Collin McMahon
Collin McMahon (born January 5, 1968 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ) is an American author, screenwriter and translator , for productions by Sönke Wortmann , Michael Herbig and Disney , among others .
Life
McMahon, the son of American parents born in Germany and thus an American citizen, went to the USA in 1986 after graduating from Munich's Theodolinden-Gymnasium and studied media studies at Pomona College in California . Back in Germany, he worked at RTL in 1990 as a production assistant for the production of programs with Thomas Gottschalk , worked as a freelancer for the BR Zündfunk and as a translator and press spokesman at the Munich Film Festival and at other international events. He worked as a dubbing writer in the production of Disney series and as a screenplay translator, as a screenwriter and translator, and later as a writer of children's books. Since May 2018 he has been working in the team of the AfD Bundestag member Petr Bystron .
Disney and film translations
From 1998, McMahon worked as creative supervisor for the German-speaking countries and Benelux in the production of the Dutch dubbing and German TV versions of Disney productions.
Since 2008 he has been working as a freelance translator, primarily for film productions and publishers. Among other things, he translated the scripts of Der Medicus , Vorstadtkrokodile , Wickie auf Große Fahrt , Wickie und die stark Männer , Hindenburg and co-wrote the script for the film Armistice . He also wrote children's books such as Lucas and Scotti and the book series The Magic Sword . McMahon translated over 20 children's books into German.
McMahon lives in Munich , is married and has identical twin daughters .
Works
Translation of scripts
- Binny and the Ghost (Disney)
- Narcissus and Goldmund ( teamWorx )
- The Medicus ( UFA )
- Furious Angel ( Bavaria Film )
- Winnetou
- Turkish for Beginners (Rat Pack)
- Colonia Dignidad - There is no going back
- TAISUMOV после боя А
- Wickie on a long journey
Books
- Lucas and Scotti - Being crazy is the greatest thing, cbj, ISBN 978-3-570-15904-0 .
- Lucas and Scotti - pop bags on the march, cbj, ISBN 978-3-570-15646-9 .
- Cybersurfer - Wild Hunt for Car Hackers, Tree House, ISBN 978-3-8432-0036-3 .
- Cybersurfer - attack of the super brains
- The magic sword - series among others, ISBN 978-3-7855-6871-2 .
Literary translations
- Nerds (book series), Knesebeck, ISBN 978-3-86873-212-2
- The Grimm Files, Tree House, ISBN 978-3-8432-0010-3 .
- Finally popular !, Knesebeck, ISBN 978-3-86873-379-2 .
- Greg's Diary (Book Series), Tree House, ISBN 978-3-8339-3635-7 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ description of the author; in: Petr Bystron u. Collin McMahon: The End of Illusions. Hatred and violence are rampant in South Africa. Why? ; in: CATO. Magazin für neue Sachlichkeit 1/2019, pp. 43–49, here p. 49.
- ↑ McMahon, Collin , at the Association of German Screenwriters
- ↑ Touching work of art: When the words are missing , Süddeutsche Zeitung , July 26, 2016
- ↑ List of script translations, on collinmcmahon.de
- ↑ List of literary translations , on collinmcmahon.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McMahon, Collin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer, screenwriter, and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th January 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |