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Daniel Speck at the Frankfurt Book Fair  2018

Daniel Speck (* 1969 in Munich ) is a German screenwriter and writer .

Life

Daniel Speck's parents and grandfather are educationalists at the University of Munich. His father is Tunisian. After graduating from high school, he traveled to Egypt and Jordan to learn Arabic. He then studied at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and the La Sapienza University in Rome. He is a graduate of the script workshop at the University of Television and Film Munich .

Among other things, Speck wrote the scripts for My Crazy Turkish Wedding (2006), Maria, he doesn't like it! (2009) and Antonio, he doesn't like it! (2016). His work for the Pro Sieben production My Crazy Turkish Wedding has won several awards. At the Baden-Baden TV Film Festival in 2006 he received the jury's award and the 3sat audience award. This was followed in 2007 by the Grimme Prize and the Bavarian Television Prize for the best screenplay. In addition, there were nominations for the German Television Prize 2006 and the Civis Media Prize 2007.

Speck also works as a dramaturge. He also teaches as a lecturer (screenplay) at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF), the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb) and the International Film School Cologne (ifs).

Daniel Speck lives in Munich.

Works

Filmography

• 1996: What are the antics darling? (Short film)
• 2000: In the Millionaires Club
• 2006: My crazy Turkish wedding
• 2009: Maria, he doesn't like it!
• 2010: Zimtstern and Halbmond
• 2011: fisherman fishes woman
• 2015: One last tango ( Un tango más , documentary)
• 2016: Antonio, he doesn't like it!
• 2018: Bella Germania

Novels

• 2016: Bella Germania . Frankfurt a. M .: Fischer paperback, 2016, ISBN 978-3-596-29596-8 .
• 2018: Piccola Sicilia , S. Fischer Verlage, 2018, ISBN 978-3-596-70162-9

Web links

Commons : Daniel Speck  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Daniel Bacon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Daniel Speck at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Stories - Das Thalia Magazin 3/2018, p. 25.
2. ↑ New VDD podcast: Daniel Speck - author of "Zimtstern und Halbmond" ( Memento of the original from January 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at Drehbuchautoren.de, accessed on April 3, 2012 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Daniel Speck at rowohlt-medienagentur.de, accessed on April 3, 2012