Tommy Jaud (born 16 July 1970, in

Schweinfurt Schweinfurt ( , ; ) is a city in the district of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the surrounding district (''Landkreis'') of Schweinfurt and a major industrial, cultural and educational hub. The urban ag ...

) is a German author, scriptwriter, and freelance author for many television productions.

Life

After completing his

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, Jaud served his compulsory civil service in a kindergarten. He went on to study German Studies at the

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. During his time as a student, Jaud presented a radio show for Antenne Thüringen and worked on a freelance basis for the

Harald Schmidt Show ''Die Harald Schmidt Show'' ("The Harald Schmidt Show") was a German late-night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian Harald Schmidt. The show first aired from 5 December 1995 to 23 December 2003 on Sat.1. Schmidt then moved his show ...

, a German television programme. He later abandoned his studies and headed for

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where he worked on various television productions. He was creative producer of the comedy series ''

Ladykracher ''Ladykracher'' was a German sketch comedy show starring Anke Engelke. The show ran on Sat.1 from 2002 to 2004 and was produced by Brainpool. In 2008 the show was reproduced until 2013. Skits All Ladykracher skits feature Anke Engelke. The pr ...

'' and head writer for Sat.1's '' Die Wochenshow''. He also wrote for the ''Liebesleben'' series. Jaud's published works, in German ''Vollidiot'', ''Resturlaub'' and ''Millionär'', have been recorded as audio books by

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, and ''Vollidiot'' has been made into a film with comedian

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playing the main role of Simon Peters. The film also features Ellenie Salvo González, Oliver Fleischer and

Anke Engelke Anke Christina Fischer ( Engelke; born 21 December 1965) is a German comedian, actress, voice actress and television presenter. Personal life Born in Montreal, Canada, Engelke moved to Cologne, Germany in 1971 with her German parents. Earl ...

, and was directed by , whilst the script was written by Jaud himself. He already had experience of working with Engelke and Baumann after they teamed up to write ''Ladykracher'' a few years previously. The author describes his works as "readable television". He came up with this idea as, prior to being an author, he had worked on television scripts. The German magazine ''

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'' has championed Jaud's books as the rebirth of a stagnant genre, namely that of the German men's novel.

References

External links

His official website
1970 births Living people 21st-century German novelists German television writers Male television writers People from Schweinfurt German male screenwriters German male novelists 21st-century German male writers 21st-century German screenwriters {{Germany-writer-stub