1957 born in Mannheim
Extensive travels to Morocco, long-term stays in Italy, India, South-East Asia, Spain – experiments with life forms and consciousness before and after leaving school
Education
1979-1989 Studied Philosophy | Theatre, Film and Television Studies at the Free University of Berlin |Parallel guest student at FB 4 – Visual Communication at the Berlin University of the Arts | Postgraduate studies in ‘Directing the Documentary’ at the University of London. Traineeships at the Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt and at ZDF in the feature film and TV drama departments | 1989 Magistra Artium Freie Universität Berlin
Grants | Prizes | Residencies | Collections
2002 ff Studio grant from the Berlin Senate
2004 Kunstverein Bad Aibling 1st prize competition ‘Zwischenwasser’ art in public space
2005 China Scholarship of the Ford Foundation
2015 Museum collection: Centre for Art and Media, Karlsruhe with the video documentary IRA ONE, USA/D, 1997 | 25 min. 47 sec. About the video artist of the first hour Ira Schneider
2016 Amy Johnson Film Festival, Hull, UK, 2nd prize International section with ‘Time & Space’
2021 Inclusion in the archives of the British Film Institute with several short films in the artist film series ‘One minute’ curated by Kerry Baldry
Professional experience
Since 1982 internships | freelance theatre productions | traineeships | earning a living as a lecturer, editor, script, continuity script, assistant director, production manager | since 1983 actions | exhibitions | stage design | dramaturgy | photography | video | installation | pseudonyms : Mizi Niemand, LuciFa, Dona Quixota | Work with Jutta Brückner, Adolf Dresen, Renée Gundelach, Michael Klier, Edgar Oliver, Phönix Film, Marianne Sägebrecht, Werner Schroeter, for the Association of Women Film Workers (VEFI), Wim Wenders, et al.
Lectureships at the Free University of Berlin | Berlin University of the Arts | AKI Enschede (NL)
1992 -2017 intensive involvement with Buddhism
1995 Foundation of Ariadne Filme and Ariadne Filmverlag for Practical Philosophy and Meditation
1997 Professor for audiovisual production in the media network at HTWK Leipzig
Freelance artist and curator