Joachim Masannek

Joachim Masannek at the film premiere of Die Wilden Kerle 5

Joachim Masannek (born September 1, 1960 in Bockum-Hövel ) is a German children's book author and director , best known for the book series Die Wilde Fußballkerle and its six film adaptations.

Life

After studying philosophy, Joachim Masannek studied directing at the Munich University of Television and Film and worked as a cameraman , set designer and scriptwriter for film, TV and studio productions. With his bestseller Die Wilden Fußballkerle , he wrote his most successful series of 13 volumes to date, which has been sold over 15 million times in German-speaking countries and more than five million times in 29 countries worldwide. As a director with Uwe Ochsenknecht and his sons Wilson Gonzalez and Jimi Blue in the leading roles, he has implemented the content of the books in five films. In 2016 a sixth part was released, again directed and scripted by Masannek, but this time with new actors. A total of over eight million viewers watched Die Wilden Kerle films.

In March 2020 the first three Wilde Kerle volumes (Leon - Der Slalomdribbler; Felix - Der Wirbelwind; Vanessa - Die Unerschrocken) were published as a new edition and illustrated in color by 360 ° Verlag. The next volumes will follow in September 2020. At the start of the new editions, Masannek produced a podcast in which he invited the cast and crew from the six films and told the story and truth behind the wild guys.

He is a father of four and has lived with his family in Berlin since 2017. His two sons Marlon Wessel and Leon Wessel-Masannek played the roles of Maxi and Markus in the Wilde Kerle films.

Works

In addition to his 13 “Wilde Kerle” volumes , Joachim Masannek published numerous other publications, almost without exception relating to the Wilde Kerle:

• The Wild Football Book. Tips - tricks - training - wild sayings. Treehouse Media, ISBN 978-3-8339-3150-5 .
• The wildest sayings !. The wild soccer guys, Baumhaus Verlag, 2005, ISBN 978-3-8339-3155-0
• Let us play football. Let's go !, 2004, ISBN 978-3-8315-0501-2
• The wild football guys. My Wild Friends, ISBN 978-3-8339-3152-9
• The wild football guys. Training rules, tips & tricks. Baumhaus Medien 2005, ISBN 3-8339-3154-X .
• The wild soccer guys. The World Cup Secret, 2006, ISBN 978-3-8339-3176-5
• Wilde Kerle 1: In the Wilde-Fußballkerle-Land - The great film adventure, Baumhaus Verlag; 1st edition 2003, ISBN 978-3-8315-0349-0
• Wild Things 2: The Poster Book, Tree House; 1st edition 2005, ISBN 978-3-8339-3156-7
• Wilde Kerle 3: Das Postererbuch, Baumhaus Verlag; 1st edition 2006, ISBN 978-3-8339-3159-8
• Wild guys 2: the devil's pot turns into a cauldron! Das Filmbuch, Baumhaus Verlag; 1st edition 2005, ISBN 978-3-8339-3157-4
• Wild Boys 3: The Attack of the Beasts Beasts! Das Filmbuch, Baumhaus Verlag; 1st edition 2006; ISBN 978-3-8339-3158-1
• Wilde Kerle 3: Hadschi ben Haschis Wilde Inventions, Baumhaus Verlag; 1st edition 2006, ISBN 978-3-8339-3177-2
• Wild Boys 4: The attack of the silver lights! Das Filmbuch, SchneiderBuch 2008, ISBN 978-3-505-12502-7
• Wilde Kerle 4: Das Postererbuch, Baumhaus Verlag; 1st edition 2007, ISBN 978-3-8339-3186-4
• Wilde Kerle 5: Behind the horizon, Verlag Baumhaus, Frankfurt a. M. 2003, ISBN 3-8339-3008-X .

He also published the "Wildernacht" series, which will be continued (on the starting point of the series, the discovery of a treasure chest in the Berlin Teufelsseekanal, see: Literature section in the article on the Teufelsseekanal ):

• Wildernacht - 1st diary, Egmont Verlagsgesellschaft 2009, ISBN 978-3-505-12663-5
• Wildernacht - 2nd diary, Egmont Verlagsgesellschaft 2009, ISBN 978-3-505-12664-2
• Wildernacht - 3rd diary, SchneiderBuch 2010, ISBN 978-3-505-12699-4
• Wildernacht - 4th diary, SchneiderBuch
• Wildernacht - 5th diary
• Wildernacht - 6th diary
• Wildernacht - The novel

From 2010 the "Honky Tonk Pirates" series was released, a fantastic pirate adventure series:

• Honky Tonk Pirates 1: The Promised Land, cbj 2010, ISBN 978-3-570-15265-2
• Honky Tonk Pirates 2: The Forgotten People, cbj 2010, ISBN 978-3-570-15266-9
• Honky Tonk Pirates 3: Back in Hell, cbj 2011, ISBN 978-3-570-15276-8
• Honky Tonk Pirates 4: There Can Be Only One, cbj 2011, ISBN 978-3-570-15277-5
• Honky Tonk Pirates 5: The Heart of the Oceans, cbj 2012, ISBN 978-3-570-15278-2
• Honky Tonk Pirates 6: The Last Horizon, cbj 2013, ISBN 978-3-570-15279-9

Filmography

(Script and direction)

• 2003: The wild guys
• 2005: the wild guys 2
• 2006: The Wild Bunch 3
• 2007: The Wild Boys 4
• 2008: DWK 5 - The Wild Bunch: Beyond the Horizon
• 2013: V8 - You want to be the best
• 2015: V8 - The revenge of the nitrous
• 2016: The Wild Things - The legend lives on

(Director)

• 2018: Liliane Susewind - An animal adventure

Web links

• official homepage of Joachim Masannek
• Joachim Masannek in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Literature by and about Joachim Masannek in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Masannek: "The wild guys" are back. Retrieved July 9, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Masannek: "The wild guys" are back. Retrieved July 9, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Stefan Aigner: The wild guys are back! In: Book advertising - Verlag Schwarzer. April 9, 2020, accessed on July 9, 2020 (German). 
4. ↑ 360 Grad Verlag. Retrieved July 9, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Die Wilden Kerle - Podcast - You're back! Retrieved on July 9, 2020 (German). 
6. ↑ Wilde Kerle director swaps penthouse for houseboat. Retrieved July 9, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Wildernacht - 4th diary excerpt from wildernacht.de, accessed on February 18, 2015.
8. ↑ Wildernacht - 5th diary at wildernacht.de, accessed on February 18, 2015.
9. ↑ Wildernacht - 6th diary at wildernacht.de, accessed on February 18, 2015.
10. ↑ Wilder Eight - The novel in wildernacht.de, accessed February 18, 2015.