Later on he became assistant to John Bailey, a camera man and director, and in 1990 he went to Hollywood to work with Bailey on the science fiction comedy "The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe".
Po maturi na Akademski gimnaziji v Salzburgu je obiskoval Akademijo za film na Dunaju ("Filmakademie Wien"), ki pa jo je le nekaj tednov za tem ponovno zapustil, da bi lahko delal na scenariju za science fiction film, ki pa ga ni nikdar uresničil.