Nasceu em 1959, na Dinamarca. Formou-se pela National Film School of Denmark em 1995. No mesmo ano, ganhou os prêmios de melhor filme e roteiro no Festival de Cinema Estudantil de Munique com o filme Cross Roads. Dirigiu diversos curtas, entre eles o indicado ao Oscar "Bror, min bror" (1998). "Chinaman" é seu segundo longa.
Born in 1959, in Denmark. He graduated from the Denmark National Film School in 1995. The same year, he won the awards for best film and script at the Munich Student Film Festival with the film Cross Roads. He directed several short films, amongst which a film nominated for the Oscar, "Theis and Nico" (1998). "Chinaman" is his second feature.