Born in Hamburg, Germany, 1954, emigrated to Australia, NSW, at a river, to school on horseback, own kangaroo in the garden, no tv, but radio. Back to Hamburg as a teenager, Abitur, studied English and american literatur and sports. Hobby: Opera, classical, underground, punkmusic, cinema, art, travelling, reading, ... some of my many filmheroes: Ernst Lubitsch, Jacques Tati, Bunuel, Orson Welles, Aki Kaurismäki, Jim, Jonas Mekas, Arrabal, Dennis Hopper, Kurosawa,...
wrote for musicpapers, started MUSICfilms 1981, f.ex. with Jonas Mekas, Blixa Bargeld, Nick Cave, Nina Hagen, Kazuo Ohno, Lemmy, Ginsberg, Flamenco, ..and since then often presents his films in many different places: from streets, bars, to Centre Pompidou, The Egyptian, Oslo Ciemathek, Babylon Berlin, Kino, events, art-tv, festivals...