Born 1961 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Finished High School 1978. Conscripted into the South African Defence Force and served two years at 1 Parachute Battalion 1979-80. Started working as a camera-assistant/focus-puller 1982 in Cape Town. Started free-lancing as lighting-cameraman in 1983 on various productions in Cape Town and Johannesburg. Freelanced in Israel 1984. Moved to Sweden 1985 and worked in Scandinavia as director of photography, director, writer, producer on various ads, documentaries and dramas for cinema & TV. Later created Clandestine Films to produce, write and direct my own films. During 1997 developed the South African Veterans Association-SAVA Self-Help program for traumatised war veterans in South Africa. Currently working with filmmaker Staffan Julén at Eden Film in Stockholm on two international feature documentary films; “My Heart of Darkness”, shot in Southern Africa (post-production) & “City of Joy-the raped women, their rapist & healers in DRC”, to be shot in Congo-DRC (pre-production). Teasers of these two films and some of my earlier work can be seen at: http://www.youtube.com/user/saveterans