1973: born in Graefelfing, Bavaria, Germany.

Since 1980: piano lessons and compositions.

1994-96: studies of musicology, pedagogics of music and political sciences at
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet in Munich.

1996-1999: studies of filmmusic and sounddesign at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg,
Ludwigsburg, Germany.

Since 1999: composer for feature films, commercials and television movies.

2000: awarded with the Rolf-Hans Mueller Award for film music.

Member of the German Film Academy.
Member of ASCAP (USA/Canada) and GEMA (rest of the world).