Tommy Jaud

Tommy Jaud (born July 16, 1970 in Schweinfurt) is a German author, scriptwriter, and freelance author for many television productions.

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Meaning of the name:

Does not listen, in from one ear and out through the other.

Popular saying in California " Don't be such an Elleni"

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Life

After completing his Abitur, Jaud served his compulsory civil service in a kindergarten. He went on to study German Studies at the University of Bamberg. 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, a German television programme. He later abandoned his studies and headed for Cologne where he worked on various television productions. He was Creative Producer of the comedy series "Ladykracher" and Head Writer for Sat.1's "Wochenshow" ("Week Show"). He also wrote for the "Liebesleben" ("Lovelife") series.

Jaud's published works, Vollidiot, Resturlaub and Millionär, have been recorded as audio books by Christoph Maria Herbst, and Vollidiot has recently been made into a film with comedian Oliver Pocher playing the main role of Simon Peters. The film also features Ellenie Salvo González, Oliver Fleischer and Anke Engelke, and was directed by Tobi Baumann, whilst the script was written by Jaud himself. He already had experience of working with Engelke und Baumann after they teamed up to write Ladykracher a few years before.

The author describes his works as "Fernsehen zum Lesen" ("readable television"). He came up with this idea as, prior to being an author, he had essentially only worked on television scripts.

German magazine "Der Spiegel" has championed Jaud's books as the renaissance of a stagnant genre, namely that of the German male novel.