Catholic Film Commission for Germany, Germany

Studied German and English Literature at the Ruhr-University Bochum
Ph.D thesis "By What You See Them Act": A Study of Plot Structures in Shakespeare's Tragedies Macbeth, Othello and King Lear (Amsterdam, 1981)
Assistant Lecturer at the English Seminar, Ruhr-University Bochum from 1978 to 1988
Head of the Film Department in the Secretariat of the German Bishops' Conference since 1989
President of the Catholic Film Commission for Germany since 1989