- Co-Founder with his ex-wife Pam Balfry of the arthouse distributor and exhibitor 'Artificial Eye' and owners of the London cinemas Renoir and Chelsea Cinema in 1976.
- He was the partner of Gudrun Hartmann.
- He was awarded the "Chevalier De l'Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres" from the government of France for services to French cinema.
- The film, Melancholia, was awarded the London Evening Standard Award for Best Newcomer.
- He established the magazine, Kino, in Berlin, Germany.
- He studied for a politics degree at the University of Berlin in Germany.
- He studied at the Ratsgymnasium School where he set up a film society.
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