{{Short description|German-Czech lyricist (born 1977)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Filip Albrecht | image = Filip Albrecht Letohrad 2012.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Albrecht in 2012 | birth_name = Hanns Philipp Albrecht | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|11|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Munich, West Germany | occupation = {{hlist|Lyricist|manager|producer|film distributor|TV host|writer}} | years_active = 1999–present }} '''Filip Albrecht''' (born 28 November 1977) is a lyricist, manager, producer, film distributor, TV host, and writer.
==Early life== [[File:Filip Albrecht, Karl Markovics, Peter Kovarčík and Gedeon Burkhard 2014.jpg|thumb|right|Filip Albrecht, Karl Markovics, Peter Kovárčík and Gedeon Burkhard at ''The Devil's Mistress'' press conference in Prague, 2015]] Born in Munich, Albrecht grew up in Bavaria. In 1999, he decided to move to Prague and found a media company to distribute Czech movies all over the world.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://kultura.idnes.cz/hudba.aspx?c=A040407_105931_hudba_jup|title=Karel Gott je muž dvou tváří|newspaper=Mladá fronta Dnes|publisher=Mafra|date=7 April 2004|access-date=6 December 2011|language=cs}}</ref> Albrecht is a member of the Rotary Club Prague International.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rotary2240.org/prague-international/cs/seznam-clenu/|title=Seznam členu RC Prague International|website=Rotary International|date=10 November 2016|access-date=11 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113033020/https://www.rotary2240.org/prague-international/cs/seznam-clenu//|archive-date=13 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Career== {{Update|reason=Add career in 2020s|date=December 2024}}
===2000s=== In 2001, Albrecht began to work as the German lyricist for the two international most successful Czech singers, Karel Gott and Helena Vondráčková, writing for them from 2001 to 2017 over 30 songs such as ''Jede Nacht'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://hitparade.ch/song/Karel-Gott/Jede-Nacht-170428|title=Swiss Music Charts (song: Jede Nacht)|website=hitparade.ch|access-date=23 November 2014}}</ref> ''Das Lachen meiner Kinder'' or ''Schau nach vorn'',<ref>{{Cite press release|url=http://www.universal-music.de/karel-gott/news/detail/article:230500/alle-infos-zum-neuen-album-herr-gott-nochmal-von-karel-gott|title=Press release from Universal Music Group Germany|website=Universal Music Germany|publisher=Universal Music|date=16 October 2014|access-date=20 November 2014}}</ref> which were released mainly in the German market (Universal Music Group Germany, Electrola).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.novinky.cz/vase-zpravy/praha/3440-22488-textu-pro-karla-gotta-jsem-napsal-asi-dvacet-rika-nemecky-textar-filip-albrecht.html|title=Textů pro Karla Gotta jsem napsal asi dvacet říká německý textař Filip Albrecht|publisher=Právo|date=31 January 2014|access-date=26 March 2014}}</ref> Since 2003 he is Vondráčkova's producer and manager for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://kultura.idnes.cz/vondrackova-uvedla-nemeckou-show-dq8-/filmvideo.aspx?c=A040503_091004_filmvideo_kot|title=Vondráčková uvedla německou show|newspaper=Mladá fronta Dnes|publisher=Mafra|date=3 May 2004|access-date=17 July 2008|language=cs}}</ref> Albrecht is also the manager of legendary Czech actor and entertainer Pavel Trávníček (Three Wishes for Cinderella).
