Biography
1968 born in Altötting, Bavaria, center of the Holy Mary cult
1988-90 studied at the Kunstakademie Stuttgart
1991 worked as an animator in London
1992-95 studied at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
since 1995 free filmmaker
since 2000 teacher of animation

Films
1995 We lived in Grass
2000 Ring of Fire
2003 TOM & the Slice of Bread with Strawberryjam & Honey 1-13 (TV series)
2005 The Runt
2008 TOM & the Slice of Bread with Strawberryjam & Honey 14-26 (TV series)
2010 Love & Theft
2011 TOM & the Slice of Bread with Strawberryjam & Honey 27 – 52 (TV series)
since 2011 TOM & the Slice of Bread with Strawberryjam & Honey 40 – 52 (TV series / in production)

Selection of commercial work
1995 10 Kleine Jägermeister (with Sabine Huber / videoclip for Die Toten Hosen)
1999 Blablabla & The Riddle (with Ged Haney / videoclips for Gigi d´Agostino)
1999 Zukunftsvisionen (filminstallations for the German Pavillon Expo 2000)
2001 Your Home for Life (commercials for Britannia Building Society)
2002 Dipi (commercials for Deutsche Post Immobilien)
2004 Walkampf (videoclip for Die Toten Hosen)
2007 Checker (visual concept for the ZOOM-childrenmuseum / Vienna)
since 2011 The Arch (visual concept for the Olgahospital Stuttgart)
since 2003 member of the Art Directors Club
 
Teaching
2000-05 Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg / Filmgestaltung 2 Animation
2001-02 Royal College of Arts London / workshops
2008 Harvard University / Fundamentals of Animation, Intermediate Animation
2009 Netherlands Institute of Animated Film / masterclass
2010 Shenkar College Tel Aviv / masterclass
2010 Cinemateque Quebecoise / masterclass
2005-10 professor of animation at the Kunsthochschule Kassel

Retrospectives
2003 Ottawa Animation Festival / Canada
2005 Pictoplasma Festival / Germany
2006 Bradford Animation Festival / Englang
2006 Utrecht Animation Festival / Holland
2007  Museum of Modern Art New York / USA
2008 Anima Mundi Animation Festival / Brazil
2009 Kuunstimuuseum Tallinn / Estonia
2009 Tindirindis Festival / Lithuania
2010 Cinemateque Holon / Israel
2010 Forum des Images / France
2010 Cinémathéque Quèbécoise / Canada

Selection of awards

• We lived in Grass: german short film award 1996 / special jury award Hiroshima 1996 / grand prize for best student film Ottawa 1997 / mercedes-benz sholarship prize Trickfilmfestival Stuttgart 1996
• 10 kleine Jägermeister: echoaward for the most successful videoclip 1996
• Ring of Fire: grand prize for best short film Ottawa 2000 / award for the best animated film Sitges 2000 / city of melbourne award Melbourne 2000 / francoise ode award Hamburg 2000 / award for the best animated film Avanca 2000 / special jury award Castelli Animati 2000 / award for the best animated film Black Nights Festival Talinn 2001
• Dipi: award for the best commercial Holland Filmfestival 2002
• Walkampf: grand prize for the best commercial animation Ottawa 2005
• The Runt: german short film award 2007 / grand prize Black Nights Festival Talinn 2006 / award for best independant short film Kalamazoo 2007 / award for the best animated film Slow Film Festival 2007 / grand prize Anifest Trebon 2007 / Fipresci award Annecy 2007 / prize for best script Rodina 2007 / grand jury prize Anima 2007 / golden Zagreb prize Animafest 2008
• The Bunjies: award for the best european project Cartoons on the Bay 2008
• Tom & the slice of bread with strawberry jam & honey: Grimme Online award 2009
• Love & Theft: german short film award 2010 / special jury award Animafest Zagreb 2010 / prize for the best music Trickfilmfestival Stuttgart 2010 / prize for the best music shortfilm-festvial Hamburg 2010 / Sicam award Annecy 2010 / award for best music film Animator 2010 / High Risk award Fantoche 2010 / special prize of the jury for best animation Animanima 2010 / special prize of the jury Anilogue 2010 / grand prize Bradford Animation Festival 2010