Following his apprenticeship at MDR (TV station) in Leipzig, he studied cinematography at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg (D) and La Fémis in Paris(F). He shot the film “Livestream” staring Matthias Brandt and Anna-Maria Mühe which won several awards and E.T.A. Hoffmanns DER SANDMANN was awarded- BEST Cinematography- at the Grand OFF World Independent Film Awards, Warsaw (PL) 2012. He currently works in commercials, fiction, TV series, documentaries and music videos.