Spent his childhood in the Amazonas/ Peru until his early teens. Film and history studies at the University Zurich/ Switzerland. Working as production assistant, assistant director, assitant editor and assistant cameraman. Filmproduction studies at the University of the Arts Zurich/ Switzerland. Masterclass in Cinematography at the National Film & Television School PWSTiF in Lodz/ Poland.
Since 2004 working as Director of Photography.
AWARDS & FESTIVALS
THE AWAKENING OF MOTTI WOLKENBRUCH/
WOLKENBRUCHS WUNDERLICHE REISE IN DIE ARME EINER SCHICKSE
Swiss entry for best international feature film category at the Oscars 2020
worldwide NETFLIX release in 2019
5 nominations Swiss Film Awards 2019
won best male actor award at Swiss Film Award for Joel Basman
LINA
Prix du Public Solothurner Filmtage 2016
won best female actress award at Swiss TV Awards for Rabea Egg
DER GOALIE BIN IG/ I AM THE KEEPER
7 nominations at Swiss Film Awards 2014
won best film at Swiss Film Award 2014
won best male actor award at Swiss Film Award for Marcus Signer
won best film at Bern Film Awards 2014
won best film at Zürich Film Awards 2014
voted for best film at Swiss Film Critics Awards 2014
JOSHUA
nomination for best cinematography, Cameraimage 2002 in Lodz, Poland
best cinematography, Innerschweizer Filmtagen 2002
SWEET TOKYO/ Seed Audiovisuall
award for best cinematography , World Media Festival in Hamburg
MOMENT OF THRUTH/ Suva/ Seed Audiovisuall
award for best cinematography , World Media Festival in Hamburg
AN ALMOST PERFECT PLAN/ Swiss Chocolate/ Condor
EDI 2004, special award for cinematography
best cinematography New York Film Festival
LOST IN VAL SINESTRA/ Swisscom/ Peek Film
EDI 2010, special award for cinematography
LANGUAGES
german, english, french, spanish, italian
FILMOGRAPHY
| 2021 | TATORT Blinder Fleck | TV Drama | Dir.: Tobias Ineichen | C-Films Zürich |
| 2021 | TATORT Monster | TV Drama | Dir: Tobias Ineichen | C-Films Zürich |
| 2020 | HIMBEEREN MIT SENF | Feature | Dir: Ruth Olshan | Zischlermann Berlin/ Amour Fou Luxemburg/ Turnus Film Zürich |
| 2019 | AUS DEM SCHATTEN | TV Drama | Dir: Marcel Gisler | Turnus Films Zürich |
| 2018 | JAGDZEIT | Feature | Dir.: Sabine Boss | Turnus Films Zürich |
| 2017 | THE AWAKENING OF MOTTI WOLKENBRUCH |
Feature | Dir. Michael Steiner | Turnus Films Zürich/ DCM Berlin |
| 2017 | WILDER, 6 Episodes | TV Serie | Dir. Pierre Monnard | Panimage/ C-Films Zürich |
| 2016 | TATORT Kriegssplitter | TV Drama | Dir. Tobias Ineichen |
Hugofilm Zürich |
| 2016 | IM NIRGENDWO | TV Drama | Dir. Katalin Gödrös | Turnus Film Zürich |
| 2015 | TATORT Freitod | TV Drama | Dir. Sabine Boss | Turnus Film Zürich |
| 2015 | LINA | TV Drama | Dir. Mike Schärer | C-Films Zürich |
| 2014 | UPLOAD | TV Drama | Dir. Tobias Ineichen | C-Films Zürich |
| 2014 | VECCHI PAZZI | Feature | Dir. Sabine Boss | Vega Film Zürich |
| 2013 | TATORT Verfolgt | TV Drama | Dir. Tobias Ineichen | C-Films Zürich |
| 2013 | DER GOALIE BIN IG | Feature | Dir. Sabine Boss | C-Films Zürich |
| 2012 | TATORT Geburtstagskind | TV Drama | Dir. Tobias Ineichen | C-Films Zürich |
| 2007 | LIEBE UND WAHN | TV Drama | Dir. Mike Huber | C-Films Zürich |
| 2006 | FLANKE INS ALL | TV Comedy | Dir. M.L. Bless | Cobra Films Zürich |
| 2004 | SNOWWHITE | Feature | Dir. Samir | Dschoint Ventschr |
| 2004 | LOU'S WASCHSALON | TV Drama | Dir. Katalin Gödrös | Cobra Films Zürich |
| 2004 | VISITE MEDICALE | Short | Dir. Felix Muralt | Waka Films Zürich |
| 2004 | DER AUSFLUG | Short | Dir. Christina Zulauf | Maximage Zürich |
| 2003 | KROKUS | Documentary | Dir. Reto Caduff | Hugofilm Zürich |
| 2003 | SUNNTIG | Short | Dir. Barbara Kulcsar | Maximage Zürich |
| 2003 | BELMONDO | Short | Dir. Annet Carle | HGK Zürich |
| 2002 | UN MOMENTO | Short | Dir. Tim Geser | HGK Zürich |
| 2002 | AUSZEIT | Short | Dir. Angela Rohrer | HGK Zürich |
| 2002 | JOSHUA | Short | Dir. Andreas Müller | HGK Zürich |
| 2001 | SJEKI VATCSH! | Short | Dir. Thomas Ott | HGK Zürich |
| 2001 | EL VIAJE EN TAXI | Short | Dir. Nico Gutmann | HGK Zürich |