The Path to
Screenwriting

I've been a pizza delivery guy, a shelf stocker, and I tried being a teacher — even though I once got expelled from school.

I sold TVs, explained mobile phone plans, delivered washing machines, and scanned roughly 2,000 pages of BMW HR documents. I studied Communication Science at LMU Munich, worked in brand management at BMW MINI, and in corporate communications at Siemens.

I founded two companies, hired people, let people go, and nearly went bankrupt. Twice. I handed out flyers in pedestrian zones and sold window cleaner in shopping malls.

I was a Creative Director at Jung von Matt in Hamburg, developing global TV spots, voicing Bavarian radio ads, and coming up with headlines for women's underwear. Along the way, I won awards in Cannes, New York, and Rosenheim.

I've given talks to audiences of three and audiences of three hundred. As an undersized goalkeeper, I played for TSV Ebersberg and TSV 1860 Munich — and I still catch falling jam sandwiches to this day.

Since 2018, I've been lucky enough to make a living writing screenplays — and I'm the happiest person in the world. First at the DrehbuchWerkstatt München on a scholarship, now for cinema, streaming, and television. My favorite thing to write? Comedies that make you laugh and cry. Just like life, right?