Matthias Joachim Murmann, (

né The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...

''Matthias Joachim Schulz''; born 28 August 1984) is a German film producer. He is known for shows such as

Neo Magazin ''Neo Magazin Royale'' is a German satirical late-night talk show hosted by Jan Böhmermann. Produced in Cologne, it has been aired weekly on the ZDFneo channel since 31 October 2013. It is also made available in advance on the online ZDFmediat ...

and How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast). Murmann was awarded the

Grimme-Preis The Grimme-Preis (Grimme Award), formerly known as the Adolf-Grimme-Preis, is one of the most prestigious German television awards. It is named after the first general director of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Adolf Grimme. The Grimme Institute ...

and the

Deutscher Fernsehpreis The Deutscher Fernsehpreis (''German Television Award'') is an annual German award for television programming, created in 1999, by German television channels Das Erste, ZDF, RTL (German TV channel), RTL and Sat.1. It was created to be an equivalen ...

Education

After an audio-visual media designer apprenticeship, Murmann studied Film and Television at

Academy of Media Arts Cologne The Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM) is the art and film school of the state of North Rhine Westphalia. It was founded 1989 in Cologne, Germany. Notable artists and filmmakers who studied or taught at the academy include Rosa Barba, VALIE EX ...

. From 2008 until 2012, Murmann produced several short films, adverts, and music videos. His 2010 film Armadingen (co-produced with

Philipp Käßbohrer Philip Georg Käßbohrer (), born 30 October 1983, is a German film producer and director. He is the founder of the German film production company ' and known for creating the shows Neo Magazin and How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast). Early lif ...

) was awarded several short-film festival prizes. Murmann's and Käßbohrer's first feature film ''Das Problem des Schnellstfluges'' was released in 2016.

Career

Following ''Armadingen'', Matthias Murmann and Philipp Käßbohrer began working on a concept for a

late-night talk show A late-night talk show is a genre of talk show, originating in the American Media, United States. It is generally structured around humorous monologues about the day's news, guest interviews, comedy sketches and music performances. It is charact ...

featuring

Jan Böhmermann Jan Böhmermann () (born 23 February 1981) is a German Satire, satirist, journalist, podcast and television host. He also worked as a writer, producer, radio host, and is best known for his activism through publicity stunts. Early life and edu ...

and

Charlotte Roche Charlotte Elisabeth Grace Roche (born 18 March 1978) is a British-German television presenter, author, producer, and actress.ZDFkultur ZDFkultur (stylized as zdf.kultur) was a German free-to-air television channel owned by ZDF. It was launched on 7 May 2011, replacing ZDF theaterkanal. It mainly broadcast music shows, such as ''Later... with Jools Holland'', pop concerts and s ...

, was met with generally favourable reviews, and received a nomination for the 2012

. Eventually, Käßbohrer and Murmann were awarded the 2012 Deutscher Fernsehpreis's ''Förderpreis'', and founded the

film production Filmmaking or film production is the process by which a Film, motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, beginning with an initial story, idea, or commission. Production then continues through screen ...

company ''bildundtonfabrik''. In 2013, Murmann and Käßbohrer created the late-night talk show

that aired on

ZDFneo ZDFneo is a German free-to-air television channel, programmed for an audience aged 25 to 49 to complement the primarily older-skewing main channels of public broadcasters ZDF and ARD. It replaced ZDF's documentary channel ZDFdokukanal on 1 N ...

and later on

ZDF ZDF (), short for (; ), is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Launched on 1 April 1963, it is run as an independent nonprofit institution, and was founded by all federal states of Germany ( ...

. Later that year, Murmann was the executive producer of the

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show ''Kebekus!'' hosted by

Carolin Kebekus Carolin Kebekus (born 9 May 1980) is a German comedian and television personality. The content of her comedy is highly feminist and satirical. Biography Born in Bergisch Gladbach, Kebekus grew up as daughter of a social education worker and a ...

. Throughout the following years, Murmann was the executive producer of the

comedy show ''Die unwahrscheinlichsten Ereignisse im Leben von ...'', and the infotainment show ''Mr. Dicks - Das erste wirklich subjektive Gesellschaftsmagazin'' that aired on

1Live 1LIVE is a radio station operated by the Westdeutscher Rundfunk public broadcasting corporation in Germany. It broadcasts a CHR format specialised in popular music. Aimed at the 14–39 age demographic, the average age of its listeners is 34. ...

and EinsFestival. Since 2017, Murmann has been producing the comedy show ''Kroymann'', aired on ARD. The show is hosted by

Maren Kroymann Maren Kroymann (; born 19 July 1949) is a German actress, comedian and singer. Career Kroymann was born in Walsrode. She studied English, Roman studies, and American studies at University of Tübingen. After spending time in Paris and the ...

, who satirically discusses social topics and problems. In 2018, Murmann co-created WDR's online platform ''docupy'', which includes documentary films on sociopolitical topics, directed by him. Since 2018, Murmann has been the

showrunner A showrunner is the top-level executive producer of a television series. The position outranks other creative and management personnel, including episode directors, in contrast to feature films, in which the director has creative control over th ...

of the Netflix series How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast). The first season aired in 2019; season two and three followed in 2020 and 2021 respectively. In 2021, Murmann co-produced the documentary film ''Shiny Flakes: The Teenage Drug Lord'' about Maximilian Schmidt. Schmidt inspired Käßbohrer to write his ''How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)''. Murmann and Käßbohrer will be the executive producers of Netflix's ''King of Stonks'' that is said to air in 2022.

Filmography

* 2010: ''Armadingen'' (producer) * 2013: ''Kebekus!'' (producer) * 2013 - 2019: ''Neo Magazin Royale'' (screenwriter, producer) * 2016 - 2017: ''Schulz & Böhmermann'' (producer) * 2017 - 2018: ''Kroymann'' (producer) * 2018: ''Lass dich überwachen! Die Prism is a Dancer Show'' (producer) * 2018: ''Get Well Soon - The Horror'' (online series) (producer) * 2019: ''How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)'' (executive Producer, creator) * 2020: ''Die Carolin Kebekus Show'' (producer) * 2020: ''Drinnen - Im Internet sind alle gleich'' (online series) (producer) * 2021: ''Shiny Flakes: The Teenage Drug Lord'' (producer) * 2021: ''King of Stonks'' (executive Producer, creator)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Murmann, Matthias Living people German film producers German screenwriters 1984 births