
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
1977 · as Marcangelo

The Foundling
1967

Starbuck Holger Meins
2002 · as Self

Milo-Milo
1979 · as Government member

Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben
2008 · as Self

Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers
2008 · as Self

Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street
1972 · as Carlos

Who is Helene Schwarz?
2005 · as Self

Julius geht nach Amerika
1984 · as Vertreter

Ein Fremder
2001 · as Narrator (voice)