Claudia Weber (radio play author)

Claudia Weber (* 1976 in Karlsruhe ) is a German radio play author , director and producer.

Life

Claudia Weber studied musicology and literature at the University of Karlsruhe with parallel studies in violin at the Karlsruhe University of Music. In 2001, her first self-produced radio play Schrottplatz received the Plopp Award for independent radio playmakers. Radio play and feature direction for the broadcasters of the ARD as well as other awards followed.

Awards and nominations

• 2001 Plopp-Award 2001 from ARD and the Academy of Performing Arts Berlin (for "scrap yard")
• 2007 Winner of the WDR short radio play competition "Heimspiel" on 1LIVE (for "Schnöckemann")
• 2007 winner of the radio play award "Radio Play Mill Dresden" (for "Holger. Observation of a change")
• 2007 nomination in the ARD competition Premiere in the net ("Amboss")
• 2008 nomination in the ARD competition Premiere in the net ("Psychopair")
• 2009 nomination in the ARD competition Premiere in the net ("Meyers Plan")
• 2010 nomination in the ARD competition Premiere in the net ("Escape")
• 2011 finalist in the ORF / Ö1 competition Track 5 '("Escape")
• 2012 finalist in the ORF / Ö1 competition Track 5 '("Aktion Kuckuck")
• 2012 nomination in the ARD competition Premiere on the Net ("Drone Battle")
• 2015 Finalist at the Berlin Radio Play Festival ("The Cover Story")
• 2017 finalist in the ORF / Ö1 competition Track 5 '("Last card, first row")
• 2017 finalist at the 8th Berlin Radio Drama Festival ("knife sharp" and "last card first row")
• 2017 3rd prize at the 8th Berlin Radio Play Festival ("Last card, first row")
• 2019 finalist at the 10th Berlin radio play festival ("rat in enamel with orange sauce")
• 2019 finalist at the 10th Berlin radio play festival ("Wortvernichtung")
• 2020 Special Prize of the School of Sealing (Vienna) ("Depron Aero, 3mm")

Radio plays and features

• 2001: Junkyard (Plopp! -Award 2001)
• 2002: Meobi
• 2003: 39'30 ''. A piece called life.
• 2003: Fasol presents: Fred Friday and the puzzle of the MaxiBangBooster
• 2004: Flaxman
• 2004: duel. Excerpts from the life of Jenny L.
• 2005: milk with honey. Round trip
• 2005: Code two - What your heart tells you. A countdown
• 2006: At home (co-author: Milan Pešl )
• 2006: Things, shortly before disappearing ( directed on behalf of SWR)
• 2006: Holger. Observation of a change (Dresden radio play award)
• 2006: Life Records: coin slot
• 2006: The law is a harpoon
• 2006: mad reality. My visit as a guest to crazy people
• 2007: Schnöckemann (co-author: Milan Pešl; short radio play award WDR)
• 2007: Amboss (co-author: Milan Pešl; nominated for premiere in the network 2007 / ARD)
• 2007: Solitude (co-author: Milan Pešl)
• 2008: Psychopair: Exit (feature; nominated for premiere in the network 2008 / ARD)
• 2008: Short radio plays and features for SWR2 DOKUBLOG (pseudonym Claire)
• 2009: Difference: zero (on behalf of the SWR)
• 2009: Meyers Plan (nominated for premiere in the network 2009 / ARD)
• 2010: And if I haven't died. 16 attempts to get old (on behalf of the SWR)
• 2010: Gold im Schneider (on behalf of SWR)
• 2010: Escape (nominated for premiere in the network 2010 / ARD and finalist in the ORF / Ö1 competition Track 5 '2011)
• 2011: We're not getting big (on behalf of SWR)
• 2011: Action cuckoo. Instructions for a piece of dice (finalist in the ORF / Ö1 competition Track 5 '2012)
• 2012: Drone battle (nominated for premiere in the network 2012 / ARD)
• 2013: The cover story (Deutschlandradio Kultur; finalist at the 6th Berlin Radio Play Festival 2015)
• 2013: Der Kreiszieher (for the publishing house SCM R. Brockhaus)
• 2014: The snow globe maker (on behalf of SWR)
• 2017: Last ticket first row (3rd prize at the 8th Berlin Radio Play Festival)
• 2017: knife sharp. A tongue twister (finalist at the 8th Berlin radio play festival)
• 2017: Alexa (on behalf of SWR)
• 2018: redemption. A making-of (production by SWR)
• 2019: I, document. A piece of the stage (author's production)
• 2019: Depron Aero, 3mm (Special Prize of the School for Sealing 2020, Vienna)
• 2019: Karma, Küche, Bad - Stuttgart, Olgastraße 7c (radio play series on behalf of SWR; co-author with Alexandra Müller , Katrin Zipse and Tina Saum)
• 2020: Burn-In (author's production)

Publications

• 2012: Escape in the CD compilation "pressplay 3. The anthology of the independent radio play scene"

Web links

• Claudia Weber in HÖRDAT, the audio game database