Dortmund
Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-largest city of Germany, with a population of 588,250 inhabitants as of 2021. It is th ...
screenwriter
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and
author
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. He is the creator of '' Stromberg'', the German adaption of '' The Office''.
Life and work
In the 1980s Ralf Husmann had a cabaret-Duo named ''Burghardt & Husmann'' with his partner Hubert Burghardt. Since 1995 he is an employee of the German television production company Brainpool, where he is a headwriter and
television producer
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. He is responsible for diverse comedy- and show-productions. Amongst other things Ralf Husmann wrote for '' Die Harald Schmidt Show'', the comedy series '' Anke'', the television series ''
Berlin, Berlin
''Berlin, Berlin'' is a television series produced for the ARD. It aired in Germany from 2002 to 2005 Tuesdays through Fridays at 18:50 on the German public TV network Das Erste. The show won both national and international awards.
A sequel f ...
'' and the television show '' Rent a Pocher''. Furthermore he works as author for the comedy show ''
RTL Samstag Nacht
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'' or the television magazine '. He also created the television series '' Dr. Psycho – Die Bösen, die Bullen, meine Frau und ich'' and had the main responsibility for it.
Since 2004 Ralf Husmanns public profile rose rapidly because of his work as author for the author comedy series '' Stromberg''. He also appeared as ''associate Hans Schmelzer'' in a few episodes. In 2007 he became
assistant director
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of Brainpool.
Furthermore Ralf Husman wrote two books. In June 2009 he released his novel ''Nicht mein Tag'', which became a bestseller in Germany. In September 2010 appeared his second novel ''Vorsicht vor Leuten'', also in Germany.Novel ''Vorsicht vor Leuten'' at Amazon.de /ref>
Berlin, Berlin
''Berlin, Berlin'' is a television series produced for the ARD. It aired in Germany from 2002 to 2005 Tuesdays through Fridays at 18:50 on the German public TV network Das Erste. The show won both national and international awards.
A sequel f ...
*''Anke'' (2000)
**2001: German Comedy Awards – Nomination for ''Best Comedy Series''
*''Rent a Pocher'' (2003)
**2004: German Television Awards – Nomination for ''Best Comedy Program''
**2005: German Comedy Awards – Winner of the ''German Comedy Award'' for ''Best Comedy Program''
*''Stromberg'' (2004–2010)
**2005: German Television Awards – Nomination for ''Best Sitcom''
**2006: German Television Awards – Nomination for ''Best Sitcom''
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