With a bunch of onscreen acting credits, he debuted with
Angel Express (1998) which opened the Oldenburg Film Festival. He won the Hessians' Young Talent Award for
Mädchen am Sonntag (2005).
Bedways (2010) was premiered at Berlinale and opened the competition section Perspectives at the Moscow Film Festival. His first English language film
Ecstasy (2017) was in competition at Tallinn Black Nights.
Als Susan Sontag im Publikum saß (2021) won the jury award at the Frankfurt Int. Film Festival.