Manuel Andrack

Manuel Andrack
Manuel Andrack hiking
Born	June 23, 1965(1965-06-23) Cologne, Germany
Nationality	German
Known for	television presenter and author

Manuel Andrack (born June 23, 1965 in Cologne) is a German journalist, television show editor, television host and author. He is most well known for his role as the "sidekick" of the popular Harald Schmidt Show.

Biopraphy

Early years

Manuel Andrack was born on June 23, 1965 in Cologne, where he has also lived most of his life. After receiving his Abitur in 1984 he enrolled at University of Cologne, majoring in theater studies, film, television and German studies with a minor in art history. He received a Magister Artium degree from the same university.^[1]

Haraldt Schmidt Show

Manuel Andrack and Harald Schmidt

Andrack first worked as an editor for the television production company CAT Entertainment RLT. In 1995 he got a job as the editor-in-chief of the popular Haraldt Schmidt Show. After August 30, 2000, he also started appearing in the show itself, and became well-known throughout the country. His role in the show was Haraldt Schmidt's "sidekick". The show gained new popularity as the combination Andrack - Schmidt added a family value to the broadcast.

"Creative pause"

After the show ended in December 2004, Andrack took a "creative break", and wrote a book about hiking (Du musst wandern. Ohne Stock und Hut im deutschen Mittelgebirge., 2005) (In English: You have to hike. Without staff or hat in the German middle mountains). In this book he describes his hiking experiences. Andrack quit smoking in 1997, and started jogging as a "replacement drug". However, he soon developed knee problems, and had to switch to hiking, falling in love with this outdoors activity. He says he enjoys wandering with friends or with family, but prefers hiking alone. When hiking alone, he usually hikes at least 40 kilometers a day. His favourite hiking route is the Lieserpfad from Daun to Wittlich in the Eifel mountains.^[1]

During his creative pause, Andrack also wrote the book Meine Saison mit dem FC about his relationship with the football club 1. FC Köln.

Further career

His working life continued when Harald Schmidt made him his chief dramaturg, among others for his show Kabarettsprogramm in 2004–2005. When the show was reworked in 2007, Andrack disappeared from the studio, but continued as an editor-in-chief of the program, until his contract was cancelled in mutual agreement in 2008.^[2]

In 2008, Andrack moved from Cologne to Saarbrücken.^[2] Today, Andrack writes columns and articles about hiking, which are published in Stern, Die Zeit and in Wandermagazin.

Awards

• 2001 - Grimme Online Award TV
• 2002 - Botschafter des Bieres (ambassador of the beer)
• 2002 - Goldene Feder (golden quill), together with Harald Schmidt

Works

• Manuel Andrack: Du musst wandern. Ohne Stock und Hut im deutschen Mittelgebirge. Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Köln 2005, ISBN 3-462-03488-X
• Manuel Andrack: Meine Saison mit dem FC. Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Köln 2005, ISBN 3-462-03584-3
• Manuel Andrack: Wandern. Das deutsche Mittelgebirge für Amateure und Profis. Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Köln 2006, ISBN 3-462-03745-5
• Guy Helminger, Manuel Andrack: Die Ruhe der Schlammkröte. Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Köln 2007, ISBN 3-462-03784-6
• Manuel Andrack: Von wem habe ich das bloß. Auf den Spuren der Ahnen. Eine Gebrauchsanweisung. KiWi, Köln 2008, ISBN 978-3-462-04038-8
• Manuel Andrack: 2 mit Grips und GPS. Cache! Wir finden ihn!. Mixtvision Verlagsges., München 2009, ISBN 978-3-939-43522-8

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Manuel Andrack: Du musst wandern. Ohne Stock und Hut im deutschen Mittelgebirge. Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Köln 2005, ISBN 3-462-03488-X
2. ^ ^{a b} "Tach, Herr Andrack, was machen Sie denn hier?" Saarbrücker Zeitung, 2008.

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Name	Andrack, Manuel
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Date of birth	June 23, 1965
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