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

2021TATORT Blinder FleckTV Drama 
Dir.: Tobias Ineichen
C-Films Zürich
2021TATORT Monster
TV Drama
Dir: Tobias Ineichen
C-Films Zürich
2020HIMBEEREN MIT SENF
FeatureDir: Ruth Olshan
Zischlermann Berlin/ Amour Fou Luxemburg/ Turnus Film Zürich
2019AUS DEM SCHATTENTV Drama
Dir: Marcel Gisler
Turnus Films Zürich
2018JAGDZEITFeatureDir.: 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
2001EL VIAJE EN TAXIShortDir. Nico GutmannHGK Zürich