| 1951 | born in Backnang/Germany |
| 1973 - 1979 | Studies in Fine Arts |
| 1983 - 1990 | Studies in Cinematic Art, Promotion |
| 1993 | Professor for Cinematic Art, Kunsthochschule Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany |
Videos "Hypnosia - A Dreamlike Movie" (2013), "Cinedreams" (2013), "Wake Up!" (2013), "You Freud - Me Jane" (2013) / The Addiction Trilogy: # 1 "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" (2010), # 2 "Cheers!", # 3 "Don't Bogart That Joint" (2010) / "The End" (2009) / "Celluloidiva" (2007/08) / "A Man's Got To Do What A Man's Got To Do" (2005/06) / "Visual Therapy" (2002) / "Wahre Worte - Böse Bilder - Rauhe Rhythmen" ("True Words - Evil Images - Rough Rhythms", 2001) / "How to become a filmfreak in seven easy lessons" (1999) / "17/06/51.movie" (1998) / "Doch ermordet: Ich sah zu" ("Yet Murdered: I Watched", 1997) Shortfilms "Gemischte Gefühle" ("Mixed Feelings", 1984) / "Wie im Kino" ("Like in Cinema", 1983, both together with Meinolf Schmitz) / "Elf Einundzwanzig" ("Eleven Twentyone", 1982) / "Zeichen der Zeit" ("Signs of Time", 1980) Documentaries "Eine rauhe Ecke - die ´Hanauer´. Eine Frankfurter Straße verändert ihr Gesicht" ("A Rough Corner - The ´Hanauer´- A Street Changes its Face", German Television, 1991 together with Peter de Leuw) / "Der Rhein als Hudson, die Bachgass als Bowery - Filmpionier Edy Dengel ("River Rhein as Hudson, Lane Bachgass as Bowery - The World of Film Pioneer Edy Dengel (German Television, 1987) Awards "A Man's Got To Do What A Man's Got To Do: German Film Assessment Board: "Very Good" (2006), German Film Assessment Board: Shortfilm of the Month (July 2006) / "How to become a filmfreak in seven easy lessons": First Special Jury´s Award - Festival Internacional VideoLisboa, Lisboa (Portugal, 2000), Special Mention - International Videoart Festival L'immagine leggera, Palermo (Italy, 2001) / "Doch ermordet: Ich sah zu": German Film Assessment Board: "Good" (1997) / "Wie im Kino": German Film Assessment Board: "Very Good" (1984) / "Elf Einundzwanzig": German Film Assessment Board: "Good" (1983) / "Zeichen der Zeit": German Film Assessment Board: "Good". German Movie Award 1981 Festivals/international (since 2000) Festival du Court Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand (France, 2007) / Seattle International Film Festival (USA, 2007) / Aspen Shortfest (Colorado / USA, 2007) / Fantasia Film Fest Montreal, Canada (2007) / Huesca International Film Festival (Spain, 2007) / Naoussa International Film Festival (Greece, 2007) / International Art Film Festival Bratislava (Slovak Republic, 2007) / Cracow Film Festival (Poland, 2007) / Videoformes, Clermont-Ferrand (France, 2007) / Athens Video Art Festival (Greece, 2007) / Vienna Independent Shorts (Austria, 2007) / Narcolepsy Festival, Grenoble (France, 2007) / Moscow International Film Festival (Russia, 2007) / Anonimul International Film Festival Bucharest (Romania, 2007) / Festival Internacional de Cine Expresión en Corto (Mexico, 2007) / Aye Aye International Film Festival Nancy (France, 2007) / Acanca International Film Festival (Portugal, 2007) / Curtocircuit Festival Internacional de Curtametraxes, Santiago de Compostela (Spain, 2007) / Festival internacional de Filmets, Badalona/Barcelona (Spain, 2007) / Festival Signes de Nuit, Paris (France, 2007) /Alcine Festival de Cine, Henares (Spain, 2007) / International Film Festival Ghent (Belgium, 2006) / LAlternativa Barcelona Independent Film Festival (Spain, 2006) / International Festival of New Film Split (Croatia, 2006, 2000) / International Film Festival Rotterdam (Netherlands, 2002) / Invideo Experimental and Art Video, Mailand (Italy, 2001) / Microwave International Media Art Festival, Hong Kong (China, 2001) / International Videoart Festival L'immagine leggera, Palermo (Italy, 2001) / Videolisboa, Lisboa (Portugal, 2000) / Chicago Underground Film Festival (USA, 2000) / Sydney Film Festival d>art00 (Australia, 2000) / Festival [d]vision, Vienna (Austria, 2000) / Golden Shower Video Festival, San Antonio, Texas (USA, 2000) a. o. Festivals/national (since 1999) Internationales Hamburger Kurzfilmfestival (2007) / Filmfest Dresden (2007) / Kurzfilmbiennale Ludwigsburg (2007) / Filmfest Augsburg (2007) / Rüsselsheimer Filmtage (2007) / Shorts at Moonlight (2007) / Kinosommer Hessen (2007) / exground filmfest 19, Wiesbaden (2006) / shortcuts cologne, Köln (2006, 2000) / 20. Stuttgarter Filmwinter (2006) / Internationales Filmfest Braunschweig (2006) / Unabhängiges Filmfest Osnabrück (2006) / Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest (2006, 2001, 2000) / VideoArt & Experimental Film, Filmfest München (2002) / Marler-Videoinstallations-preis, Selection (2002) / Marler-Videokunst-Preis, Selection (2002, 2000) / European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück (2002, 2001) / Filmfest Weiterstadt (2001) / Circles of Confusion, Berlin (2001) / Internationales Medienkunstfestival Transmediale, Berlin (2000) / Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen (1999) / Videonale, Bonn (1999) a. o. Screenings Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (USA, 2007) / Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival (United Kingdom, 2007) / Unimovie Film Festival, Pescara (Italia, 2007) / Cork Film Festival (Ireland, 2007) / Fano Film Festival (Italia, 2007) / Shorts at Moonlight (Germany, 2007) / Kinosommer Hessen (Germany, 2007) Tour Participations (since 1999) Marler-Videokunst-Preis - Goethe Institut Tour 2002 / Desktop Icons - New Media Tour 2001/02 / European Media Art Festival-Tour 2001 / Desktop Icons - New Media (2002, Scottland), Marler-Videokunst-Preis-Tour 2000 / Sydney Film Festival d>art00-Tour 2000 Tour Screenings (since 1999) in Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy, Great Britain, Switzerland, Croatia, Poland, Estonia, Turkey, Mexico, Japan, Indonesia, Australia a. o. Distribution & Gallery VideoPool, Winnipeg (Canada) / Video Gallery, Zürich (Switzerland) / Desktop Icons - New Media (Scottland) Television Canal+ (France, 2007) / Canal+ Horizon (France, 2007) / Sogecable (Spain, 2007) / SBS Television (Australia, 2007) Publications Filme machen. Technik Gestaltung Kunst (Editor together with Alexander Urban) Frankfurt a. M. 2005 (More Infos) / Film-Reflexionen, Tübingen 1991 a.o. E-Learning movii - moving images & interfaces (www.movii.de)