He debuted in 2006 with the acclaimed TV documentary Something About Halfdan, followed by a series of radio documentaries from around the world. He graduated from the Danish film school Super16 in 2010. His feature film debut Searching for Bill, a mix of documentary and fiction, won him the Nordic Dox award at CPH:DOX, and the international competition prize at DocAviv. In November 2015 he premiered What He Did, which won the prestigious Fipresci (Int. Federation of Film Critics) at Thessaloniki Film Fest. 2016. 

His new film Flee, an animated documentary about a close friend, Flee has won over 50 international awards including the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema Documentary, Annecy Cristal Award for Best Feature Film and is shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature and Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards.