Born in Bad Hersfeld, Germany in 1987, he studied at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. In 2019, his film "Oray" screened in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section of the Berlinale where it received the GWFF Best First Feature Award before going on to win a number of international prizes. With his filmfaust production company, co-founded with Claus Herzog-Reichel, he has written and produced international and award-winning feature and documentary films including "Aşk, Mark ve Ölüm" ("Love, Deutschmarks and Death"), which screened in the 2022 Panorama.

Source: 75. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)