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Patrizia von Brandenstein is a Production Design and Costume Design American born on 15 april 1943 at Arizona (USA)
Patrizia von Brandenstein (born 15 April 1943) is an American production designer. She was the first woman to win an Academy Award for production design and has been nominated for two more in the category Best Art Direction. She has shown versatility in creating sets for both lavish historical films and glossy contemporary fare.
She was born in Arizona to German Russian emigrant parents. Her education abroad closed with two years as an apprentice at the famed Comédie Française. She started with the off-Broadway scene of 1960s New York at the Actors Studio and La MaMa as a seamstress, prop maker and scene painter. 1966 saw the real start of her career in design with an eight-year stay creating costumes and sets at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco under William Ball. She also met future husband and fellow production designer Stuart Wurtzel. She has designed movies in a wide range of subjects, styles, and periods: from the low-budget, break-dancing musical Beat Street to the expensive plutonium-plant melodrama Silkwood.
Director Neil Burger, in his DVD commentary for Limitless, singles out von Brandenstein for her excellent work on the film.
De retour aux États-Unis, elle étudie notamment à la Art Students League of New York. Elle commence sa carrière comme costumière, d'abord Off-Broadway, puis elle obtient un poste à l'American Conservatory Theater à San Francisco, où elle reste cinq ans. C'est d'abord comme décoratrice sur Votez Mc Kay qu'elle fait ses débuts dans le cinéma, mais c'est comme costumière pour La Fièvre du samedi soir où elle est notamment à l'origine du costume blanc porté par John Travolta, qu'elle se fait remarquer.
Son association avec Stuart Wurtzel, son mentor pour ce qui est de la direction artistique, et son futur mari, lui permet ensuite de travailler dans ce domaine, notamment avec Miloš Forman.
Elle continue à travailler aussi pour le théâtre, ainsi, en décembre 2015, elle dessine les décors et les costumes pour la production à Broadway de la pièce de David Mamet The Anarchist .
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(2011)
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(2000)
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Patrizia von Brandenstein (born 15 April 1943) is an American production designer. She was the first woman to win an Academy Award for production design and has been nominated for two more in the category Best Art Direction. She has shown versatility in creating sets for both lavish historical films and glossy contemporary fare.
She was born in Arizona to German Russian emigrant parents. Her education abroad closed with two years as an apprentice at the famed Comédie Française. She started with the off-Broadway scene of 1960s New York at the Actors Studio and La MaMa as a seamstress, prop maker and scene painter. 1966 saw the real start of her career in design with an eight-year stay creating costumes and sets at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco under William Ball. She also met future husband and fellow production designer Stuart Wurtzel. She has designed movies in a wide range of subjects, styles, and periods: from the low-budget, break-dancing musical Beat Street to the expensive plutonium-plant melodrama Silkwood.
Director Neil Burger, in his DVD commentary for Limitless, singles out von Brandenstein for her excellent work on the film.
Biography
Patrizia von Brandenstein passe une partie de sa jeunesse en Europe, elle y fait ses études dans un pensionnat en Allemagne, puis elle vit à Paris avec ses parents et fait son apprentissage à la Comédie Française.De retour aux États-Unis, elle étudie notamment à la Art Students League of New York. Elle commence sa carrière comme costumière, d'abord Off-Broadway, puis elle obtient un poste à l'American Conservatory Theater à San Francisco, où elle reste cinq ans. C'est d'abord comme décoratrice sur Votez Mc Kay qu'elle fait ses débuts dans le cinéma, mais c'est comme costumière pour La Fièvre du samedi soir où elle est notamment à l'origine du costume blanc porté par John Travolta, qu'elle se fait remarquer.
Son association avec Stuart Wurtzel, son mentor pour ce qui est de la direction artistique, et son futur mari, lui permet ensuite de travailler dans ce domaine, notamment avec Miloš Forman.
Elle continue à travailler aussi pour le théâtre, ainsi, en décembre 2015, elle dessine les décors et les costumes pour la production à Broadway de la pièce de David Mamet The Anarchist .
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(1977)(Costume Design)
(2011)(Production Design)
(2000)(Production Design)
(1988)(Production Design)
(1984)(Production Design)
(1990)(Production Design)
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Words and Pictures (2014)
, 1h51Directed by Fred Schepisi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about education
Actors Clive Owen, Juliette Binoche, Keegan Connor Tracy, Bruce Davison, Amy Brenneman, Valerie Tian
Roles Production Design
Rating65%
Croyden is an upscale college preparatory school in Maine that hires teachers for their advanced courses who are accomplished professionals.
