Production Design

 

The Flesh Of My Lovers – AFI Conservatory Thesis production, 2014–2015

All In The Family – AFI Conservatory student short, 2014

Negation – AFI Conservatory student short, 2014

IRL – AFI Conservatory student short, 2013

 

 

Art Direction

 

Dry Land  –  AFI Conservatory Thesis production, 2015

Emergency Preparedness  – AFI Conservatory student short, 2013

 

 

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

 

AFI Production Design graduate with passionate devotion for visual storytelling, highly concerned about details and strong conceptual thinking. Works fast and efficient under high pressure and loves to cooperate collaboratively but independently. Have experience in many art department positions. Obsessed by the art of filmmaking in all its facetes and a fanatic of many styles and genres like Film Noir, Science Fiction and Horror to mention a few.

 

Previously I worked for many years as a freelance designer with international brands and a representable client list, in the field of set design, art direction and photography which includes site-specific work for trade shows and exhibition designs, concept design and commissioned photography for several magazine publications. (Download portfolio 2007–2013)

 

Born and raised in Germany with Slovenian background and formerly based in Berlin.

Rich cultured knowledge and education.

 

 

EDUCATION

 

American Film Institute Conservatory, Los Angeles, CA

MFA Production Design 2015

Awarded merit-based scholarship

 

University for Applied Sciences, Dortmund, Germany

BFA Photography/Film Design (Visual Communication) 2001

 

Design College Gewerbliche Schulen III, Wuppertal, Germany

Advanced College Certificate in Design 1991

 

 

SPECIAL SKILLS

 

conceptual design, illustration, set construction, graphic design, research,

film/design/art history, hand drafting, CAD, model making, photography

analogue/digital, Fluent in English, German and Slovenian

 

 

SOFTWARE

 

Photoshop, InDesign, Vector Works, Illustrator, SketchUp Pro, Podium, Layout, Word, Excel

 

 

INTERESTS

 

Film Noir, Independent Cinema, The Films Of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Horror,
Old Hollywood, Fifties Americana Pop Culture, Fifties Rock 'n Roll, analogue Photography, American Underground Culture and Music, paintings of the 15th and 16th century

 

 

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