LOLA & GRIMME AWARDS -- APR 2009

NORDWAND (NORTH FACE), written by myself and director Philipp Stoelzl, won two Lolas (the German Academy Awards) for Best Cinematography and Best Sound. Earlier this year the script had earned me the German Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay.
AUF DER SONNENSEITE (ON THE SUNNY SIDE), the TATORT film I penned with Berlin collaborator Thorsten Wettcke, won the 2009 Grimme Audience Award, the highest honor in German TV. The winners also included the film's star Mehmet Kurtulus and Paris-based director Richard Huber.