Born in Göppingen. He produced his first productions as part of his studies in Applied Theatre Studies in Giessen, which he completed in 2007 with his diploma production of Marguerite Duras' Die Krankheit Tod. This was followed by three seasons as assistant director at Vienna's Burgtheater. His production of Franz Kafka's Amerika at Hamburg's Thalia Theatre won the audience award at the radikal jung festival in 2010, and again in 2012 with his production of Thomas Mann's Felix Krull at Munich's Volkstheater. This was followed by directing work in Cologne, Stuttgart and Frankfurt am Main, among others, as well as regularly at the Schauspielhaus Zurich, Burgtheater Wien and Thalia Theater Hamburg. He has repeatedly adapted novels for the stage, for example Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment in Frankfurt in 2016, Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks in Zurich in 2017 and Klaus Mann's Mephisto at Vienna's Burgtheater in 2018. At the Deutsches Theater, he has staged productions including Max Frisch's Biografie: Ein Spiel in 2012, Friedrich Dürrenmatt's Besuch der alten Dame in 2014 and Die Schönheit von Ostberlin after Ronald M. Schernikau in 2014. He won the Berliner Morgenpost's Friedrich Luft Prize in 2017 for his production of Arthur Miller's Tod eines Handlungsreisenden.