Education: Film Actors' Studio. Department of Journalism, University of Latvia. Otto Bennecke Stiftung in Hamburg, Germany. Studies of the Science of Culture, Hagen University, Germany. In the 1970s, assistant director in Riga State Film Studios. In 1979, emigrated to Germany. Member of the German Filmmakers’ Union. 1981-1991, author, director and producer, editor of culture programmes for TV companies and films by Fleishmann, Buck, Gietinger, Jungreithmayr, Koetz. Restoration of film classics at the Munich Film Museum. 1984-1994, Filmproduktion Ilona Bruver, also actress (aka Ilona Ribowski). Since 1990, director, editor and producer at Riga Documentary Film Studio and Latvian TV. In 2003, nominated for the best TV director and producer. Regular publications in the press. Since 1997, Kinolat production company.
Latvia