Ute Krause

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Ute Krause (* 1960 in Berlin) is a German writer, screenwriter, director and illustrator of children’s and youth books.

Live life
Ute Krause was born in West Berlin, but her parents came from places in the GDR. She spent her childhood and adolescence because of her father’s work as an aid worker in various countries and continents, such as Turkey, Nigeria, Cyprus, India and the United States. In 1968 she was in Turkey, in 1971 in India. Since 1985 she has been writing and illustrating children’s books such as The Santa Clauses, The Big Bear, Minus Three and The Muscle Animals. Some of her works have received numerous awards, including nominated for the German Youth Literature Prize, internationally translated or filmed for television.

She first studied Visual Communication at the Berlin Art Academy, and from 1989 Film and Television Play at the Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF Munich). In 1990 her first short film followed, further tasks in the short and documentary field followed, then commissioned work for advertising.

Filmography (selection)
1990: Zartbitter (short film)
1992: Take Me Back to Cairo (short film)
2007: The Moffels (short animation series for Our Sandman)

Bibliography (selection)

Muscle series
The muscle animals. One for all – all for one (Volume 1). cbj, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-570-15903-3
The muscle animals on a long journey (Band 2). cbj, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-570-17172-1
The muscle animals and Madame Roquefort (volume 3). cbj, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-570-17442-5
The Muscle Animals and the Christmas Miracle (Volume 4). cbj, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-570-17697-9
The Muscle Animals and the Great Cheese Conspiracy (Volume 5). cbj, Munich 2021, ISBN 978-3-570-17899-7
The Muscle Animals and Eternal Fifth (Volume 6). cbj, Munich 2022, ISBN 978-3-570-18017-4
Reading book
The muscle animals and the flying Mr. Robert. cbj, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3-570-17752-5

Muscle animal series for self-reading
The muscle animals. Picandou and the small screaming neck (volume 1). cbj, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-570-17337-4
The muscle animals. Hamster Bertram lives dangerously (Volume 2). cbj, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-570-17369-5
The muscle animals. Pomme de Terre and the Forty Robbers (Volume 3). cbj, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-570-17619-1
The muscle animals and the rat-sharp party (volume 4). cbj, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3-570-17783-9
The muscle animals. Hamster Bertram is in school. cbj, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3-570-17985-7

Minus three series
Minus Three wants a pet (Volume 1). cbj, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-570-15892-0
Minus Three and the Loud Lucy (Band 2). cbj, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-570-15893-7
Minus Three and the Number Salad (Volume 3). cbj, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-570-15906-4
Minus Drei is partying (Volume 4), 2015. cbj, Munich ISBN 978-3-570-17091-5
Minus Drei geht bathen (Volume 5), 2015. cbj, Munich ISBN 978-3-570-17182-0

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