- He and former girlfriend Maria Schrader made 11 movies together: Aimee & Jaguar (1999), The Giraffe (1998), Burning Life (1994), Einer meiner ältesten Freunde (1994), Halbe Welt (1995), I Was on Mars (1991), Die Hochzeitskuh (1999), Neues Deutschland (1993), RobbyKallePaul (1989), Silent Night (1996) and Väter (2002)
- Lives in Berlin with his wife Sabine and their two children, daughter Hannah and son Joshua.
- Founded the German company X Filme Creative Pool together with directors Wolfgang Becker and Tom Tykwer and producer Stefan Arndt (July 1994).
- Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 61st Locarno International Film Festival in 2008.
- He has Swiss citizenship.
- Former longtime companion of Anja Franke.
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