Michael Baier

Michael Baier (born December 17, 1940 in Baden-Baden , † June 17, 2019 in Pittsfield , Massachusetts ) was a German screenwriter . He invented several successful television series, including The Legacy of the Guldenburgs , Adelheid and their Murderers, and For Heaven's Sake .

Life

Michael Baier attended the St. Paulusheim boarding school in Bruchsal, run by Pallottines . After graduating from high school, he studied theater, German and philosophy in Cologne and Munich and film at the Ulm School of Design . Baier initially worked as a copywriter in Germany. In 1980 he emigrated to the United States and settled in Boston , New England . He began writing screenplays in the mid-1980s.

Baier died in June 2019 at the age of 78 after a long illness.

Filmography (selection)

• 1985: happily divorced ... (6 episodes)
• 1987: The legacy of the Guldenburgs (idea; 38 episodes)
• 1989–1993: With body and soul (51 episodes)
• 1992–1993: Friends for Life (52 episodes)
• 1993–2007: Adelheid and her murderers (idea; 47 episodes)
• 1994: The dream ship - Dubai / India
• 1994–1996: Everything but Murder (idea; 14 episodes)
• 1998–2000: Fever - Doctors for Life
• 2000–2001: Velvet and silk (20 episodes)
• 2001: Bronski and Bernstein (9 episodes)
• 2002–2007: The Prince and the Maiden (idea; 26 episodes)
• since 2002: For heaven's sake (idea; 150 episodes)
• 2004: An angel named Hans-Dieter
• 2005: now more than ever!
• 2005–2008: five stars (idea; 13 episodes)
• 2006–2009: Two doctors are one too many (4 episodes)
• 2007: Elvis and the Commissioner (6 episodes)
• 2008: Der Bergdoktor (3 episodes)
• 2009: The Blücherbande (TV movie)

Web links

• Interview with Michael Baier ( Hamburger Abendblatt , 2005)
• Michael Baier in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Obituary , tributes.com, accessed June 21, 2019.
2. ↑ Screenwriter Michael Baier has died. FAZ, June 22, 2019, accessed on June 26, 2019 . 
3. ^ "For heaven's sake" creator Michael Baier is dead. Accessed June 21, 2019 .