Joachim Friedmann

Joachim Friedmann (born October 8, 1966) is a German scriptwriter, comic author, and computer games author, born and raised in Japan as the son of a German lecturer at the University of Sapporo, Joachim Friedmann lived in Hokkaido until 1971 before moving to Marburg in Germany. From 1989 to 1995 he studied cultural sciences in Hildesheim. In 1989 he founded a concert agency.

As a comic author, Friedmann published the story Page 756 with the graphic designer Henk Wyniger in 1988, which received a prize at the Comic Salon in Erlangen. This led to a contract for Friedmann and Wyniger with the Carlsen Verlag, Germany's largest publisher for Graphic Novels, where they created their own comic series: Lais und Ben. This two-volume adventure was followed by a comic adaptation of the TV-Thriller Murderous Decision in collaboration with Oliver Hirschbiegel. The thriller was broadcast 1991 on two TV channels simultaneously, allowing the viewer to choose between two different viewpoints of the same story via remote control.

Joachim Friedmann is also the author of five Donald Duck comics between 1997 and 2003, and has translated numerous Disney comics stories.

After writing a two-volume comic for the TV series Lindenstraße for Carlsen Verlag, he became a scriptwriter for the TV Series in 1997. Friedmann wrote 52 episodes of the cult series until 2002.

He married Sybille Waury, one of the leading actresses (Tanja Schildknecht) of the series.

After Lindenstraße, Friedmann worked as a scriptwriter for several German TV series: Für alle Fälle Stefanie, Die Camper, Klinik am Alex, Hinter Gittern, In aller Freundschaft, Der letzte Bulle, and Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten. Since 2015 he has been a writer and the Story Editor for the ARD series In aller Freundschaft – Die jungen Ärzte. He also wrote the dubbing scripts for the Japanese anime series Lupin III.

Since 2011, Friedmann is also active as a computer and online games author. He developed the educational game Die Schlaumäuse, for Microsoft Germany, which won the "Digita" German Education Media Prize in 2013.

In addition to his work as an author, Joachim Friedmann works as a lecturer and coach. He teaches dramaturgy and creative writing at the University of Hildesheim, at the Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg in Potsdam, and at the Institute for Acting, Film and Television Professions in Berlin. In 2017, he was appointed as professor for Serial Storytelling at the ifs Köln. Furthermore, Friedmann works as a coach and consultant in the business sector. Since 2012, he has led seminars and workshops on topics such as creativity training, communication skills, and strategic business communication through storytelling.

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