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Fred Apke, born in Bad Oeynhausen in 1959, went to Rome and Sicily for a while after graduating from high school and completing his civilian service, where he made his first attempts at filmmaking and where he was involved with, among other things, the partito radicale (Italy's Greens).
In 1981 he returned to Germany, where he studied literature and history. This was followed by acting training at the Fritz Kirchhoff School (acting school "Der Kreis") in Berlin.
He then worked as an actor in theatre and film. In 1985, Apke joined the Teatr Scena Polska in Hamburg, which staged plays by Witold Gombrowicz and Slawomir Mrożek.
In 1986, a film project took him to Norway, where he stayed for the next few years, directing and writing for television and theatre.
In 1987 he made his debut as a playwright at the Black Box Teater Oslo with "Closed due to illness".
From 1991 onwards, he spent more time in Germany, having guest engagements as an actor and director at various theaters (including the Kampnagel factory in Hamburg, the Landestheater Detmold, the Komödie Kassel, the Stadttheater Fürth, the Theater am Halleschen Ufer Berlin, Tafelhalle Nürnberg, Theater am Ufer Berlin, the Deutsches Theater Berlin (Baracke) and the Theater Bremen).
In 2003, he directed "Faust" at the Bałtycki Teatr Dramatyczny in Koszalin (Köslin) in Western Pomerania, which was then performed throughout Poland. This success led to further offers for Apke in Poland, and his plays also attracted interest.
Since then, Fred Apke has lived and worked mainly in Poland with his wife Marta Klubowicz, a renowned Polish actress who also translates his plays.
His plays, some of which won awards, were performed in many theaters across the country. He also wrote numerous radio plays for Polish radio and collaborated as a writer and actor with renowned Polish film directors.
Fred Apke's plays have been performed in Germany, Austria, England, Norway, the USA, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Ukraine.
1997 Scholarship from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for "Glass Eyes"
2000 Audience Award of the Bavarian Theatre Days as an actor
2004 Sylt Scholarship
2006 Prime Scholarship from the European Film Fund for his screenplay “Jablonki” (based on his own story – filmed in 2012).
2009 Grand Prize of the Polish Children's Theatre Association for "Adonis Gets a Visitor"
Winner of the 2010 Polish competition for comedy writers with "Sommerfrische".