

| 1976 | born in Frankfurt/Oder, GDR |
| 1989 | departure to Berlin |
| 1994 | american high school diploma in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. |
| 1996 | diploma with university entrance qualification in Berlin |
| 1996/1997 | various internships at film- and TV productions in Berlin, New York and Potsdam |
| 1997/1998 | alternative service |
| since 1999 | course of studies at University of Applied Sciences Dortmund, study path film/television/camera |
| 2001/2002 | auditor at University for Film and Television (HFF), Potsdam emphasis: documentary film |
| 2003/2004 | grant of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), study of film sciences und psychology at Stockholm University, Sweden |
| 2007 | university degree at FH Dortmund as a qualified designer |