Manuel Meimberg

Manuel Meimberg at the International Emmy Awards 2017

Manuel Meimberg (born July 6, 1975 in Bielefeld ) is a German screenwriter, director, producer and showrunner. He became famous for his family Braun series , which won the International Emmy Award for Best Short Series in 2017 .

Life & Career

In 1995 he passed the Abitur at the Hans-Ehrenberg-Schule in Bielefeld- Sennestadt and now lives with his wife Marie Meimberg in Berlin. Since 1997 he has been working as a freelance screenwriter, director and creative producer for various German television stations. Since 2018 he has been teaching "Series Producing" at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy . Since May 2019 he has been part of the UFA Fiction producer team in Berlin as a showrunner .

Filmography

Film & television

1997-2001: Among Us (Storyliner)
2001–2003: Freelance screenwriter, various series concepts
2003-2004: Lost (Treatmentliner)
2004–2005: Among Us (Script Editor)
2005: "Home", short film (screenwriter, director, producer)
2005–2007: Everything that counts (Script Editor)
2007–2008: Everything that counts (chief author)
2008: Pietshow , season 1, web series (screenwriter, director, creative producer)
2008: "Winnetou Rising", web series trailer (screenwriter, director, producer)
2008: "Bad TV", serial pilot (screenwriter, director, producer)
2008–2009: Everything that matters (Creative Producer)
2009: Pietshow , season 2, web series (screenwriter, director, creative producer)
2016: Braun family , TV and web series (screenwriter, creative producer)
2016: "Tempel", TV series (creator, screenwriter together with Henning Heup )
2016–2019: Bongo Boulevard , YouTube music show (author & co-director)
2017: "Call The Boys", serial pilot (screenwriter, director)
2012–2019: SOKO Leipzig , various episodes (screenwriter)
2020: "Sunny - Who are you really?" (Producer & showrunner)

theatre

2017: Family Braun - Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater Schwerin
2019: Family Braun - Nordharzer Städtebundtheater

Awards

2009: International Emmy Award nomination for Pietshow in the Fiction category

2010: International Emmy Award nomination for Pietshow 2 in the Fiction category

2015: Internationales Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg audience award for the Braun family

2016: Romy for the Braun family - Academy Award to Manuel Meimberg, Nomie Laine Tucker, Uwe Urbas and Maurice Hübner for the Braun family .

2016: German Comedy Award for the Braun family - best innovation

2016: Premios Ondas - Special Mention for the Braun family

2016: Banff World Media Festival - nomination for the Braun family - best digital fiction series

2017 + 2018: Grimme Prize nomination for Bongo Boulevard - Children & Youth category

2017: Civis - Europe's media prize for integration - nomination for the Braun family - for episode 5 "Costume Day"

2017: International Emmy Award for the Braun family in the series in short format category

2020: Grimme Prize nomination for Bongo Boulevard - Children & Youth category

Web links

Manuel Meimberg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Own website
Manuel Meimberg at Fernsehserien.de

Individual evidence

↑ UFA binds “Familie Braun” author Manuel Meimberg to itself. In: DWDL . April 8, 2019, accessed April 8, 2019 .
↑ Doubts on the home front. In: Nachtkritik . February 21, 2019, accessed February 21, 2019 .
↑ Emmy nomination for “Pietshow”. In: UFA . March 9, 2009. Retrieved March 9, 2009 .
↑ Emmy nomination for "Pietshow 2". In: UFA . March 1, 2010, accessed March 1, 2010 .
↑ derStandard.at - Romy Academy Awards: ATV and Puls 4 share the best program idea . Article dated April 15, 2016, accessed April 15, 2016.
^ ZDF production "Familie Braun" awarded Akademie-Romy on Presseportal.de from April 15, 2016; accessed on April 15, 2016
↑ German Comedy Prize for “Familie Braun”. In: DWDL . October 25, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2016 .
^ German Grimme Prize nominations 2017. In: Grimme Prize . February 1, 2017, accessed February 1, 2017 .
↑ Emmy for "Familie Braun". In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . November 21, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017 .
↑ German Grimme Prize nominations 2020. In: Grimme Prize . January 16, 2020, accessed January 16, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Meimberg, Manuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German screenwriter, director and producer
DATE OF BIRTH	July 6, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bielefeld

[1] UFA binds “Familie Braun” author Manuel Meimberg to itself. In: DWDL . April 8, 2019, accessed April 8, 2019 .

[2] Doubts on the home front. In: Nachtkritik . February 21, 2019, accessed February 21, 2019 .

[3] Emmy nomination for “Pietshow”. In: UFA . March 9, 2009. Retrieved March 9, 2009 .

[4] Emmy nomination for "Pietshow 2". In: UFA . March 1, 2010, accessed March 1, 2010 .

[5] derStandard.at - Romy Academy Awards: ATV and Puls 4 share the best program idea . Article dated April 15, 2016, accessed April 15, 2016.

[6] ZDF production "Familie Braun" awarded Akademie-Romy on Presseportal.de from April 15, 2016; accessed on April 15, 2016

[7] German Comedy Prize for “Familie Braun”. In: DWDL . October 25, 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2016 .

[8] German Grimme Prize nominations 2017. In: Grimme Prize . February 1, 2017, accessed February 1, 2017 .

[9] Emmy for "Familie Braun". In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . November 21, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2017 .

[10] German Grimme Prize nominations 2020. In: Grimme Prize . January 16, 2020, accessed January 16, 2020 .