BIOGRAPHY
1959
Born in Leipzig/ Germany.
1978-81
Reporter and Photographer for Newspapers and Magazines in North-Rhine-Westfalia.
1981-83
First Assignment for STERN-Magazine: "Heavy Metal-Fans in the Ruhr-Region."
1983-85
Free-Lance-Photographer in Lisbon, Portugal. Assignments for SPIEGEL, dpa a.o.
Individual Exhibition about Lisbon sponsored by German Goethe-Institute .
85-88
Media-Consulting for the Government of Mato-Grosso-Province in Central Brasil and Brasilian Municipal Asscociation ABM in BrasÃlia. First GEO-Assignment for GEO-Special Brasil.
since 1988
Publications - Text and Photos - in many European Magazines: Stern , Focus, Geo, Spiegel, Facts, GQ, Zeit, Süddeutsche, Vogue a.o.
since 1991
Member of Bilderberg-Agency, Hamburg. Participation of Bilderberg-Project in Australia and organization of Bilderberg-Project in Cuba.
since 1995
Producing, filming and directing for German TV-Stations:
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documentary about the Drug-Police at the Bolivian-Brazilian Boarder for Pro 7
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German Dentists at the Xavante-Indian-Reservation for ZDF
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the Cable Car in Rios Old Town for Kabel 1
and many others
1998
Seminary about modern documentary in the Cinema Institute of Havanna, Cuba
since 2003
Independant long term documentary productions
2004-2007
Documentary productions (Santo Daime)
2008
Living in China
Awards:
Bronze medal in Tops Festival in Shenyang (China) with the project "Rio by Night"