In 2002, Albrecht started his cooperation with the Zlín Film Festival being named the Head of International Relations by Czech culture minister Vítěžslav Jandák as well as the Febiofest.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.radio.cz/de/rubrik/kultur/deutsch-tschechische-beziehungen-im-bereich-des-films|title=Deutsch-tschechische Beziehungen im Bereich des Films|website=Czech Radio|date=17 August 2003|access-date=11 January 2009|language=de}}</ref> From 2002 until 2015, he brought to the Czech Republic dozens of film personalities like Peter Ustinov, Jürgen Prochnow, Helmut Berger, Maximilian Schell, Pierre Brice, Ottfried Fischer, Hanna Schygulla, Dani Levy, Gojko Mitić, Frank Beyer, Götz George or Armin Mueller-Stahl.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ahaonline.cz/clanek/zhave-drby/38719/vinnetou-brice-chce-tocit-v-cesku.html|title=Vinnetou Brice chce točit v Česku|newspaper=Aha!|publisher=Czech News Center|date=9 September 2009|access-date=14 March 2014|language=cs}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.zlinfest.cz/cs/2004/aktuality?id=20|title=Očekáváme zvučná jména – Stars of the Festival interviev|website=Zlín Film Festival|date=24 April 2004|access-date=9 August 2010|language=cs|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130429024750/http://www.zlinfest.cz/cs/2004/aktuality?id=20|archive-date=29 April 2013}}</ref> As a librettist he wrote the German version of the fairy tale ''Tři bratři'' ("Three Brothers"), directed by Academy Award winner Jan Svěrák, and the ice show ''Aschenputtel on Ice''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.novinky.cz/vase-zpravy/praha/3440-22496-sverak-senior-a-sverak-junior-jsou-pro-me-svetova-extratrida-tvrdi-filip-albrecht.html|title=Svěřák junior a Svěrák senior jsou pro mě světová extratřída|website=Novinky.cz|publisher=Borgis|date=1 February 2014|access-date=20 December 2014|language=cs}}</ref>
===2010s=== thumb|right|Filip Albrecht at the Broadway premiere of ''Doctor Zhivago'', 2015 Since 2013, Albrecht has been the programme director and vice-president of the popular Czech television channels ''Šlágr TV'' and ''Country Nr.1''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://ceskobudejovicky.denik.cz/zpravy_region/pro-ceske-umelce-pise-nemecke-texty-rika-ze-hudba-lidi-spojuje-20140913.html|title=Pro české umělce píše německé texty|trans-title=Interview about Šlágr TV and Country Nr.1|website=Deník|location=České Budějovice|publisher=Vltava Labe Media|date=13 September 2014|access-date=16 September 2014}}</ref> He is the co-author and ghostwriter of Karel Gott's autobiography ''Zwischen zwei Welten'' ("Between Two Worlds"), which was released in Germany in May 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.zeit.de/2014/21/karel-gott|title=Die Heiterkeit des Seins|newspaper=Die Zeit|publisher=Zeitverlag Gerd Bucerius GmbH & Co. KG|date=24 May 2014|access-date=11 June 2014|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.novinky.cz/vase-zpravy/zahranici/nemecko/3440-28247-karel-gott-napsal-letos-pro-nemecky-trh-autobiografii-ktera-se-stala-bestsellerem.html|title=Karel Gott letos napsal autobiografii, která se stala bestsellerem|website=Novinky.cz|publisher=Borgis|date=23 November 2014|access-date=11 December 2014|language=cs}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ahaonline.cz/clanek/zhave-drby/96348/karel-gott-oslavi-75-narozeniny-prekvapeni-od-ivanky-ho-dostane.html|title=Karel Gott oslaví narozeniny, překvapení vás dostane|website=Aha!|publisher=Czech News Center|date=11 April 2014|access-date=22 April 2014|language=cs}}</ref>
Albrecht hosts the Czech-Slovak television show ''Se Šlágrem na cestách'' ({{Lit|With Music on the Road}})<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.smago.de/d/artikel/68667/|title=ADS-Medienpreis Fernsehen Ausland 2014 für Filip Albrecht!|magazine=Smago|date=26 November 2014|access-date=28 November 2014|language=de|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141227014457/http://www.smago.de/d/artikel/68667/|archive-date=27 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> and appears on several celebrity talk shows.