Philipp Käßbohrer

{{Short description|German film producer and director (born 1983)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Philip Georg Käßbohrer

| image = Grimmepreis 2015 012.jpg

| alt = Philipp Kässbohrer

| caption = Käßbohrer in 2015

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|10|30}}

| birth_place = Biberach an der Riß

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| occupation = {{hlist|Producer|director}}

| years_active = 2006–

| known_for = bildundtonfabrik

| works = {{bulleted list|How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)|Neo Magazin|King of Stonks}}

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Philip Georg Käßbohrer ({{IPA|de|fɪlɪp ge:ɔɐ̯k kɛsbo:ʁɐ|lang}}), born 30 October 1983, is a German film producer and director. He is the founder of the German film production company {{ill|bildundtonfabrik|de}} and known for creating the shows Neo Magazin and How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast).

Early life and education

Philip Georg Käßbohrer was born in Biberach an der Riß on 30 October 1983. After graduating from the gymnasium Pestalozzi-Gymnasium Biberach in 2004, he began a three-year audio-visual media designer apprenticeship with German public broadcasting organisation Südwestrundfunk. From 2007 until 2014, Käßbohrer studied Film and Television at Academy of Media Arts Cologne.{{cite web |url=https://www.schwaebische.de/landkreis/landkreis-biberach/biberach_artikel,-fernsehpreis-fuer-philipp-kaessbohrer-aus-biberach-_arid,5326826.html |title=Fernsehpreis für Philipp Käßbohrer aus Biberach |work=Schwäbische Zeitung |date=2012-10-05 |lang=de |access-date=2022-02-24}}

Career

In 2006, Käßbohrer began directing and working on screenplays for television shows, such as his feature film Das Problem des Schnellstfluges.{{cite web |author=Gerd Mägerle |url=https://www.schwaebische.de/landkreis/landkreis-biberach/biberach_artikel,-fernsehmacher-erzaehlen-luftfahrtgeschichte-_arid,10113680.html |title=Fernsehmacher erzählen Luftfahrtgeschichte |work=Schwäbische Zeitung |date=2014-11-01 |lang=de |access-date=2022-02-25}} Later, Käßbohrer directed music videos for Get Well Soon and Le Corps Mince de Françoise.{{Citation |author=Anne Waak |title=Ausgangspunkt Apokalypse |work=DIE WELT |date=2012-08-24}} In 2012, he wrote and directed the Arte film Armadingen.{{Citation |author=Anne Waak |title=Get Well Soon: So schön kann der Weltuntergang sein |work=DIE WELT |date=2012-08-26}}

Following Armadingen, Käßbohrer and his classmate Matthias Murmann began working on a concept for a late-night talk show featuring Jan Böhmermann and Charlotte Roche. The show, broadcast on ZDFkultur, was met with generally favourable reviews,{{Citation |author=Jan Scheper |title="Roche & Böhmermann" auf ZDFkultur: Kultur ist, wenn man trotzdem rockt |work=Die Tageszeitung: taz |date=2012-03-03 |issn=0931-9085}}{{Citation |author=Florian Diekmann |title="Roche & Böhmermann" auf ZDFkultur: Tempo-Talk mit Trosshure |work=Der Spiegel |date=2012-03-05 |issn=2195-1349}} and received a nomination for the 2012 Grimme-Preis. Eventually, Käßbohrer and Murmann were awarded the 2012 Deutscher Fernsehpreis's Förderpreis, and founded the film production company bildundtonfabrik.{{cite web |author=Cornelius Pollmer |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/moderator-jan-boehmermann-quatsch-mit-pose-1.1503213 |title=Quatsch mit Pose |work=Süddeutsche Zeitung |date=2012-10-23 |lang=de |access-date=2022-02-24}}

From 2013 until 2019, Käßbohrer was the executive producer of bildundtonfabrik's late-night talk show Neo Magazin, hosted by Jan Böhmermann.{{cite web |author=Gerd Mägerle |url=https://www.schwaebische.de/landkreis/landkreis-biberach/biberach_artikel,-durchschnittsfernsehen-ist-mit-philipp-kaessbohrer-nicht-zu-machen-_arid,5620389.html |title=Durchschnittsfernsehen ist mit Philipp Käßbohrer nicht zu machen |work=Schwäbische Zeitung |date=2014-04-04 |lang=de |access-date=2022-02-24}} The show aired on ZDFneo from 2013 until 2015, and has aired on ZDF since 2015.{{cite news |author=Matthias Kalle |url=https://www.zeit.de/zeit-magazin/2015/02/jan-boehmermann-zdf-neo-magazin-royale |title=Der Alleinunterhalter |work=Die Zeit |date=2015-01-08 |access-date=2022-02-25}}

