Biography

1950 Born in Colongne

1970-1975 Hdk Berlin Art School

1976-1982 Teacher at HBK Braunschweig

1977 Author of Children’s radio show

Since 1980 Production of animated films

1992 & 1995 Guest at University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

2000 Guest at Dong Seo Universität, Pusan Korea

Since 1994 Commercials for the American and Japanese market

1997-2001 Full time faculty at the California Institute of the Arts

2002-2004 Faculty at the Academy for Television in Halle, Germany

2004 Retrospectives in Tel Aviv and Montrall

Since 2006 Full time facultaty at the Academy for Media Arts Cologne

Awards | Selektion

Rope Dance:

Deutscher Filmpreis / Filmband in Gold,

Premier Prix du Jury Annecy,

Prix de la Presse Annecy,

Jury Award Hiroshima Film Festival

Crossroads:

FICC – Oberhausen,

Silver Dragon – Cracow,

Karl-Zeiss-Preis – Stuttgart,

Best Animation Award – Ismalia Egypt

PASSAGE:

Hessischer Filmpreis,

Best Animation – Montreal

1993:

Ehrenpreis des Bundesverbandes Deutscher Film- und AV-Produzenten für „herausragende Leistungen auf dem Gebiet des Trickfilms“

THE MESSAGE:

Deutscher Filmpreis / Filmband in Gold,

Award Valencia 2001