1963 born in Münster / Westfalia
186 – 1991 Study of Photootodesign FH Bielefeld
1998 – 2000 Training as media designer for image and sound, Werkhof Hohenlimburg
2002 – Documentary “Over seven bridges” about trying to break out
2005 – Documentary “You must fight”about Cho Lucas Ayaba, Cameroonian oppositionist, freedom fighter and refugee in Germany.
2007 – Documentary. “Rat race”, a film about a Cameroonian girl and her first two years in Germany
2007 – „One minute – one river“ ten directors show their view of the river Emscher,
a production of the festival “Blicke”.
seit 2011 – Lecturer UZwei Cultural Education at the Dortmunder U
seit 2016 – Guest Lecturer TU Dortmund
2019 – Documentary “Nachts kommen die Bilder” Family portrait of the Wölfel family, a former forced laborer and her children
2020 – “Shade Guzzling”. Documentary about Anke Ames, musician and poet with bipolar disorder
Shade Guzzling
Anke Ames’ attitude towards life is loving: people, music, ideas. That was the way, the violist, author und drawing artist found her center. Her last hospital residence was a couple of years ago. The doctors call it a bipolar disorder. Anke herself describes her mission as “shade guzzling”.