Martin Puntigam
Martin Puntigam (* 1969 in Graz ) is an Austrian artist , cabaret artist and actor .
Life
Martin Puntigam was born in Graz and spent his youth there. He initially studied medicine at the University of Graz from 1987 , but then turned to cabaret from 1989. Martin Puntigam now lives in Vienna with his wife and two children . His brother, the actor Stefan Puntigam , directed his solo program “Luziprack”.
Career
Since 1989 he has presented twelve solo programs so far. The first, through and through (1989), was awarded the Grazer Kleinkunstvogel . In 2015, he and Matthias Egersdörfer received the Austrian Cabaret Award for the duo program Redemption .
Martin Puntigam is the author of the plays Tod im Hallenturnschuhlager (1993) and Teufelsgschichten und Zaubersachen (2008). He is one of the authors of the television program Sendung ohne Namen on ORF (30 episodes in the years 2002 to 2007). Author and designer of the radio column Mr Martin recommends the following on the radio station Ö3 of the ORF (1993 to 1995) and on the youth radio station FM4 of the ORF: Betthupferl, FM3000, Wochenschau, ombudsman, hiking day.
He played in the following plays: Twice fickleness by Marivaux (1992), When the saints go cycling in by Flann O'Brien (1995), Austria's greatest entertainer by Thomas Gratzer, Jochen Herdieckerhoff , directed by Helmut Schödel in the Rabenhof Theater (2002) .
Puntigam was the leading actor in the movie Yellow Cherries (2001) directed by Leopold Lummerstorfer . He took part in the Vienna Weeks of Bad Taste (1998) and in Aufwingt am Saturday (2000).
He founded in 2007 with the physicists Heinz Oberhummer and Werner Gruber , the science cabaret Science Busters . The shows, which are also shown on ORF , are intended to bring natural science closer in an understandable and entertaining way. The Science Busters also present a weekly radio column on ORF's FM4 youth radio station and have published several popular science books and audio books. Since the death of Heinz Oberhummer in November 2015 and the departure of Werner Gruber, the Science Busters have appeared in a different constellation. Martin Puntigam will continue to lead the shows.
Cabaret programs
- 1989: Solo program "Through and through through"
- 1990: Solo program "But really funny"
- 1991: Solo program "Laughter and factual stories"
- 1993: Solo program "World without a Heart"
- 1994: Solo program "Puhlassen im Weltall"
- 1996: Solo program "Innenaussaugen"
- 1998: Solo program "Wild Weeks"
- 2000: Solo program "Spam" (Director: Jochen Herdieckerhoff )
- 2000: “May prayer” program with Kabud
- 2000: “Treat food badly” program with Clemens Haipl
- 2001: Program “The Supernight of Christmas Stars” with Clemens Haipl , Thomas Maurer , Oliver Baier , Hosea Ratschiller and Gerald Votava
- 2002: “Live” program with Clemens Haipl and Gerald Votava as the remiX project
- 2002: Program "The Supernight of Christmas Stars"
- 2003: Solo program "Die Einbrenn des Lebens" (Direction: Jochen Herdieckerhoff )
- 2004: "meet & greet" program together with Clemens Haipl (director: Stefan Puntigam )
- 2004: Program together with Thomas Maurer Social partnership: Episode 1, A coming to terms with the past as part of the Wiener Festwochen
- 2006: Solo program "Luziprack" (Director: Stefan Puntigam )
- 2006: “Science in Film” together with physicists Heinz Oberhummer and Werner Gruber
- since 2007: "Science Busters"; Until 2015 together with the physicists Heinz Oberhummer and Werner Gruber , from 2016 with a new line-up
- 2009–2010: in the weekly satirical radio program Welt Ahoi (on Ö1 ) with Maria Hofstätter , Hosea Ratschiller , Thomas Maurer and Robert Palfrader
- 2009: Solo program "Atomic Wedgie"
- 2013: Solo program "Supererde" (Director: Hosea Ratschiller )
- 2015: "Redemption" together with Matthias Egersdörfer (director: Claudia Schulz )
- 2019: Fortune Cat
Theater and film roles
- 1991: Hans in double fickleness from Marivaux
- 1995: Sergeant Fortell in When the saints go cycling in von Flann O'Brien in the Sparverein die Unzertrennlichen , directed by Kurt Palm
- 2001: Leading role in the movie Yellow Cherries , directed by Leopold Lummerstorfer
