Nasceu em Freiburg, na Alemanha, em 1977, e cresceu em Paris. Estudou cinema em São Francisco e direção na Academia Alemã de Cinema e Televisão (DFFB), em Berlim. Dirigiu, entre outros, os curtas "Bonzenkarren" (2008) e "You Know the Park Is Filled with Flowers" (2011). "1986" é seu primeiro longa-metragem.
Born in Freiburg, Germany, in 1977, he grew up in Paris. He studied film in San Francisco and film directing at the German Film & Television Academy (DFFB), in Berlin. He directed, among others, the short films "Bonzenkarren" (2008) and "You Know the Park Is Filled with Flowers" (2011). "1986" is his first feature film.