Born in Vienna in 1971, worked as a casting director from 1994 to 2010. During this time he participated in over 60 feature-film projects, including Jessica Hausner’s LOVELY RITA, HOTEL and LOURDES, Ulrich Seidl’s DOG DAYS, Benjamin Heisenberg’s SLEEPER and THE ROBBER, Shirin Neshat’s WOMEN WITHOUT MEN, and Michael Haneke’s THE PIANO PLAYER, TIME OF THE WOLF and THE WHITE RIBBON. MICHAEL is his first feature film that premiered in Cannes IFF Competition. His second feature film ANGELO premiered in TIFF.