Born in 1958 in Vienna. Graduated from military secondary school in Wiener Neustadt.

1978 to 1991

Began as an electrician and dolly driver for film and television, and later worked as free lance production assistant, assistant director, location manager and production manager.

1992 to 1994

Producer of COMTEL Werbefilm Ges.m.b.H. & Co. KG in Vienna.

1994 to 2000

Co-founder and Managing Director of Neue Sentimental Film GmbH in Vienna.

2000 to 2011

CEO of Neue Sentimental Film Austria AG. Producer of several hundred TV commercials.

from 2001

also TV documentaries such as “The Flying Dutchman - Fire and Ice” (2004). Producer of the feature documentaries “Plastic Planet” (2009) and “Bulb Fiction” (2011) and of the TV-feature "Weihnachtsengel küßt man nicht" (2011).

2011

Co-founder of tausend Rosen Filmproduktion und Werbung GmbH.

2014

Co-founder and Managing Director of Rocketbike ARVR GmbH.

International Filming Experience

Rio de Janeiro (BR), Los Angeles, San Francisco (CA), Affoltern i.E., Biasca, Biel/Bienne, Geneva, Grindelwald, Hagneck, Mont Crosin, Morteratsch Glacier, Saas Fee, St. Gallen, St. Imier, Zurich (CH), Havanna (CU), Larnaca (CY), Prague (CZ), Berlin, Hamburg, Rügen, Wolfsburg, Zwickau/Aue (DE), Barcelona, Canary Islands (ES), Athens (GR), Pula, Krk (HR), Budapest, Orosháza, Nemesnádudvar (HU), Alto Adige, Catania, Rome, Trieste, Venice, Vicenza (IT), Ørje (NO), Milford Sound (NZ), Warsaw (PL), Lisbon (PT), Bukarest (RO), Capetown, Durban, Oribi Flats (ZA), Bratislava (SK), London (UK).

Awards (excerpt)

Golden Venus of the CCA (2002). Golden Romy for Best Producer (2004), Austrian Ticket (2009), Innovative Production Work VAM (2010).