Born 1976 in Schweinfurt. Director, producer, editor. Studied communication design at the Merz Akademie, Stuttgart. Initially worked as a producer, editor and director for commercials and music videos. 2010 and 2014: First feature-length documentary films about Turkish pop culture: Arabeks (2010) and Remake, Remix, Rip-Off (2014). 2017 Image design for the investigative film 77sqm_9:26min by the London-based group Forensic Architecture. Aşk, Mark ve Ölüm / Liebe, D-Mark und Tod (2022) is about the music culture of German labour migrants from Turkey. The multi-award-winning film had its world premiere at the Berlinale 2022, where it won the Panorama Audience Award. auf der Berlinale 2022 und gewann dort den Panorama Publikumspreis.