Christian Schäfer, production designer, supervising art director, art director, Berlin

About Christian Schäfer

Berlin based Production Designer, Supervising Art Director.

Known for

Haps - Crime Doesn't Pay
2022-2025
Production designer
G20
2023-2024
Supervising art director
Blackout
2020-2021
Production designer
The Typist
2017-2018
Production designer
The Constant Gardener
2004-2005
Art director

Movies as production designer

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2024	Tamas Traum (WT) October - December 2024, set design under water set on stage and addtl. shooting on location	Feature Film	Michael Grudsky	Zeitgeist Filmproduktion GmbH & Co. KG [de]	October - December 2024, set design under water set on stage and addtl. shooting on location
2023	Oh Hell	TV Series, MagentaTV [de]	Sarah Blaßkiewitz	Good Friends Filmproduktions GmbH
2022	Haps - Crime Doesn't Pay	Feature Film	Ekrem Engizek	Engizek Films GmbH
2021	Lieber Kurt Berlin, Brandenburg, Hamburg	Feature Film	Til Schweiger	Mr. Brown Entertainment [de]	Berlin, Brandenburg, Hamburg
2020	Blackout Nomination German Academy for Television for best Production Design,, Berlin, Brandenburg, Lubmin, Genoa (Italy), Bavaria	Limited series, Joyn [de]	Multiple	W&B Television GmbH	Nomination German Academy for Television for best Production Design,, Berlin, Brandenburg, Lubmin, Genoa (Italy), Bavaria
2019	Das Quartett - Das Mörderhaus	TV-Movie (Series), ZDF [de]	Vivian Naefe	Akzente Film & Fernsehproduktion GmbH
2019	Zerschunden - Ein Fall für Dr. Abel Berlin & Brussels	TV-Movie (Series), SAT.1 [de]	Hansjörg Thurn	Ninety-Minute Film GmbH	Berlin & Brussels
2019	Zerbrochen - Ein Fall für Dr. Abel Berlin & Brussels	TV-Movie (Series), SAT.1 [de]	Hansjörg Thurn	Ninety-Minute Film GmbH	Berlin & Brussels
2018	Ostwind - Aris Ankunft Hessen	Feature Film	Theresa von Eltz	SamFilm GmbH [de]	Hessen
2017	The Typist Berlin, Bavaria, Canneseries 2018	TV Series, ZDF [de]	Multiple	MOOVIE GmbH	Berlin, Bavaria, Canneseries 2018
2017	Commissaire Marthaler - Un adversaire inattendu Berlin, Frankfurt	TV-Movie (Series), ZDF [de]	Züli Aladag	Akzente Film & Fernsehproduktion GmbH	Berlin, Frankfurt
2016	This Crazy Heart Munich & Berlin	Feature Film	Marc Rothemund	OLGA FILM GmbH	Munich & Berlin
2015	Kommissar Marthaler - Engel des Todes Berlin, Frankfurt	TV-Movie (Series), arte, ZDF [de]	Lancelot von Naso	Akzente Film & Fernsehproduktion GmbH	Berlin, Frankfurt
2014	Kommissar Marthaler - Ein allzu schönes Mädchen Berlin, Frankfurt & Elsass (France)	TV-Movie (Series), arte, ZDF [de]	Lancelot von Naso	Akzente Film & Fernsehproduktion GmbH	Berlin, Frankfurt & Elsass (France)
2014	Block B - Unter Arrest	TV Series, RTL [de]	Multiple	UFA Serial Drama GmbH
2013	Fack Ju Goehte - Suck Me Shakespeer Munich	Feature Film	Bora Dagtekin	Rat Pack Filmproduktion GmbH [de]	Munich
2013	Schmidt - Chaos auf Rezept	TV Series, RTL [de]	Alexander Dierbach	Constantin Television GmbH [de]
2012	Marthaler - Partitur des Todes Berlin & Frankfurt	TV-Movie (Series), ZDF [de]	Lancelot von Naso	Akzente Film & Fernsehproduktion GmbH	Berlin & Frankfurt
2012	Schmidt - Chaos auf Rezept	TV Series, RTL [de]	Alexander Dierbach	Constantin Television GmbH [de]
2012	Die Spur der Toten (Teaser)	Commercial	Uwe Wilhelm	Ninety-Minute Film GmbH

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Movies as supervising art director

