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Born in Eisleben, East Germany, 1953. Grown up in Dessau
Studied Physics in Cracow, Poland and economics in Berlin, Germany
Worked as an editor and scriptwriter at the DEFA - Documentary Film Studio.
Studied directing at the University for Film and Television in Potsdam-Babelsberg
From 1987 to 1991 work as film director and scriptwriter at the DEFA-Documentary Film
Studio in Berlin
After the film studio was closed - as a consequence of German unification - working as
independent film director, scriptwriter and producer for television, cinema, private
companies and government organizations

Awards (selection):

• Bavarian Film Award 2016 for the best German documentary, Award ceremony
• Silver Wolf, IDFA, Amsterdam International Film Festival, Netherlands
• Grand Prix, Earth Vision Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan
• Grand Prix for Documentary, Festival du Film de Strasbourg, France
• Dow, Leipzig International Documentary Film Festival, Germany
• Golden Coins, Roshd International Film Festival, Teheran
• Adolf-Grimme-Preis, Award for the best Documentary in German Television
• Prize of the DEFA-Foundation, Germany, 2009

Filmwork in:

France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, India, Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland,
Russia, South Africa, Spain, Syria, USA

Teaching documentary film making:

• Torino Filmlab, Italy
• USA (Eastman Rochester)
• School for Music, Canada (University of Toronto)
• Singapore (Film Department Ngee Ann)
• Syria (Damascus High School for Television)
• India, (German Goethe Institut)
• Germany (Media Academy Hamburg, University of Paderborn)

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