After studies of science of film and theatre, history of art, ethnology and philosophy, work as a film critic and author of several books about actors and cinema. Producer, writer and director of several documentaries mainly for German TV. Since 1992 commissioning editor for cinema at Arte G.E.I.E., and sinse 1994 he is head of the cinema department. In 2000 he was named as head of the cinema department at ZDF/arte and from 2016 to 2019 he was head of fiction at ZDF/arte. For ZDF/arte he was also coexecutive and associate-producer of more than 100 movies by directors like Lars von Trier, Srdan Golubovic, Carlos Reygadas, Bela Tarr, Aki Kaurismäki, Yesim Ustaoglu, Michelangelo Frammartino, Jessica Hauser, Barbara Albert, Apichatpong Weerasethakul and many others. Since 2019 he works as expert for drama series and movies and as group leader at the Biennale College Cinema. He is a Jury member at several festivals and permanent member of the selection committee of the Luxembourg Film Fund. He is currently, in development of a limited drama series.
