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Michael Peter Schmidt

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Writer
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Michael Peter Schmidt was a director and producer, known for Freitag Nacht News (1999), Dead Man's Wire (2025) and Lollo rosso (1995). He was married to Gaby Sonnenberg. He died on 22 June 2025 in Syracuse, New York, USA.
DiedJune 22, 2025
DiedJune 22, 2025
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  • Awards
    • 1 nomination total

Known for

Freitag Nacht News (1999)
Freitag Nacht News
6.3
TV Series
  • Producer(2000-2001)
  • 1999
Bill Skarsgård in Dead Man's Wire (2025)
Dead Man's Wire
6.4
  • Producer
  • 2025
Lollo rosso
TV Series
  • Director
  • 1995
Guy Manster in Bad Boy (2023)
Bad Boy
7.2
TV Series
  • Producer

Credits

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Director

  • Die Wochenshow (1996)
    Die Wochenshow
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2011
  • Die Harald Schmidt Show (1995)
    Die Harald Schmidt Show
    7.7
    TV Series
    • segment director
    • 1996–2004
  • Ei verbibbsch - Das Comedy Kombinat
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2004
  • Outback
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2002
  • Die Pannen-Show
    TV Series
    • segment director
    • 1998–2001
  • Danke, Anke
    3.5
    TV Series
    • segment director
    • 1998
  • Lollo rosso
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1995–1996

Producer

  • Noa
    • executive producer
    • Pre-production
    • TV Mini Series
  • Bill Skarsgård in Dead Man's Wire (2025)
    Dead Man's Wire
    6.4
    • executive producer
    • 2025
  • Etty (2025)
    Etty
    7.2
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 2025
  • Guy Manster in Bad Boy (2023)
    Bad Boy
    7.2
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 2024–2025
  • Marc Maron in Are We Good? (2025)
    Are We Good?
    7.2
    • executive producer
    • 2025
  • We Will Dance Again (2024)
    We Will Dance Again
    7.6
    • executive producer
    • 2024
  • Hungry for Love (2023)
    Hungry for Love
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 2023
  • Munich '72 (2022)
    Munich '72
    7.4
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 2022
  • The Devil's Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes (2022)
    The Devil's Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes
    7.3
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 2022
  • My Diet Is Better Than Yours (2016)
    My Diet Is Better Than Yours
    7.6
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 2016
  • You Deserve It (2011)
    You Deserve It
    6.7
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 2011
  • ABC World News with Diane Sawyer
    TV Mini Series
    • executive producer
    • 2009
  • Michael Kessler in Switch: Reloaded (2007)
    Switch: Reloaded
    7.5
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 2007
  • Katarina Witt in Stars auf Eis (2006)
    Stars auf Eis
    4.8
    TV Series
    • executive producer: ProSieben
    • 2006
  • Jürgen von der Lippe in Extreme Activity (2006)
    Extreme Activity
    3.0
    TV Series
    • executive producer
    • 2006
  • Alles in Ordnung? (2006)
    Alles in Ordnung?
    8.2
    TV Series
    • executive producer: ProSieben
    • 2006

Writer

  • Lollo rosso
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1995–1996
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Personal details

  • Died
    • June 22, 2025
    • Syracuse, New York, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Gaby Sonnenberg? - June 22, 2025 (his death, 3 children)
  • Children
      Bennet Sonnenberg

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  • Trivia
    Joining the management team that founded Red Arrow Studios in 2009.

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