The Best of Me (2014)
, 1h58Directed by Michael Hoffman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors James Marsden, Michelle Monaghan, Liana Liberato, Luke Bracey, Gerald McRaney, Clarke Peters
Roles Production Design
Rating67%
Dawson Cole (James Marsden) works on an oil rig off the coast of Louisiana. One day, an explosion on the job nearly kills him, throwing him into the water, but miraculously, he survives. Months later after recovering, Dawson learns that his close friend and surrogate father, Tuck Hostetler (Gerald McRaney), has died and returns home for the first time in almost twenty years to carry out Tuck's final wishes. When he arrives at his house, Dawson is surprised to find that Tuck also arranged for Dawson's high school girlfriend, Amanda Collier (Michelle Monaghan), to join him. It seems that Tuck's intention was that Dawson and Amanda would perhaps rekindle their former romance. However, Amanda is now married.
Phil Spector (2013)
, 1h32Directed by David Mamet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Al Pacino, Helen Mirren, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jeffrey Tambor, Rebecca Pidgeon, James Tolkan
Roles Production Design
Rating61%
Le célèbre producteur de musique Phil Spector est arrêté pour le meurtre de Lana Clarkson. Il est défendu par l'avocate Linda Kenney Baden, qui souffre d'une pneumonie…
Kill the Irishman (2011)
, 1h46Directed by Jonathan Hensleigh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Mob film, Action, Crime
Themes Films about immigration, Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Ray Stevenson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Cody Christian, Val Kilmer, Christopher Walken, Linda Cardellini
Roles Production Design
Rating69%
In 1960, Danny Greene is a union worker at the Cleveland docks. Despite union rules, the workers are exploited by their boss, Jerry. As a result of gambling, Art owes a large amount of money to John Nardi. He asks Greene for help, so Greene visits Nardi and makes him an offer to deal with the debt. Nardi accepts the deal. Jerry warns Greene not to oppose him in the union's upcoming election, and demands half of what Greene has earned from his deal with Nardi. After failing to kill Greene, Jerry loses the union's election. As the new president, Greene improves the working conditions at the docks. He also marries his girlfriend Joan.
Limitless (2011)
, 1h45Directed by Neil Burger
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action
Themes Films about writers, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Robert De Niro, Anna Friel, Johnny Whitworth, Tomas Arana
Roles Production Design
Rating73%
Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper), a struggling author suffering from writer's block, living in New York, is stressed by an approaching deadline. His girlfriend Lindy (Abbie Cornish), frustrated with his lack of progress and financial dependence, breaks up with him. Later, Eddie happens to run into Vernon (Johnny Whitworth), the estranged brother of Eddie's ex-wife, Melissa (Anna Friel). Vernon, involved with a pharmaceutical company, gives Eddie a sample of a new "smart drug", NZT-48. After taking the pill, Eddie finds himself able to learn and analyze at a superhuman rate and recall memories from his distant past, with the only apparent side effect being a change in the color of Eddie's irises while on the drug—his eyes becoming an intense shade of electric blue. Under the influence, he cleans his messy apartment and writes ninety pages of his book. The next day, the effects having worn off, he seeks out Vernon in an attempt to get more. While Eddie is out running an errand, Vernon is murdered. Eddie returns, calls the police and then discovers Vernon's NZT stash just before they arrive, taking it for himself. After giving a statement at the precinct, Eddie returns home and begins ingesting the drug daily. With the help of the drug's amazing effects, Eddie spends a few weeks cleaning up his life—finishing his book, getting fit, and making friends with a group of young jet-setters, who take him on vacation to Europe, where he mingles with the rich. During all this, Eddie tests out his enhanced learning abilities; he becomes a proficient piano player in just three days, as well as becoming fluent in several languages.
Albert Nobbs (2011)
, 1h53Directed by Rodrigo García
Origin Irlande
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Janet McTeer, Pauline Collins, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
Roles Production Design
Rating66%
Albert Nobbs (Glenn Close) is a woman living as a man in order to find work in the harsh environment of 19th-century Ireland. After living as a male for thirty years, Albert, working as a hotel waiter, is known for his extreme dedication to his job, as well as for a very introverted personality. Albert has been secretly saving all his earnings to buy a tobacco shop to gain some measure of freedom and independence.
Violet & Daisy (2011)
, 1h28Directed by Geoffrey S. Fletcher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Crime
Actors Saoirse Ronan, Alexis Bledel, James Gandolfini, Danny Trejo, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Tatiana Maslany
Roles Production Design
Rating60%
Violet (Alexis Bledel) and Daisy (Saoirse Ronan) are a pair of gum-chewing teenage assassins who casually snuff out crime figures in New York City, distracted only by the fact that a concert by their favorite pop idol Barbie Sunday (Cody Horn) has suddenly been canceled.
