His family emigrated to Uruguay in 1939. 1956 scholarship at the Hochschule der Kuenste (HDK) in Berlin, Germany. Between 1959 and 1964 he worked at the German TV channel Suedwestfunk, first as an assistant, later as a director. 1967/68 he was lecturer at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie in Berlin. Co-founder of the German distributor Filmverlag der Autoren. Since 1985 headmaster of the section Film- und Medienkunst at the Akademie der Kuenste in Berlin.
The American Friend
(Marcangelo)
Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
(Self)
Milo-Milo
(Government member)
Der Findling
Who is Helene Schwarz?
(Self)
Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street
(Carlos)
Ein Fremder
(Narrator)
Starbuck Holger Meins
(Self)
Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben
(Self)
Julius geht nach Amerika
(Vertreter)
Deutscher Filmpreis
(Self)
Grimme-Preis-Verleihung
(Self)
Camilo: The Long Road to Disobedience
(Director)
David
(Director)
The Silence of the Poet
(Director)
Hauptlehrer Hofer
(Writer)
Hauptlehrer Hofer
(Producer)
Dear Mr. Wonderful
(Director)
Malatesta
(Director)
Das Martyrium des Peter OHey
(Director)
Claire
(Director)
Die Nachbarskinder
(Director)
Der Beginn
(Director)
Bit by Bit
(Director)
Abschied
(Writer)
Abschied
(Director)
Noon in Tunisia
(Director)
Tramp or the Only and Incomparable Lenny Jacobsen
(Writer)
Tramp or the Only and Incomparable Lenny Jacobsen
(Director)
Robert
(Writer)
Robert
(Director)
Verbrechen mit Vorbedacht
(Director)
Jakob von Gunten
(Writer)
Jakob von Gunten
(Director)
Hauptlehrer Hofer
(Director)
Ein Fremder
(Writer)
Ein Fremder
(Director)
Es herrscht Ruhe im Land
(Director)
The Uprising
(Director)
The Uprising
(Writer)
The Uprising
(Set Decoration)
The Autograph
(Director)
The Autograph
(Writer)
La Victoria
(Director)
Horror
(Director)
Die Sonne angreifen
(Director)
David
(Writer)
Angesichts der Wälder
(Director)
Camilo: The Long Road to Disobedience
(Idea)
Horror
(Screenplay)
Biographie eines Schokoladentages
(Director)
Jede Stunde verletzt und die letzte tötet
(Director)
Shirley Chisholm for President
(Director)
Seraphine oder die wundersame Geschichte der Tante Flora
(Director)
Seraphine oder die wundersame Geschichte der Tante Flora
(Screenplay)
The Autograph
(Set Decoration)
Es herrscht Ruhe im Land
(Writer)
The Silence of the Poet
(Screenplay)
Malatesta
(Writer)
La Victoria
(Writer)
Der Radfahrer von San Cristóbal
(Screenplay)
Der Radfahrer von San Cristóbal
(Director)