I started my career as an actor in Recklinghausen, later I played in a Turkish-German rock band and hosted music shows on the radio. Since the mid-90s, I dedicated myself to filmmaking and screenwriting.

In 2003 I moved to Istanbul, where I worked for Turkish television for ten years and shot dozens of prime time documentaries that received extensive media coverage, high ratings and awards. After being fired from the TV channel in 2013 for political reasons, I produced two long documentaries myself. The first one was screened at the cinema in Istanbul and festivals in New York, South Africa and Germany, and received an award. The second ran in 12 German cinemas - but not in Turkey.

Since 2018, I have been living and working in Germany again.