
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.
2008Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein LebenMovieas Self
2008Camilo: The Long Road to DisobedienceMovieDirector · Idea
2008Counter Shot: Departure of the FilmmakersMovieas Self
1995Angesichts der WälderMovieDirector
1988Der Radfahrer von San CristóbalMovieScreenplay · Director
1987The Silence of the PoetMovieDirector · Screenplay
1984The AutographMovieDirector · Writer · Set Decoration
1982Dear Mr. WonderfulMovieDirector
1980The UprisingMovieDirector · Writer · Set Decoration
1979Milo-MiloMovieas Government member
1979DavidMovieDirector · Writer
1977The American FriendMovieas Marcangelo
1975Es herrscht Ruhe im LandMovieDirector · Writer
1973La VictoriaMovieDirector · Writer
1972Dead Pigeon on Beethoven StreetMovieas Carlos
1972Shirley Chisholm for PresidentMovieDirector
1971Jakob von GuntenMovieWriter · Director
1969Noon in TunisiaMovieDirector
1967The FoundlingMovie
1965Seraphine or the Wonderful Story of Aunt FloraMovieDirector · Screenplay