Thomas Brezina

During his school days Brezina began writing and received the “Grand Austrian Youth Prize” for his screenplays for the TV-puppet-show “Tim, Tom and Dominik”.

Subsequently, he worked as a puppeteer alongside Arminio Rothstein [de], better known as Clown Habakkuk in Austria, and played the magician Tintifax among others.

[3] Brezina wrote bedtime stories and radio plays and finally began working as an assistant director for shows such as Am Dam Des, a children's program by Austrian national public service broadcaster Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF).

Three years later the book series Tom Turbo followed – a detective-series about the “world’s smartest bicycle” – which was later adapted for TV as an interactive children's program.

[13] His adventure-series A Case for You and the Tiger-Team was a big international success, particularly in China, where the series overtook Harry Potter in terms of sales numbers at certain points.

[3] His shows, programs and series are mainly featured on Austrian national television broadcaster ORF, but also internationally on TV Educasi, Al Jaazera Children, Arte, DaVinci Learning, Nick, Sat.1 and SuperRTL.

[5] For years Brezina wrote the screenplays for the Austrian TV series Helmi, an educational program for kids, which explains dangers and precautions of traffic.

Starting as a presenter, Brezina hosted a variety of interactive TV shows and series for the children's program of ORF, including Am Dam Des, Die Rätselburg (Quiz Castle), Drachenschatz (Dragon's Treasure) and Forscherexpress (Researcher's Express).

The interactive show features Tom, a talking bicycle with 111 tricks and young detectives catching clumsy crooks and solving mysteries together with the audience in front of the TV.

[17] Besides writing, TV and movies, Brezina stages a variety of events for children, for example the Wien-Detektiv (Vienna-Detective), an educational book-project by the city of Vienna.

This trail, called “Mountain of Adventures” includes three hiking routes on which children can solve puzzles with special detective-equipment.