Wolfgang Mueller
Wolfgang Mueller (born March 13, 1967 in Bensberg ) is a German writer , film producer and lawyer . He published many of his novels and short stories under the pseudonym Oscar Heym .
Life
After graduating from high school, Wolfgang Mueller studied law in Gießen , Hamburg , Madrid , Mexico City and Bonn from 1987 to 1992 . After passing the second state examination, he was admitted to the bar in 1995. In 2000 he received his doctorate with a thesis on the rights of the indigenous natives of Mexico for Dr. Jur.
From 1993 to 1995 he was a trainee lawyer in Cologne and then initially worked in Cologne and from 1999 in Berlin as a lawyer in the field of media law.
In 1998 he published his debut novel Kurkonzert under the pseudonym Oscar Heym . Until 2016 he published other works under this name.
In 2007 Mueller founded the company Barry Films together with the US-Swiss producer Benito Mueller in Los Angeles and the Zurich film distributor Monika Weibel . He was also a member of the supervisory board of Senator Entertainment AG from 2006 to 2010 . Since then he has produced various international feature films with Barry Films. Since 2014, he and Benito Mueller have also been working on the development and production of international television series. He has been a member of the Producers Guild of America since 2015 .
In 2016, his novel The Friend of the Past was published , for the first time under his name Wolfgang Mueller. In this, the protagonist now bears the name Oscar Heym .
His novel The White House is announced for 2021 .
Mueller lives in Berlin and has 2 children.
Works
Under the pseudonym Oscar Heym
- 1998: Kurkonzert, Roman, DuMont Verlag , Cologne
- 2000: Die Lottokiller / Das Handmassaker, Comic, Edition Mariannenpresse , Berlin
- 2002: The separation, stories, ndl, Berlin
- 2004: The missile, radio play , Deutschlandradio
- 2005: This year, story, in: Unterwegs , hrg. v. S. Schleyer, Schwartzkopf Verlag
- 2008: Dr. Mosen and his research on Muli, story, in: Ich, das Tier , Reimer Verlag
- 2011: Die Reserven, Roman, 720Grad Verlag.
As Wolfgang Mueller
- 2016: The friend from before, Roman, btb Verlag / Random House publishing group .
- 2021 (announced): The White House. Novel. btb Verlag / Random House publishing group.
Filmography (as producer, selection)
- 2010: The big cat (director: Wolfgang Panzer ), u. a. Bavarian Film Prize , adaptation based on the novel by Thomas Hürlimann
- 2011: The Whistleblower (Director: Larysa Kondracki ), u. a. Toronto Film Festival
- 2011: The Bad Intentions (Director: Rosario Garcia Montero ), u. a. Peru's nomination for an Oscar for best foreign film
- 2012: The Pig of Gaza (Director: Sylvain Estebal ), u. a. Audience Award Tokyo Film Festival , César winner for best first feature film
- 2014: Walter (as Executive Producer , Director: Anna Maestro ), u. a. Palm Springs Festival 2015
- 2015: Life (Director: Anton Corbijn ), u. a. Berlinale Special Screening
- 2016: Between us (as Executive Producer , Director: Rafael Palacio Illingworth ), u. a. Tribeca Film Festival
- 2018: Das Boot, TV series, creative co-producer, director: Andreas Prohaska , Season 1, TV series for Sky Germany.
- 2020: Inherit the Viper, feature film, producer, director: Anthony Jerjen .
- 2020: A Perfect Enemy, feature film, producer, director: Kike Maillo , adaptation based on the novel “Cosmetics of Evil” by Amelie Nothomb .
Web links
- Wolfgang Mueller in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography on randomhouse.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Wolfgang Mueller's new book ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 5, 2016
- ↑ Producersguide - New Members , accessed October 5, 2016
- ↑ a b Success is always right , accessed October 5, 2016
- ↑ Lottokiller on oscarheym.de, accessed on October 5, 2016
- ↑ The reserves on oscarheym.de, accessed on October 5, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mueller, Wolfgang |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heym, Oscar (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bensberg |