The Last Station (2009)
, 1h52Directed by Michael Hoffman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer, James McAvoy, Paul Giamatti, Anne-Marie Duff, Kerry Condon
Roles Production Design
Rating68%
In 1910, the last year of Leo Tolstoy's life, his disciples, led by Vladimir Chertkov, manoeuvre against his wife, Sofya, for control over Tolstoy's works after his death. The main setting is the Tolstoy country estate of Yasnaya Polyana. Tolstoy and Sofya have had a long, passionate marriage, but his spiritual ideals and asceticism (he is opposed, for example, to private property) are at odds with her more aristocratic and conventionally religious views.
Deception (2008)
, 1h48Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films, Children's films
Actors Ewan McGregor, Michelle Williams, Hugh Jackman, Maggie Q, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Natasha Henstridge
Roles Production Design
Rating60%
Timid accountant Jonathan McQuarry (Ewan McGregor) is an auditor working out of New York. One night while working late in a boardroom he meets a charismatic lawyer, Wyatt Bose (Hugh Jackman), who befriends him over a joint. After a long conversation, Jonathan takes the subway home where he has a brief encounter with a blonde woman (Michelle Williams) while waiting for the train. Upon returning home he notices a pipe in his bedroom is leaking and leaving a stain.
Nights in Rodanthe (2008)
, 1h37Directed by George C. Wolfe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Richard Gere, Diane Lane, James Franco, Viola Davis, Christopher Meloni, Becky Ann Baker
Roles Production Design
Rating60%
While picking up his son and daughter for a weekend visit, Jack (Christopher Meloni) tells his estranged wife Adrienne (Diane Lane) that he still "loves her" and wants to move back home. (It is made clear that Jack left his family for another woman.) Adrienne suggests that his remorse is due to his falling out with the other woman, but in any event says she needs time and space to think. The rift that this causes between the daughter and her mother is palpable. Typical teenage angst and rebellion follow and Adrienne is sure she is losing her daughter over the events that are unfolding in her marriage.
All the King's Men (2006)
, 2h8Directed by Steven Zaillian
Origin German
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Political films
Actors Sean Penn, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, James Gandolfini, Mark Ruffalo, Patricia Clarkson
Roles Production Design
Rating60%
Louisiana newspaper reporter Jack Burden takes a personal interest in Willie Stark, an idealistic small-town lawyer. Circumstances develop that result in Stark's being urged to run for governor by a local political leader, Tiny Duffy. Jack has been raised around politics. He is the former lover of Anne Stanton, whose father was once governor. Jack was raised by his godfather Judge Irwin, an honorable man.
Goya's Ghosts (2006)
, 1h54Directed by Miloš Forman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Peinture, Political films, Histoire de France, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Natalie Portman, Javier Bardem, Stellan Skarsgård, Randy Quaid, Unax Ugalde, Michael Lonsdale
Roles Production Design
Rating68%
In 1792, Spain reels amid the turmoil and upheaval of the French Revolution. Francisco Goya (Stellan Skarsgård) is a renowned painter, who, among others, does portraits for the royal family as the Official Court Painter to the King and Queen.
The Ice Harvest (2005)
, 1h28Directed by Harold Ramis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Christmas films
Actors John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen, Randy Quaid, Oliver Platt, Mike Starr
Roles Production Design
Rating61%
At mid-afternoon on Christmas Eve in Wichita, Kansas, mob lawyer Charlie Arglist (John Cusack) and crooked businessman and pornographer Vic Cavanaugh (Billy Bob Thornton) steal over $2 million from their mob boss Bill Guerrard (Randy Quaid). While it appears there will be an easy getaway for the pair, they learn the roads out of town are too icy to drive on. Vic takes the cash for safe-keeping and they split up and try their best to evade being captured by Guerrard and his men, who have discovered their scheme.
It Runs in the Family (2003)
, 1h49Directed by Fred Schepisi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about families
Actors Kirk Douglas, Cameron Douglas, Diana Douglas, Rory Culkin, Bernadette Peters, Michael Douglas
Roles Production Design
Rating55%
The story involves a highly successful New York City family, each with its set of problems, and highlights the difficulties of the father-son relationship. Mitchell Gromberg is trying to deal with health problems resulting from a stroke. (Kirk Douglas himself suffered a stroke in 1996.) His son, Alex, works as a lawyer in the firm that his father founded, but is questioning the usefulness of his work and his place in the family. Alex's son, Asher, does not take college seriously and seems lost. The youngest son Eli, while extremely intelligent, is entering a difficult pre-adolescent time, while being socially awkward.
The Emperor's Club (2002)
, 1h49Directed by Michael Hoffman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about education
Actors Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch, Embeth Davidtz, Rob Morrow, Purva Bedi, Edward Herrmann
Roles Production Design
Rating69%
In 2001, William Hundert, a retired Classics teacher, is flown out to a luxurious resort in the Hamptons owned by one of his former students in order to be the guest of honor in an impromptu reunion. As he gets settled in he reflects on the turn of events in a flashback of his time working at Saint Benedict's Academy, a prestigious preparatory school.