He was born in 1964, in Löhnberg/Lahn, Germany. From 1984 to 1991 study of Communication, Design at the college of Wiesbaden, with the main emphasis on Illustration, Animated Film. In 1991 he took his degree with the short film "How wondrous! Even swans are coming". Since 1991, he worked in the production company upstart! animation. Director or animation supervisor in the production of various TV-Featurettes, documentation as well as TV and cinema commercials.