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://programm.orf.at/?story=30533|title=TV announcement by Austrian state television ORF of the VERA show with guests Karel Gott, Filip Albrecht and Ralph Siegel|website=ORF|date=7 June 2014|access-date=28 October 2014|archive-date=27 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227091735/http://programm.orf.at/?story=30533|url-status=dead}}</ref> For his work as an "ambassador" of Czech music and television shows he was honoured in the ''Smago Award 2014'' ceremony with the ''ADS Medienpreis'' by the ''Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Schlager & Volksmusik'' e.v. in Berlin in November 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smago.de/d/artikel/68667/|title=ADS-Medienpreis Fernsehen Ausland 2014 für Filip Albrecht!|website=Smago|date=26 November 2014|access-date=28 November 2014|language=de|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141227014457/http://www.smago.de/d/artikel/68667/|archive-date=27 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.smago.de/d/artikel/68671/|title=Die "smago! Award 2014" Preisträger(innen) in der Übersicht!|magazine=Smago|date=28 November 2014|access-date=23 April 2015|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141201045747/http://www.smago.de/d/artikel/68671/|archive-date=1 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Albrecht is the coproducer of the biographical film movie ''The Devil's Mistress'' (director: Filip Renč) about the life of Czech actress Lída Baarová and her affair with Joseph Goebbels starring Karl Markovics, Gedeon Burkhard and Tatiana Pauhofova.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/zpravy/filip-renc-zacne-film-o-baarove-tocit-v-breznu/1176904|title=Filip Renč začne film o Baarové točit v březnu|website=České Noviny|date=3 February 2015|access-date=7 February 2015|language=cs}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://diepresse.com/home/kultur/film/4633743/Karl-Markovics-spielt-Joseph-Goebbels|title=Karl Markovics spielt Joseph Goebbels|newspaper=Die Presse|publisher=Die Presse Verlags-Gesellschaft m.b.H. & Co KG|date=8 January 2015|access-date=8 February 2015|language=de}}</ref>
thumb|right|Albrecht presenting the Closing Gala of the ''Fabulix'' Film Festival, 2017 In October 2016, Albrecht was named the Festival Director of the first European Fairy Tale Film Festival ''Internationales Märchenfilmfestival Fabulix'' in Annaberg-Buchholz (Saxony). Albrecht is a founding member of the festival.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tag24.de/nachrichten/annaberg-buchholz-maerchenhaftes-festival-filmfest-stadt-ries-fabulix-sommer-228723|title=Ries-Stadt feiert mit vielen Stars märchenhaftes Filmfest|newspaper=Berliner Morgenpost|publisher=Funke Mediengruppe|date=18 March 2017|access-date=2 June 2017|language=de|archive-date=17 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817105950/https://www.tag24.de/nachrichten/annaberg-buchholz-maerchenhaftes-festival-filmfest-stadt-ries-fabulix-sommer-228723|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mdr.de/sachsen/chemnitz/annaberg-buchholz-stellt-maerchenfilmfestival-fabulix-vor-100.html|title=Fabulix zaubert Sommermärchen nach Annaberg-Buchholz|website=Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk|date=17 March 2017|access-date=3 June 2017|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328031542/http://www.mdr.de/sachsen/chemnitz/annaberg-buchholz-stellt-maerchenfilmfestival-fabulix-vor-100.html|archive-date=28 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.freiepresse.de/LOKALES/ERZGEBIRGE/SCHWARZENBERG/Echtes-Prinzenpaar-kommt-zu-Fabulix-artikel9860606.php|title=Echtes Prinzenpaar kommt zu Fabulix|newspaper=Freie Presse|location=Saxony|publisher=Chemnitzer Verlag|date=18 March 2017|access-date=4 June 2017|language=de}}</ref> The first edition of the festival (2017) took place from 23 August to the 27th, and was visited by over 20.000 guests.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.welt.de/regionales/sachsen/article168033319/Rund-20-000-Besucher-bei-Maerchenfilm-Festival-fabulix.html|title=Rund 20.000 Besucher bei Märchenfilm-Festival "fabulix"|newspaper=Die Welt|publisher=Axel Springer SE|date=27 August 2017|access-date=15 October 2017|language=de}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Albrecht, Filip}} Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:Czech television personalities Category:German lyricists Category:Czech male writers Category:German male writers Category:German emigrants to the Czech Republic Category:Immigrants to the Czech Republic Category:Mass media people from Prague Category:Writers from Prague