Born in Lima, Peru, in 1967, he studied at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb), where he attended masterclasses in screenwriting with Jesús Díaz and was a student of the Hungarian director Béla Tarr. He took courses in cinematography with Michael Ballhaus and Walter Lassaly (an Oscar winner for Zorba the Greek), and in film editing with Juliane Lorenz, a former collaborator of R.W. Fassbinder. Since 1992, he has worked as an editor, screenwriter, and filmmaker for both film and television.