David Safier

David Safier [' sa: fiɐ ] ( born December 13, 1966 in Bremen ) is a German screenwriter and writer.

Life

After graduation Safier graduated from training as a journalist. Editorial He gained experience in radio and television, including at Radio Bremen. Since 1996 he has worked as a screenwriter and writer. He lives in Bremen, is married and has two children. In 2010 he founded his own foundation, which he named in tribute to his first novel, Good Karma Foundation.

Works

TV screenplays

Safier wrote the screenplays for dialogue Nikola (1997-1999), Heaven and Earth (1998), The Camper (1998-1999 ), The School at Sea ( 1999) and My Life & I (2000/ 2001), he is the main author by Two Angels Amor (2006). For the book series My Life & I was awarded him in 2003 the MDR- Children's Film and Television Awards Golden Sparrow.

With Radio Bremen he developed in 2001 as a lead author of the sitcom Berlin, Berlin. In 2003 he was awarded the Adolf Grimme Award in the category of fiction and entertainment. 2002 Berlin, Berlin had already been awarded the German Television Award. The jury assessed his screenplays to be free from any " ... penchant for loud-mouthed drama or pathos papierenem ". His characters he paraphrase " ... laconic, but precise, but without attribute them with too many sentences and determine ." 2004 won Berlin, Berlin is also the major American television Emmy Award.

Novels

In March 2007, his debut novel Bad Carma appeared. The successful but ruthless TV presenter Kim Long was struck by sink a Russian space station. She is reborn as Ant, as it has accumulated too much bad karma. Henceforth their life purpose, and in the accumulation of good karma, reincarnation ladder to climb up and again to conquer a place in the hearts of her family. Her husband called Alex Weingart, as one of the roles of Berlin, Berlin. Safiers first novel has been translated into several languages ​​, among others into Italian, French and Russian. Together with the second novel published in 2008 Jesus loves me more than two million books have been sold by March 2010.

This was followed by a sudden Shakespeare ( 2010), Happy Family (2011) and Moo! (2012 ) three more novels. The song tells the story of an East Frisian cow in front of the butcher, the happiness and salvation in India, the land of holy cows, looking for their salvation. Overall Safier has with his five novels reached a total circulation of 3 million books sold until the end of 2012.

Safiers novels also appeared in the audiobook format, Bad Carma as produced by the NDR radio play. The novel Jesus Loves Me was filmed in 2012 with Florian David Fitz and Jessica Schwarz in the lead roles. 2011 brought the cosmos publishing a game by Matthias Cramer Bad Carma out.

Book editions

  • Bad Carma. Kindler, Berlin 2007, ISBN 3-499-24455-1 / ISBN 978-3-463-40508-7 ( Board book ) in paperback: rororo 24455, Rowohlt, Reinbek 2008, ISBN 978-3-499-24455 - 1
  • Jesus loves me. Kindler, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-463-40552-0, paperback: rororo 24811, Rowohlt, Reinbek 2009, ISBN 978-3-499-24811-5.
  • Suddenly Shakespeare. Kindler, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-463-40553-7, paperback: rororo 24812, Rowohlt, Reinbek 2011, ISBN 978-3-499-24812-2.
  • Happy Family. Kindler, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-463-40618-3, paperback: rororo 25272, Rowohlt, Reinbek 2012, ISBN 978-3-499-25272-3.
  • Muh! Kindler, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-463-40603-9, paperback: rororo, Rowohlt, Rheinbek in Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-499-25626-4.
  • 28 days, Kindler, Reinbek 2014, ISBN 978-3-463-40640-4 / Rowohlt red fox 21174: ISBN 978-3-499-21174-4 ( a novel for young people from the Warsaw Ghetto ).
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