Sebastian Soukup

WHOM DAVID CRONENBERG REFERRED TO AS «A FULL PRODUCTION DESIGNER AT HEART» AFTER THE SHOOTING OF «A DANGEROUS METHOD», HAS- APART FROM CRONENBERG- WORKED WITH DIRECTORS SUCH AS LARRY CHARLES (ARMY OF ONE 2015 ), VOLKER SCHLÖNDORFF (RETURN TO MONTAUK 2016), WIM WENDERS (PALERMO SHOOTING 2007, EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE 2014) AND DETLEV BUCK (GORILLAS 2017 ,BIBI & TINA I-IV, 2013-16).

IN 2023 HIS WORK FOR «DER VERMESSENE MENSCH » DIRECTED BY LARS KRAUME AND IN 2020 THE SCENOGRAPHY FOR «NARZISS UND GOLDMUND » DIRECTED BY STEFAN RUZOWITZKY WAS NOMINATED FOR THE GERMAN FILM ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN.

SEBASTIAN SOUKUP STUDIED ARCHITECTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FINE ARTS BERLIN AND HAS BEEN PRIMARILY ENGAGED IN INTERNATIONAL FILMPRODUCTION AS A RENOWNED PRODUCTION DESIGNER AND SCENOGRAPHER. PRIOR TO FOCUSSING ON THE FIELD OF FILM, SOUKUP WORKED AS AN ARCHITECT AND STAGE DESIGNER @ BERLINER ENSEMBLE AND FOR CHRISTOPH SCHLINGENSIEF @ VOLKSBÜHNE BERLIN.

MOREOVER, HE HAS CONTRIBUTED WITH HIS DESIGNS TO NUMEROUS COMMERCIALS AS WELL AS TO MUSIC CLIPS BY ARTISTS SUCH AS RAMMSTEIN AND WORKED WITH DIRECTORS SUCH AS JONAS ÅKERLUND AND LOS PEREZ.

SOUKUP’S STORYBOARDS FOR «PALERMO SHOOTING» WERE SHOWN IN THE EXHIBITION «BETWEEN FILM AND ART. STORYBOARDS FROM HITCHCOCK TO SPIELBERG» AT THE DEUTSCHE KINEMATHEK- MUSEUM FÜR FILM UND FERNSEHEN 2011.

AMONG HIS WORK ARE AS WELL INSTALLATIONS SUCH AS «SALON» FOR GALLERY MICHAEL FUCHS, BERLIN, 2014, «OBSESSED WITH BEAUTY» 2017, AND «FABLES» 2018, FOR GEORG HORNEMANN BERLIN.


HE GAVE LECTURES AND MASTERCLASSES IN PRODUCTION DESIGN AT THE FILMAKADEMIE LUDWIGSBURG, THE FILM UNIVERSITÄT POTSDAM BABELSBERG, THE TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN AND THE DEUTSCHE FILM- UND FERNSEHAKADEMIE BERLIN (DFFB). HE HELD WORKSHOPS AT THE BAUHAUS UNIVERSITY WEIMAR @ FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE PROF. HEIKE BÜTTNER IN 2018/19 AND THE UNIVERSITY STUTTGART @ FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE PROF. ALLMANN IN 2022.
SINCE 2020 HE IS TEACHING AT THE WEISSENSEE KUNSTHOCHSCHULE BERLIN @ MATERIAL & SURFACE DESIGN PROF. CHRISTIANE SAUER.

SINCE MAY 2023 HE IS PROFESSOR FOR SCENOGRAPHY @ INTERNATIONALE FILMSCHULE KÖLN.