From 2014 until 2017, Philipp Käßbohrer was the executive producer of the WDR comedy show Die unwahrscheinlichsten Ereignisse im Leben von ...,{{cite web |author=Hans Hoff |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/jan-boehmermann-im-wdr-comedy-mit-tarantino-idee-1.1972942 |title=Show von Jan Böhmermann startet auf WDR |work=Süddeutsche Zeitung |date=2014-05-24 |lang=de |access-date=2022-02-25}} and the infotainment show Mr. Dicks - Das erste wirklich subjektive Gesellschaftsmagazin that aired on 1Live and EinsFestival.{{cite web |url=https://www.schwaebische.de/landkreis/landkreis-biberach/biberach_artikel,-biberacher-gewinnt-grimmepreis-_arid,10188244.html |title=Biberacher gewinnt Grimmepreis |work=Schwäbische Zeitung |date=2015-03-05 |lang=de |access-date=2022-02-25}} Throughout the mid-2010s, Käßbohrer directed music videos such as Get Well Soon - It's Love and Maeckes - Gettin' Jiggy With it.{{cite web |author=Heinrich Oehmsen |url=https://www.abendblatt.de/hamburg-tipps/article207118277/Get-Well-Soon-Mit-der-alten-Liebe-zu-Tisch.html |title=Get Well Soon: Mit der alten Liebe zu Tisch |work=Hamburger Abendblatt |date=2016-03-03 |lang=de-DE |access-date=2022-02-25}}{{cite web |author=Gerd Mägerle |url=https://www.schwaebische.de/landkreis/landkreis-biberach/biberach_artikel,-der-fernsehrevoluzzer-aus-biberach-_arid,10551249.html |title=Der Fernsehrevoluzzer aus Biberach |work=Schwäbische Zeitung |date=2016-10-25 |lang=de |access-date=2022-02-25}}

Since 2017, Käßbohrer has been producing the comedy show Kroymann, aired on ARD. The show is hosted by Maren Kroymann, who satirically discusses social topics and problems."TV-Satire: Einfach nur 'Kroymann'", in: Neue Württembergische Zeitung, 8 March 2017

Starting in 2018, Käßbohrer and several other screenwriters began working on the screenplay for the first six episodes of the Netflix show How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast).{{cite news |author=Daniel Gerhardt |url=https://www.zeit.de/kultur/film/2019-05/how-to-sell-drugs-online-fernsehserie-netflix/seite-2 |title=Von Fantasy auf Ecstasy |work=Die Zeit |date=2019-05-31 |access-date=2022-02-25}} Käßbohrer and Murmann have been the show's executive producers. The first season aired in 2019; season two and three followed in 2020 and 2021 respectively.{{cite web |author=Jonas-Erik Schmidt |url=https://www.welt.de/regionales/nrw/article211783953/Netflix-How-to-Sell-Drugs-Online-Fast-so-wird-die-zweite-Staffel.html |title=So wird die zweite Staffel von "How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)" |work=Welt |date=2020-07-20 |access-date=2022-02-25}}{{Citation |author=Elisa von Hof |title=»How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)« auf Netflix: Nur Probleme auf der Ätzendskala |work=Der Spiegel |date=2021-07-28 |issn=2195-1349}}

Also in 2018, Käßbohrer co-created WDR's online platform docupy, which includes documentary films on sociopolitical topics, directed by him.{{cite web |author=Alexander Krei |url=https://www.dwdl.de/interviews/66080/die_form_ist_im_fernsehen_noch_immer_eine_art_kr/ |title="Die Form ist im Fernsehen noch immer eine Art Kür" |work=DWDL |date=2018-03-20 |access-date=2022-02-05}}

In March 2020, during the first German COVID-19-lockdown, Käßbohrer created and produced the 15-episode comedy show Drinnen – im Internet sind alle gleich that aired on ZDFmediathek and ZDFneo. It featured Lavinia Wilson, Jana Pallaske, Barnaby Metschurat, and Victoria Trauttmansdorff. The show was not recorded in a film studio, instead, the actors recorded themselves at home using bildundtonfabrik equipment that was sent to them by mail.{{cite web |author=Frank Heine |url=https://beta.blickpunktfilm.de/details/449898 |title=Philipp Käßbohrer: "Die beste Idee siegt" |work=Blickpunkt Film |date=2020-04-17 |access-date=2022-02-25}}Mark-Christian von Busse: "Die Einsamkeit in Quarantäne", in: Northeimer Neueste Nachrichten, 27 April 2020

