Günter Merlau
Günter Merlau (born July 4, 1967 in Bremen ) is a German radio play author and director.
Life
As the son of the opera singers Günter and Monika Merlau, he first studied orchestral music at the Musikhochschule in Bremen, specializing in trombone. As a musician, arranger, producer and interpreter he worked for various band projects and record companies in the 1990s.
In the theater sector, he produced text and music content for various theaters in Germany, such as B. Anthony Burgess Clockwork Orange for the Schauspielhaus Dresden and Elfriede Jelineks A sports piece for the Schauspielhaus Bremen.
In 2004 he founded the production LAUSCH — Fantastic radio play and audio book productions, which was expanded in 2006 together with Janet Sunjic to form the label and publisher LAUSCH — Fantastic radio plays. Since then, Merlau has produced over 60 radio plays for his own and other publishers, in which he was involved as a director, text writer, actor and musician.
Since 2007 he has worked regularly as a director and speaker for audio book productions for various publishers. He has received several awards for his work, such as B. for the best direction in the radio play series Caine and from the book magazine with "Grandios" for his work in the historical novel Tanz unter Sternen by Titus Müller .
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Working in the theater
- Composer and lyricist, ZIR, Die See der Nacht , Bremer Theater (1995)
- Composer and lyricist for Clockwork Orange , Schauspielhaus Dresden (1998)
- Composer, German premiere A Sports Piece by Elfriede Jelinek (1999), directed by Joachim Lux (now Artistic Director Thalia)
Writer, director and producer
- HEAD MONEY (6 episodes)
- Caine (10 episodes)
- Drizzt - The Saga of the Dark Elf (14 episodes)
- The Black Sun (19 episodes)
- Hellboy (8 episodes) based on the comics by Mike Mignola
- B.Ö.SE: Everything will be fine!
- The black eye (3 episodes)
- Punktown (9 episodes) based on short stories by Jeffrey Thomas
- Fetzer based on a short story by Markus Heitz
speaker
- The 13th Paladin by Torsten Weitze
- Dire Earth series by Jason M. Hough (Audible)
- Operation Rubicon by Andreas Pflüger (Audible)
- Night Eye by Titus Müller (Technisat)
- The adventures of the Black Hand by Hans Jürgen Press (DAV)
- Dance under the stars by Titus Müller (SAGA Egmont)
- The heavenly Christmas dog by Petra Schier (Radioropa)
- Who is going to talk about love ?! by Emma Chase (Audible)
- Jeanes Secret by Greta Milán (Audible)
- Die Pestmagd 1 by Brigitte Riebe (Publisher: Technisat)
- Paul the superhero by Michael Fuchs (Publisher: Kinderbuchverlag Wolff)
- The temptation of the plague girl (Die Pestmagd 2) by Brigitte Riebe (Radioropa)
- ATLAN by various authors (Pabel Möwig)
- Fear Street by RL Stine (EUROPA)
- Millie in Paris by Dagmar Chidolue (Oetinger Audio)
- Millie in Mallorca by Dagmar Chidolue (Oetinger Audio)
- The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas (Der Hörverlag)
- Economic crises: past and present by Werner Plumpe (CH Beck)
- History of Education: From Plato to the Present by Winfried Böhm (CH Beck)
- National debt of Hanno Beck and Aloys Prinz (CH Beck)
- The little weightlifter by Günter Merlau (LAUSCH)
- The Bride of Assisi by Brigitte Riebe (Radioropa)
- Blood Bride by Lynn Raven (The Hörverlag)
- Angel of Vengeance by Brigitte Riebe (Radioropa)
- The secret bride of Brigitte Riebe (Radioropa)
OFF-voice commercials:
- "E-UP" (VW)
- "Become boss" (OTTO)
- Erdinger wheat beer
- Various spots for Nissan
- Various spots for the C.Thomsen car dealership
- Harry's Tile Market
Awards
For label and direction
- Goldener Hörspiel Award 2008 (Critic vote: Best Label)
- Goldener Hörspiel Award 2008 (Critic vote: Best Director)
- Goldener Hörspiel-Award 2008 (Critical voting: Best official homepage)
- Bronze Radio Play Award 2008 (audience voting: Best Director)
- Silver Radio Play Award 2008 (audience voting: Best LAUSCH label)
- Bronze Radio Play Award 2008 (audience voting: Best official homepage)
- Golden Radio Play Award 2007 (Best Label: Lausch)
- Silver Radio Play Award 2007 (Best Director)
- Ohrkanus 2006 (Best Newcomer Label: Lausch)
- Ohrkanus 2006 (Best Director)
- Golden Radio Play Award 2006 (Best Newcomer Label: Lausch)
- Bronze Radio Play Award 2006 (Best Director)
- Bronze Radio Play Award 2006 (Best Official Website)
For Caine
- Ohrkanus 2010 (Best Series)
- Golden Radio Play Award 2008 (Best Series: CAINE_08-Torrkan)
- Golden Radio Play Award 2007 (Best Series)
- Silver Radio Play Award 2006 (Best Series: CAINE_02 - Angel of Death)
- Nomination for the German Fantastic Prize 2006 (best radio play series)
For Drizzt - The Saga of the Dark Elf
- German Phantastik-Preis in bronze (best series for adults)
- German Fantastic Prize in Bronze (Best Director)
For Punktown
- Virus Award 2008 (Best Radio Play)
Web links
- Günter Merlau at voicebase.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Günter Merlau: curriculum vitae, books and reviews at LovelyBooks. Retrieved February 17, 2020 .
- ↑ About us | LAUSCH media. Retrieved on February 17, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Sabrina: Episode 020: Interview - Günter Merlau. In: what do you hear. January 27, 2018, accessed on February 17, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Günter Merlau | Speaker - speaker. Retrieved March 9, 2020 .
- ↑ Home. Retrieved on February 17, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Lausch Medien . In: Wikipedia . March 6, 2020 ( wikipedia.org [accessed March 9, 2020]).
- ↑ Lausch Medien . In: Wikipedia . March 6, 2020 ( wikipedia.org [accessed March 9, 2020]).
- ↑ Lausch Medien . In: Wikipedia . March 6, 2020 ( wikipedia.org [accessed March 9, 2020]).
- ↑ Lausch Medien . In: Wikipedia . March 6, 2020 ( wikipedia.org [accessed March 9, 2020]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Merlau, Günter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German radio play maker, producer, author, composer, speaker and managing director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |