Born in 1947 in Freiburg. Studies Literature and History in Zurich and Berlin. 1976 Receives Doctorate in Zurich. Until 1981 journalist for various Swiss newspapers and editor for Limmat-Verlag in Zurich. Since 1980 author and director of films for cinema and television. Writes screenplays for films. 1992-95 Editor-in-chief of the program “Close-up”. Teaches sriptwriting at the HGKL (Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Luzern). Visiting professor for Literature and Film at the CSULB (California State University Long Beach).

Filmography

1984 Der schwarze Tanner / 1985 Videopoly / 1988 Klassezämekunft (all as co-director, all fiction) / 1998 Spuren verschwinden (documentary) / 2005 Ricordare Anna (fiction) / 2006 Er, der Hut, sitzt auf ihm, dem Kopf – Robert Walser-Geschichten (documentary)