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Arne Sommer is a German writer, working mainly in the areas of television, radio drama and ficiton writing since 1996. Among his works are movies for television (e.g. “Klassentreffen” for public broadcaster ARD), his original radio drama mystery series “Peter Lundt: Blind Detective” (so far 11 episodes out on CD, plus stage versions and an upcoming comic book), and mystery novels (“Familiensache” and “Hongkong”, published by Thienemann, Stuttgart).
Arne has studied screenwriting at filmschools in Ludwigsburg, Germany, and Bournemouth, England, and was a guest at Bobette Buster’s Screenwriting Class in Holllywood. He also attended writing classes in London, Paris, Munich and Leipzig. He was member of the board of the Screenwriters’ Guild of Germany, Vice-President of the Federation of Scriptwriters in Europe, and is currently chairman of the board of “Kulturelle Filmförderung Schleswig-Holstein”, the film trade association in Germany’s northmost federal state.
He is also a lecturer and presenter of scriptwriting workshops and has organised events for festivals like Filmfest Hamburg, Filmfest Munich, Nordische Filmtage Lübeck and the Frankfurt Book Fair.
Arne lives with his family in the town of Neumünster, just half an hour north of Hamburg, Germany. Please download his English CV to get a closer look or contact him using the contact form on this page.