Born in Krefeld, Germany as the son of a lawyer couple, he started making short films and video in a young age. After school in 1991 he studied business, but left after 1 year to work in the movie business in different jobs from production assistant to unit manager. In 1994 he started studying sat HFF Munich Filmschool, where he produced more than 15 short films and commercials. His biggest success was the short "If it don't fit, use a bigger hammer" by his friend Peter Thorwarth for which they got a foreign Student Academy Award-Nomination. During a festival he met former Kinowelt founder Thomas Häberle and formed in 1997 the production companies 'Indigo Filmproduktion GmbH' and 'Becker & Häberle Filmproduktion GmbH'. In 1999 they combined the above mentioned companies with a music studio (Curt Cress) and sales agency (Michael Bischoff) under 'F.A.M.E. AG'. 'F.A.M.E. AG' is now public and listed on the Neuer Markt, Germany.