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2024	G20 Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA	Feature Film	Patricia Riggen	JuVee Productions [us]	Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
2021	Das Haus der Träume Berlin, Görlitz	TV Series, RTL+ [de], TVNOW [de]	Multiple	X Filme Creative Pool GmbH	Berlin, Görlitz
2020	Around the World in 80 Days Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA	TV Series, France 2 [fr], PBS [us], RAI [it], ZDF [de]	Multiple	Slim Film+Television [uk]	Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
2006	Krabat Cologne, Romania (Sibiu)	Feature Film	Marco Kreuzpaintner	Claussen+Putz Filmproduktion GmbH (formerly Claussen+Wöbke+Putz)	Cologne, Romania (Sibiu)

Movies as art director

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2004	Golf Mark V - A Life in a Day	Commercial	Chris Palmer	Trigger Happy Productions GmbH [de]
2004	The Constant Gardener Art Directors Guild (us) / Nomination Excellence in Production Design Award	Feature Film	Fernando Meirelles	Focus Features [us]	Art Directors Guild (us) / Nomination Excellence in Production Design Award
2003	7 Zwerge - Männer allein im Wald Cologne	Feature Film	Sven Unterwaldt	Zipfelmützenfilm GmbH & Co. KG [de]	Cologne
2002	Luther Bayrischer Filmpreis Production Design R. Zehetbauer	Feature Film	Eric Till	NFP	Bayrischer Filmpreis Production Design R. Zehetbauer
2000	Stronghold / Col di Lana (CANCELLED before Start of Filming) (WT) Munich	Feature Film	Joseph Vilsmaier	Perathon Film und Fernseh GmbH [de]	Munich
1999	The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenmann Stopped before shooting, Munich	Feature Film	Sidney Lumet	Ziegler Film GmbH & Co. KG	Stopped before shooting, Munich
1999	Marlene Berlin, Munich	Feature Film	Joseph Vilsmaier	Perathon Film und Fernseh GmbH [de]	Berlin, Munich
1998	Schlaraffenland	Independent Feature Film	Friedemann Fromm	Hager Moss Film GmbH

Movies in other capacities

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2005	V for Vendetta	Feature Film	James McTeigue	Fünfte Babelsberg Film GmbH [de]	assistant art director Art Directors Guild (us) / Nomination Excellence in Production Design Award
2004	Aeon Flux	Feature Film	Karyn Kusama	Studio Babelsberg Motion Pictures GmbH [de]	assistant art director
2003	Around the World in 80 Days	Feature Film	Frank Coraci	Walden Media [us]	draughtsman/set designer Set Designer
2002	The Snow Queen	TV Movie (multi-part)	David Wu	Hallmark Entertainment [us]	draughtsman/set designer Set Designer
2001	Hans Christian Andersen - My life as a Fairytale	TV Movie (multi-part)	Phillip Saville	Hallmark Entertainment [us]	draughtsman/set designer Set Designer
2001	Good bye Lenin!	Feature Film	Wolfgang Becker	X Filme Creative Pool GmbH	draughtsman/set designer Set Designer
2000	Taking Sides	Feature Film	István Szabó	Little Big Bear Filmproduktion GmbH [de]	assistant production designer Asst. Set Decorator
2000	Leo & Claire	Feature Film	Joseph Vilsmaier	Perathon Film und Fernseh GmbH [de]	draughtsman/set designer Set Designer 1. Vorbereitunsphase 1999
1998	Apokalypso	TV Movie, ProSieben [de]	Martin Walz	Ufa GmbH	location scout
1997	Comedian Harmonists	Feature Film	Joseph Vilsmaier	Perathon Film und Fernseh GmbH [de]	assistant production designer Filmband in Gold Production Design R. Zehetbauer / asst. set decorator / Munich, Vienna
1996	Der König von St. Pauli	TV Movie (multi-part)	Dieter Wedel	Bavaria Film GmbH	draughtsman/set designer Set Designer, Trainee, Munich

Film awards

Year	Film	Award	Category
2022	Blackout	Deutsche Akademie für Fernsehen (DAfFNE) [de]	Szenenbild	Nominated
2006	V for Vendetta	Art Directors Guild [us]	Excellence in Production Design Award	Nominated
2005	The Constant Gardener	Art Directors Guild [us]	Excellence in Production Design Award	Nominated

Basic data

Nationality	German
Languages	EnglishGerman
Experience abroad	Central Europe: Austria, Czech Republic, Poland South Africa: South Africa Southern Europe: Italy, Spain Southeastern Europe: Romania Western Europe: Belgium, France, Netherlands
Immediate working area	Berlin
1st residence (federal state or country)	Germany - Berlin
Associations	Deutsche Akademie für Fernsehen e.V. [de] German Film Academy [de] Society of Art department and Costume department [de] Verwertungsgesellschaft BILD-KUNST [de]

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Movies as production designer

Movies as supervising art director

Movies as art director

Movies in other capacities

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