From October 2002 to February 2010, he studied camera in the cinema and television film department at the University of Television and Film Munich. He has been a lecturer there since 2009.
1995: Second prize at the „BBC Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year“
2000: Second prize in the category Landschaft at the „BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year“
2009: Third prize for Tsogzol – Goldgräber in der Mongolei (later Preis des Goldes) at the Filmfest München at the Dokumentarfilmwettbewerb by Bayerischer Rundfunk and Telepool
2012: ARTE-Dokumentarfilmpreis for his film Preis des Goldes
2013: Second prize for Wounded Places at the Filmfest München at the Dokumentarfilmwettbewerb by Bayerischer Rundfunk and Global Screen
2015: Honorable Mention of the Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography and Film
Süddeutsche Zeitung Nr. 133 „Es darf wehtun“ Samstag/Sonntag 11./12. June 2016
GEO „Zukunft auf Eis“ February 2016
Delayed Gratification „slowing pains“ January 2016
Das Magazin „Mongole mit Kohle“ No 10 (August 3–March 14, 2014) (weekly supplement from Tagesanzeiger, Basler Zeitung, Berner Zeitung and the federal government).
GEO International „Ulan-Bator“ May 2014
Leica Fotografie International „Mongolen Disko“ February 2014
Terra Mater „Goldrausch im Wilden Osten“ December 2012
