Stefan Beese
Encyclopedia
Stefan Beese is a German-American production designer
and architect
. He emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1999, where he founded the firm beesign in Los Angeles
.
in 1989.
Graduated from the Polytechnic of Art at Husum, Germany in 1992, with a Bachelor of fine art and design.
Studied Architecture
at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts at Kiel
, Germany from 1992 to 1995.
Studied Production Design and Interior Architecture at the University of Design
and Media in Hanover
, Germany from 1995 to 1999
and Production Design led to his forming the company beesign-production design in 1995. Mr. Beese has done production design for feature films, TV and commercials as well as having designed shows, fairs, exhibitions and sets for stage and screen in Europe
and the United States.
Beese opened his Los Angeles branch of beesign in 2000, and served as Production Designer on films such as Asylum Days
(2001), Purple Heart
(2005), Hollywood Dot Com (2007), The Great Commission (2003), The Trial
(2002), Fear Within (2004) and Natural Selection
(2003). His client list includes NBC-Universal, The Sci Fi Channel
, Mercedes Benz, Volkswagen
, Sony, NBC-Universal, Showtime and WDR Cologne.
Beese served in 2007 as the Executive Producer on the Make It Right "Pink Project" in collaboration with Brad Pitt
and Graft.
Stefan Beese produced a new main stage face-lift and overall production design for the New orleans
Essence Music Festival
in 2008.
Lounge, Voodoo Music Experience 2010
He received the Live Design Excellence Award for the production design of the Essence Music Festival 2009.
Winner of The Music Design Award for the production design of the Essence Music Festival 2009
Nominated for The Parnelli Award for Best Set Designer of the Year for the Production Design of the Essence Music Festival
2009.
Production designer
In film and television, a production designer is the person responsible for the overall look of a filmed event such as films, TV programs, music videos or adverts. Production designers have one of the key creative roles in the creation of motion pictures and television. Working directly with the...
and architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
. He emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1999, where he founded the firm beesign in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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.
Early life and education
He is a certified member of the German Chamber of Handicrafts, after a three-year apprenticeship as a carpenterCarpenter
A carpenter is a skilled craftsperson who works with timber to construct, install and maintain buildings, furniture, and other objects. The work, known as carpentry, may involve manual labor and work outdoors....
in 1989.
Graduated from the Polytechnic of Art at Husum, Germany in 1992, with a Bachelor of fine art and design.
Studied Architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts at Kiel
Kiel
Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...
, Germany from 1992 to 1995.
Studied Production Design and Interior Architecture at the University of Design
Design
Design as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
and Media in Hanover
Hanover
Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg...
, Germany from 1995 to 1999
Career
Mr. Beese's extensive training in Interior ArchitectureInterior architecture
Interior Architecture is truly a marriage of three distinct design disciplines: interior design, architecture, and industrial design...
and Production Design led to his forming the company beesign-production design in 1995. Mr. Beese has done production design for feature films, TV and commercials as well as having designed shows, fairs, exhibitions and sets for stage and screen in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and the United States.
Beese opened his Los Angeles branch of beesign in 2000, and served as Production Designer on films such as Asylum Days
Asylum Days
-Plot:After losing her parents in the age of five in a car accident, Laurie Cardell is sent to an orphanage where she stays for two years, until a fire burn down the place. Years later, she becomes a famous Hollywood actress, but traumatized and haunted by her past. When the small time criminal...
(2001), Purple Heart
Purple Heart
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York...
(2005), Hollywood Dot Com (2007), The Great Commission (2003), The Trial
The Trial
The Trial is a novel by Franz Kafka, first published in 1925. One of Kafka's best-known works, it tells the story of a man arrested and prosecuted by a remote, inaccessible authority, with the nature of his crime revealed neither to him nor the reader.Like Kafka's other novels, The Trial was never...
(2002), Fear Within (2004) and Natural Selection
Natural selection
Natural selection is the nonrandom process by which biologic traits become either more or less common in a population as a function of differential reproduction of their bearers. It is a key mechanism of evolution....
(2003). His client list includes NBC-Universal, The Sci Fi Channel
Sci Fi Channel (United States)
Syfy , formerly known as the Sci-Fi Channel and SCI FI, is an American cable television channel featuring science fiction, supernatural, fantasy, reality, paranormal, wrestling, and horror programming. Launched on September 24, 1992, it is part of the entertainment conglomerate NBCUniversal, a...
, Mercedes Benz, Volkswagen
Volkswagen
Volkswagen is a German automobile manufacturer and is the original and biggest-selling marque of the Volkswagen Group, which now also owns the Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT, and Škoda marques and the truck manufacturer Scania.Volkswagen means "people's car" in German, where it is...
, Sony, NBC-Universal, Showtime and WDR Cologne.
Beese served in 2007 as the Executive Producer on the Make It Right "Pink Project" in collaboration with Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt
William Bradley "Brad" Pitt is an American actor and film producer. Pitt has received two Academy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one...
and Graft.
Stefan Beese produced a new main stage face-lift and overall production design for the New orleans
Essence Music Festival
Essence Music Festival
Essence Music Festival is an annual music festival celebrating contemporary African American music and culture. It is the largest event celebrating African American culture and music in the United States. It has been held in New Orleans, Louisiana every year since 1995 except for 2006, where it...
in 2008.
Awards
Winner of the Live Design Excellence Award for The Eco Shipping ContainerShipping container
A shipping container is a container with strength suitable to withstand shipment, storage, and handling. Shipping containers range from large reusable steel boxes used for intermodal shipments to the ubiquitous corrugated boxes...
Lounge, Voodoo Music Experience 2010
He received the Live Design Excellence Award for the production design of the Essence Music Festival 2009.
Winner of The Music Design Award for the production design of the Essence Music Festival 2009
Nominated for The Parnelli Award for Best Set Designer of the Year for the Production Design of the Essence Music Festival
Essence Music Festival
Essence Music Festival is an annual music festival celebrating contemporary African American music and culture. It is the largest event celebrating African American culture and music in the United States. It has been held in New Orleans, Louisiana every year since 1995 except for 2006, where it...
2009.
External links
- Make It Right Official Site http://www.makeitrightnola.org/mir_SUB.php?section=pink&page=team
- http://blog.nola.com/updates/2007/12/celebration_in_the_9th_pitt_un.html
- http://livedesignonline.com/excellenceawards/essence-music-festival-09/
- http://livedesignonline.com/concerts/essence-awards-stage-0813/
- http://www.plotmag.com/blog/2010/08/essence-music-festival-2010/
- http://gbdmagazine.com/2011/07/julyaugus-2011/
- http://www.architecture-view.com/2011/01/17/outrageous-shipping-containers-for-voodoo-music-festival/
- http://inhabitat.com/vip-lounge-made-of-shipping-container-voodoo-music-and-art-festival/voodoo-festival-shipping-containers-11/?extend=1
- http://livedesignonline.com/excellenceawards/eco-shipping-lounge-voodoo-festival/index.html
- http://www.ecocontainerhome.com/the-voodoo-music-and-art-festival-shipping-container-grand-stand/