Awards and Nominations (Selection)

2017    Hell's Bells Best Visual Effects, 7th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival

            Fuffzig Minuten Berlin

            Working Scholarship by Film Fund NRW (North-Rhine Westphalia)

            Revolting Rhymes

            Children's BAFTA, Best Animationfilm 2017
            European Animation Awards Emiles, Best TV, Best Animation 2017
            Nomination Children's Emmy 2018

            Best TV Production, Annecy Filmfestival

            Magnolia Award for Best Storytelling, Shanghai Film Festival

            TIFF Kids, Best Animated Short

            Wishlist
            Preis für crossmediale Programminovationen 2017

            Nominierung Deutscher Radiopreis 2017

            Ins Ungewisse Best Documentary Feature, Mexico International Film Festival

2015   Die Gottbegnadeten-Liste

Working Scholarship by Film Fund NRW (North-Rhine Westphalia)

2014   Keine Sekunde Schanze

Working Scholarship by Film Fund NRW (North-Rhine Westphalia)

2011   Das Bild der Prinzessin

Best TV Special, Annecy

2010   The Little Boy and The Beast

Prix Jeunesse

Robert-Geißendörfer-Prize

2009   Keep Surfing

Publication Prize Filmfestival Munich

Audience Award Warsaw Film Festival

Tribeca Discovery Selection

2008   12 Stunden Hassel

Working Scholarship by Film Fund NRW 

2007   Voodoo Child

Working Scholarship by Film Fund NRW 

2005   Grund GmbH

Double-Working-Scholarship by Film Fund NRW 

2004   Junge Helden

Nominated for LIA London International Awards

2003   Verschwende Deine Jugend

„TIM-Award“, Filmfestival Giffoni

2002   Funding Prize for young Artists by state North-Rhine Westphalia

2001   Nichts Bereuen (No Regrets)

Director-Funding-Prize by Hypovereinsbank, Filmfestival Munich

Critic’s Award for best Debut 

Nominated Fassbinder Award of the European Film Academy

Nominated First Steps Award

German Youth Video Award 2002

1999   4000 Teile

Scholarship by the Film Academy Fund Baden-Wuerttemberg

1998   Höhlenangst

Filmfestival Dresden best Animation ex aequo

Sehsüchte-Filmfestival Potsdam-Babelsberg Youth Funding Award

Sehsüchte-Filmfest Potsdam-Babelsberg Audience Award

Short Film Days Bamberg Audience Award

Leipzig DOK Festival Audience Award

1996   Wind

Funding Prize National Competition Youth and Video