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A Visual Journey

Born 1974 in Wilhelmshaven, at the North Sea coast of Germany I grew up in the city of Hamburg together with my twin brother. After my father came home with one of the first VHS Camcorder available, I was hooked on the obsession to make movies. Mostly my brother and me filmed the blowing up of Star Wars action figures or setting myself on fire. After high school which included a year abroad in the US and civil service I started as an apprentice at a Hamburg TV Production company followed by a 2-year media school. During this time, I finished two short films. One of them screened at the 13th Street film festival in Munich and the other one at the Chicago International Film festival.

After the media school, I started working as a freelance camera assistant and sound man but soon realized that I had a greater passion for lights. I moved to Cologne and then Amsterdam where I found myself on the bigger film sets as an electrician and where I learned most about lighting especially the secrets of “Dutch light”. It was there that I worked on my first feature film as a gaffer followed by some short films and two features.

I kept earning a living as an electrician and gaffer mostly on commercials, series and features but never gave up the idea to become a filmmaker and in 2010 I started research on No More Things and in 2011 shooting begun.

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In 2014, I moved back to Hamburg where I finished working on No More Things in 2016.

In 2017 I had the great opportunity to work with renowned Palestinian director Muayad Alayan and DoP Sebastian Bock on the internationally recognized film "The Reports On Sarah And Saleem", shot on location over a period of two month in East Jerusalem and the West Banks.

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In 2018 No More Things celebrated it's international premier was at the Beloit International Film Festival where it won the Josh Burton Award for excellence in arts. 2019 I moved to Chicago where I live and work today.

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I have been lucky to be able to sharpen and advance a variety of artistic skills through numerous solo and collaborative projects to make a reputable name for myself in the industry. Take a look at my selected works and don't hesitate  to get in touch for more information.