Torsten Dewi

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Torsten Dewi (born October 18, 1968 in Düsseldorf ) is a German journalist and author of novels and TV scripts in the fields of science fiction and fantasy .

biography

Dewi moved to Munich after high school and community service to write articles, columns and film reviews as an editor for the television magazine Gong and TV series . In 1995 he got a position at ProSieben , then at Tandem Communications , where he prepared material for the TV scripts of other authors as a "developer". As a freelance writer, Dewi also wrote his own scripts. In 2009 he worked for five days as a presenter in the night program of the MDR , his last job in the field of film / television, and has since written articles for the magazine Landidee .

Torsten Dewi lives in Baden-Baden . He is married and has no children.

Artistic creation

In 1996 Dewi wrote the first science fiction TV guide , a non -fiction book about science fiction and fantasy television series that was published annually until 1999 . This was followed by Das Babylon 5 -Universum, a work on the American SF series. During this time he began translating novels for American television series into German, such as Babylon 5 , Charmed (2000) and Relic Hunter (2002).

He has been a freelance writer since 2003 and has a. a. wrote the novel Ring der Nibelungen with Wolfgang Hohlbein . The book was followed in 2007 by the sequel Die Rache der Nibelungen .

Torsten Dewi has also been writing scripts since 2002: Apocalypse Eis for RTL, and Sumuru - Planet der Frauen for RTL2. The films were produced on a low budget level. a. shot in Bulgaria.

The action film full throttle! , which he wrote together with Marc Hillefeld, was broadcast on October 13, 2005 on ProSieben. Then Dewi wrote the scripts for 63 episodes of the ProSieben telenovela Lotta in Love , which was canceled prematurely due to poor audience ratings.

Torsten Dewi wrote the script for the episode Drosselbart for the ProSieben series Die Märchenstunde . The episode aired in the fall of 2007. In October 2008 ProSieben broadcast the German science fiction adventure film Lost City Raiders, based on an idea by Torsten Dewi .

The historical two-parter Hope , which he wrote together with Katrin Tempel and was filmed for ZDF and arte in autumn 2008 , was broadcast in March 2010. The echo of the criticism was mixed: While the BZ rated the film as "gripping and good" and the media website Meedia described the show as "public entertainment television as you want it", the Berliner Morgenpost described the Film as "nice to look at and informative, but unfortunately also static, didactic and slightly outdated". The Frankfurter Rundschau criticized the tiring "pearl necklace dramaturgy" and Spiegel Online described the script as "wooden" and "banalizing".

Plagiarism allegation

In February 2010, the history professor Marita Krauss raised serious allegations against Torsten Dewi regarding the script for "Dr. Hope". She said u. a. in an interview with Münchner Merkur , the team of authors of the film copied large parts of one of their research papers without checking, including typing errors. Dewi contradicted the allegations and pointed out that historical facts cannot be protected by copyright. He also criticized the one-sided and superficial media coverage on the subject. Ultimately, the differences were settled in a court settlement after the production company made a payment of 15,000 euros to Krauss.

Works

Bibliography (selection)

Filmography

  • 2002: Sumuru - Planet of Women (TV-Movie, Screenplay)
  • 2003: Apocalypse Ice (TV movie, screenplay)
  • 2005: full throttle! (TV film, screenplay)
  • 2006: Lotta in Love (TV series, screenplay)
  • 2007: Fairy Tale Hours - Drosselbart (TV episode, screenplay)
  • 2008: Lost City Raiders (TV-Movie, Screenplay)
  • 2009: Dr. Hope (TV two-part; screenplay)
  • 2009: DOK Leipzig (short TV documentary, 5 parts, moderation)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1271628/
  2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gweRXfZRC3Q
  3. ↑ Blickpunkt: Film [1] May 13, 2004
  4. ^ RP-Online [2] September 14, 2007
  5. ^ Josef Nyary: Dr. Hope, gripping and good (BZ-Berlin.de, March 20, 2010)
  6. ↑ Jens Schröder: Dr. Hope: Exciting history lesson ( Memento from June 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (Meedia.de, March 22, 2010)
  7. ↑ Slightly dusty (Morgenpost.de, March 20, 2010)
  8. ↑ Klaudia Wick: History on the Pearl Necklace (FR-online.de, March 18, 2010)
  9. ↑ Hannah Pilarczyk: This Dr. Hope is desperate (Spiegel Online, March 19, 2010)
  10. ↑ Plagiarism allegations against the "Dr. Hope" team of authors [3] , Münchner Merkur, February 2, 2010
  11. ↑ "Dr. Hope": word bird under attack. February 19, 2010, accessed on February 23, 2019 (German).
  12. ↑ Court settlement in the copyright dispute over the television film Dr. Hope [4] , Volk.Verlag online, March 11, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Dewi, Torsten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and author
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf