Patrizia von Brandenstein - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	15-April-1943
Place of Birth	Phoenix (Maricopa County, Arizona, United States of America)
Nationality	United States of America
Also know as	Patrizia Von Brandenstein, Patrizia Von-Brandenstein
Profession	Production Designer, Film Art Director
Patrizia von Brandenstein 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 ComÃ©die FranÃ§aise. 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.

Awards by Patrizia von Brandenstein

Check all the awards nominated and won by Patrizia von Brandenstein.

2013

Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards - Television Movie or Mini-Series	Phil Spector
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction - Miniseries or a Movie	Phil Spector

1993

Gotham Independent Film Tribute Award

(Below-The-Line Award)

Gotham Independent Film Below-The-Line Award

Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Gotham Independent Film Below-The-Line Award

1987

Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Production Design	The Untouchables

1986

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Production Design	Amadeus

1984

Academy Award for Best Production Design

Honored for : Amadeus

Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Production Design	Amadeus

1981

Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Production Design	Ragtime

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