- 2002: Role of the murderer Helmut Frodl in Austria's greatest entertainer by Thomas Gratzer and Jochen Herdieckerhoff in the Rabenhof Theater , director: Helmut Schödel
Works
- Author of Tod im Hallenturnschuhlager , 1992, play
- The author of Mr. Martin recommends , from 1993 to 1995, fortnightly radio column in the red-white-red radio on Ö3
- Co-author of the show without a name , 2002–2007, TV show
- Author of Teufelsgschichten und Zaubersachen , 2008, play
Discography
- Cum Shots, 10 Years of Puntigam in Public Space , 1999, CD
- The Branding of Life , 2003, CD
- meet & greet , 2005, DVD
Prices
- 1989: Winner of the Grazer Kleinkunstvogel young cabaret award
- 1997: Salzburg bull (Austria division)
- 1998: Winner of the 1998 Prix Pantheon jury award
- 2004: Winner of the Austrian Cabaret Prize
- 2008: AZ - Star of the Year
- 2010: Communicator of the Year (together with the Science Busters )
- 2011: Favorite book of the year: If you don't know anything, you have to believe everything (together with the Science Busters )
- 2012: Prize of the City of Vienna for popular education
- 2013: Knowledge book of the year for mind reading by petting snails (together with the Science Busters)
- 2015: Austrian Cabaret Award - program award together with Matthias Egersdörfer for "Redemption"
- 2016: Inge Morath Prize for Science Journalism
- 2017: Josef Krainer Home Prize
Books and audio books
- If you don't know anything, you have to believe everything , Ecowin Verlag , Salzburg, 2010, ISBN 978-3-902404-93-0 , (together with Oberhummer and Gruber)
- Audiobook: read by Harry Rowohlt and the Science Busters , Der Hörverlag , 2010.
- Mind reading by stroking snails , Carl Hanser Verlag , 2012, ISBN 978-3-446-43215-4 , (together with Oberhummer and Gruber)
- Audiobook: read by Harry Rowohlt and the Science Busters , Der Hörverlag , 2012.
- Austrians explain the world , Goldmann Verlag , 2014. ISBN 978-3-442-15791-4 (together with Hosea Ratschiller)
- The universe is a shitty area , Carl Hanser Verlag, 2015. ISBN 978-3-446-44477-5 (together with Oberhummer, Gruber and Freistetter)
- Audiobook: read by Maria Hofstätter and the Science Busters , Der Hörverlag , 2015.
- Why do asteroids always land in craters? 33 top answers to the 33 most important questions of humanity , together with Florian Freistetter and Helmut Jungwirth , Hanser, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-446-25727-6
Web links
- Martin Puntigam in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official web presence of Martin Puntigam
- Interview with Martin Puntigam in the Süddeutsche Zeitung on September 8, 2008
- Science busters
- Martin Puntigam on the website of the Austrian Cabaret Archive
- A science buster in search of the meaning of life: Martin Puntigam in the series "Thoughts" of the radio station Ö1 , this program can be listened to until May 6, 2018 9:00 am.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin Puntigam and Klachlsuppe on 3.1.2012. In: burgenland.orf.at. January 3, 2012, accessed November 8, 2013 .
- ↑ Acceptance speech by Martin Puntigam for the award of the AZ Star of the Year 2008 . Retrieved November 8, 2013
- ^ Stefan Puntigam - Vita . Retrieved November 8, 2013
- ^ Stefan Puntigam - Vita . Retrieved November 8, 2013
- ↑ Stadtsaal - Supererde . Retrieved August 3, 2013
- ↑ Only a few cabaret premieres in autumn. In: Salzburger Nachrichten . September 2, 2019, accessed September 2, 2019 .
- ↑ orf.at - Austrian Cabaret Prize to Florian Scheuba . Article dated September 2, 2015, accessed September 2, 2015.
- ^ Science - State of Styria, Anita Rupprecht: Inge Morath Prize for Science Journalism . In: www.wissenschaft.steiermark.at . ( steiermark.at [accessed December 22, 2017]). Inge Morath Prize for Scientific Journalism ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2017 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.
- ↑ orf.at: rain of prizes for Styrian art and culture . Article dated November 28, 2017, accessed November 29, 2017.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Puntigam, Martin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian cabaret artist, actor and author |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1969 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz |