Matthias Edlinger

Matthias Edlinger (born May 5, 1972 in Munich ) is a German director , artist and writer .

Life

After graduating from high school , Matthias Edlinger studied communication science , art, and market and advertising psychology at the University of Munich . Since completing his studies, he has been working as a film director. His cinematic work includes numerous music videos , short films and advertising films as well as contributions for television . In addition, he wrote short stories and two novels , which are included in the new German pop literature . In 1998 Edlinger published his first novel 205,293 characters together with Jörg Steinleitner , which was first published by Lagrev-Verlag and a year later by Kiepenheuer & Witsch. Critics cited this novel partly because of its portrayal of the dominance of brands in the 1990s and its style because of popular literature. Because of the combination chosen by Edlinger and Steinleitner of "easily consumable literary road movie in the main text" and the inclusion of the "historical-cultural dimension in the form of headlines from the 90s in a continuous footer", the work is also popular with the new archivists [1] added. In 2004 the novel Hirschfänger (co-author Jörg Steinleitner ) was published, a kind of modern homeland novel, combined with elements of the detective novel. Edlinger's first non-fiction book Studieren was published in 2012 . Instructions for use that Matthias Edlinger wrote together with Eduard Augustin . Since 2000 he has been increasingly concerned with the visual arts. Especially with the combination of photography , screen printing and film.

Books

• with Jörg Steinleitner : 205,293 characters. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 1999, ISBN 3-462-02852-9 or Lagrev, Munich a. a. 1998, ISBN 978-3-929879-07-0 .
• with Jörg Steinleitner : Hirschfänger. Lagrev, Munich a. a. 2004, ISBN 978-3-929879-09-4 .
• with Eduard Augustin : Studying. A manual. Illustrations by Philipp von Keisenberg . Mosaik, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-442-39237-7 .
• with Eduard Augustin : A man - a rust. The grill book. Illustrations by Philipp von Keisenberg . Mosaik, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-442-39244-5 .
• Ambach - The auction / The dancer . Volumes 1 and 2 of the 6-part crime series (with Jörg Steinleitner ) (Piper Verlag, 2017) ISBN 978-3-492-31032-1
• Ambach - The Deadline / The Strandmächen . Volumes 3 and 4 of the 6-part crime series (with Jörg Steinleitner ) (Piper Verlag, 2017) ISBN 978-3-492-31033-8
• Ambach - The Suite / The Trap . Volumes 5 and 6 of the 6-part crime series (with Jörg Steinleitner ) (Piper Verlag, 2017) ISBN 978-3-492-31034-5

Web links

• Literature by and about Matthias Edlinger in the catalog of the German National Library
• Matthias Edlinger's website
• Article about Matthias Edlinger and his cardboard art
• Edlinger's biography (PDF)
• Matthias Edlinger at Crew United
• Author page for Edlinger & Steinleitner and their crime series "Ambach"