Studied business and economics at the Gerhard-Mercator-University in
Duisburg and the University Witten/Herdecke. Degree as Diplom-Kaufmann and as Dr. rer. pol. (PhD).
Making movies since 1980, Screenwriter since 1983.
Founder and Managing Director of the Mallorca Film Academy (March 2004)
Managing Director of 1900 Pictures Media &
Entertainment, SL, Spain (February 2003)
Survived a plane crash with a Convair Coronado in 1978 at the Airport Cologne/Bonn, Germany.