Anton von Bredow (GER)

is a stage and set designer. Born in Hamburg in 1996, Anton v. Bredow studied — after and during assistantships in stage and costume design at the Thalia Theatre, Burgtheater Vienna, La Scala Milan, Salzburg Festival, Schauspielhaus Zurich — stage design with distinction under Raimund Bauer at the HFBK Hamburg and as an ASA scholarship holder at the École des Beaux Arts Paris in film under Clément Cogitore and conceptual art under Álvaro Urbano and Petrit Halilaj.

This was followed by his own stage designs in spoken and musical theatre, including at Kampnagel, Schauspielhaus Wien, Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Theater Bremen, Staatsoper Hamburg, Staatsoper Kassel, repeatedly with directors Christiane Pohle, Woody Mues and Maike Schuster, and in film; including the set for ABL MA ANSA (directed by Mariam Mekiwi, Forum Expanded Berlinale 2018) and CIVIL DUSK (David Uzochukwu & Jünglinge Film, CPH:DOX 2022). Excursion into fashion with a set for the 032c runway at Paris Fashion Week F/W 25. Bredow makes his debut as a writer and director with the cinema documentary ARCHITECTURE OF HAPPINESS.

He is also involved in the development of the set design for the feature films HYGGE by Lena Fakler & Zarah Schrade and DEATH AND THE MAIDEN by Adina Pintilie (winner of the Golden Bear, 68th Berlinale). Guest lecturer for ‘Scenic Spaces’ at HAW Hamburg.