She was born 1969 in Graz, studied psychology from 1988 to 1991 at the Karl-Franzens-University and worked as an assistant director at the Theater im Keller. From 1993 to 2000 she studied Film editing and Cinematography at the Filmakademie Wien in Vienna and has worked as a freelance editor since then. She edited Grbavica by Jasmila Zbanic which won the Golden Bear at the Berlinale 2006. She received the Diagonale Prize for best editing a fiction film in 2017 for Mademoiselle Paradis by Barbara Albert and Life Guidance by Ruth Mader. Her latest works are the documentaries Earth by Nikolaus Geyrhalter and Die Dohnal by Sabine Derflinger.
She also holds film workshops and lectures and is repeatedly invited to juries. She has been a board member of the Austrian Editors Association since 2007.
She also holds film workshops and lectures and is repeatedly invited to juries. She has been a board member of the Austrian Editors Association since 2007.