Since 2020, Käßbohrer has been the executive producer of Die Carolin Kebekus Show.{{cite web |author=Der Deutsche Fernsehpreis |url=https://www.deutscher-fernsehpreis.de/verleihung/nominierungsdetails/details-2021/2021-beste-comedy-late-night-die-carolin-kebekus-show/ |title=2021 Beste Comedy/Late Night Die Carolin Kebekus Show |work=Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2022 |lang=de-DE |access-date=2022-02-28}} In 2021, Käßbohrer 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).{{cite web |author=Daniel Gerhardt |url=https://www.zeit.de/kultur/film/2021-08/shiny-flakes-the-teenage-drug-lord-dokumentation-drogenhandel-online |title=Lachen über die eigene Dreistigkeit |work=Die Zeit |date=2021-08-03 |access-date=2022-02-25}} Käßbohrer and Murmann will be the executive producers of Netflix's King of Stonks that is set to air in 2022.{{cite web |author=dpa |url=https://www.abendblatt.de/kultur-live/kino/article234520259/Netflix-verfilmt-Im-Westen-nichts-Neues-neu.html |title=Was Netflix 2022 noch so plant |date=2022-02-08 |lang=de-DE |access-date=2022-02-25}}{{Needs update|date=March 2025}}

Filmography

2008: Gemeinsam Allein (director, screenplay){{Cite book |url=https://opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de/search?id |title=Gemeinsam allein |date=2010 |publisher=OPAC plus |location= }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
2009: Der Tag, an dem Herrn Müller einfach nichts einfallen wollte (director){{Cite web |date=2009-10-14 |title=Erster deutscher digitaler 3-D-Film feiert Uraufführung beim Filmfest |url=https://www.schwaebische.de/regional/biberach/biberach/erster-deutscher-digitaler-3-d-film-feiert-urauffuehrung-beim-filmfest-1077591 |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=Schwaebische Zeitung |language=de}}
2010: Armadingen (director, screenplay)
2013 - 2019: Neo Magazin Royale (director, producer)
2014: Die unwahrscheinlichsten Ereignisse im Leben von ... (director, writer, producer)
2015: Mr. Dicks - Das erste wirklich subjektive Gesellschaftsmagazin (director){{Cite web |title=Mr. Dicks – Das erste wirklich subjektive Gesellschaftsmagazin (EinsFestival/ WDR) |url=https://www.grimme-preis.de/archiv/2015/preistraeger/p/d/mr-dicks-das-erste-wirklich-subjektive-gesellschaftsmagazin-einsfestival-wdr |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=www.grimme-preis.de |language=de-DE}}
2016 - 2017: Schulz & Böhmermann (director, producer){{Cite web |title=Jan Böhmermann & Olli Schulz kriegen ZDFneo-Sendung |url=https://kress.de/news/detail/beitrag/132492-fuer-alle-die-keine-klassischen-talkshows-moegen-jan-boehmermann-olli-schulz-kriegen-zdfneo-sendung.html |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=kress |language=de-DE}}
2017 - 2018: Kroymann (director, producer)
2018: Lass dich überwachen! Die Prism is a Dancer Show (creator){{Cite web |title=Lass dich überwachen! - Die PRISM IS A DANCER Show (btf für ZDF/ZDFneo) |url=https://www.grimme-preis.de/archiv/2019/preistraeger/p/d/lass-dich-ueberwachen-die-prism-is-a-dancer-show-btf-fuer-zdfzdfneo/ |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=www.grimme-preis.de |language=de-DE}}
2019: How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast) (producer, screenplay, creator)
2020: Die Carolin Kebekus Show (producer){{Cite web |last=Fernsehpreis |first=Der Deutsche |title=2021 Beste Comedy/Late Night Die Carolin Kebekus Show |url=https://www.deutscher-fernsehpreis.de/verleihung/nominierungsdetails/details-2021/2021-beste-comedy-late-night-die-carolin-kebekus-show/ |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2023 |language=de-DE}}
2020: Drinnen - Im Internet sind alle gleich (online series) (creator)
2021: Shiny Flakes: The Teenage Drug Lord (producer)
2021: King of Stonks (creator, producer, screenplay)

References

External links

{{IMDb name|nm3274858}}
[https://20.re-publica.com/de/member/24707 Philipp Käßbohrer] at re:publica

Category:1983 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Biberach an der Riss

Category:German directors

Category:German film producers

Category:German screenwriters