
- ^ A b Christoph Wortberg - Vita, scripts, books
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wortberg, Christoph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German actor, screenwriter and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |