His family emigrated to Uruguay in 1939. 1956 scholarship at the Hochschule der Kuenste in Berlin, Germany. Between 1959 and 1964 he worked at the German TV channel Suedwestfunk, first as an assistant, later as a director. 1967/68 he was lecturer at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie in Berlin. Co-founder of the German distributor Filmverlag der Autoren. Since 1985 headmaster of the section Film- und Medienkunst at the Akademie der Kuenste in Berlin.
Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival 1996
Has been lecturer at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne and the Berlin School of Film and Television.
Studied art history, music and law at the University of Montevideo.
Emigrated with his parents to Uruguay, where his mother ran a hotel .
His father worked as a scenic designer.
