CHRISTIAN ZOLLENKOPF
Less short, still sweet
AWARDS & FESTIVALS
ADG Nominee, Anheuser Busch - Let's Grab A Beer 2022
Cannes Lion - Grand Prix, Lil Nas X, Old Town Road 2021
Grammy Award, best Video, Lil Nas X, Old Town Road 2020
VMA nominee, Lil Nas X, Old Town Road 2019
ADG Nominee Madonna, Ghosttown 2016
ADG Nominee Coldplay, Magic 2015
TREASURE OF THE BLACK JAGUAR, winner of UK distribution price Raindance festival 2011, London, UK
The Raveonettes, Stage design Roskilde Festival Denmark, UK Tour (At the permanent exhibition at the music museum in Copenhagen) 2005
PISTVAKT (a theatre soap opera, winner of the Swedish EVA award for best play in 1996, transferred to TV in 1997) 1996-2001
Playing With Fire, QMW Award for best design, 1998
2001 2001 A Market of Miracles after W. Symborska 1997
This piece was shown at the Malmo Theatre Festival in 1998 and at the New York Fringe Festival 1999 Interior design (award for Bar "pick up" in Stockholm) 1995 Richard III by W. Shakespeare, Helsinki Act Festival, Dir.: L. Tunnstrom 1994
Dear Friends Film, Sweden, 2nd place Munich Film Festival 1993
E M P L O Y M E N T H I S T O R Y FILM & TV
I'm A Virgo, TV Series, season 1, USA
Kandahar, Film, USA
Kidding, TV Series, season 2, USA
Trees Of Peace, Film , USA
Making The Cut, season 1, TV Series USA
Guerilla, Film UK/USA (post production)
The Treasure of the Black Jaguar, Film USA
Homes, Web Series USA
Prout, Short USA
Miracle Man, Film USA
Old Dog, film U.K.
Pistvakt TV - series, Sweden 1999 - 2004
Evo Film USA Much agony about nothing Film, Sweden
The Suburbs Film, Sweden
Dear Friends Film, Sweden, 2nd place Munich Film Festival
Catboy Film Sweden
Coffee & Cigarettes Film, Sweden
COMMERCIALS
Doordash, AT&T, Toyota, Nationwide, Gatorade, Carl’s jr. Covergirl, Budweiser, Volvo, Chiquita Bananas, Arla Milk, Adidas, Uth/Jigsaw, Levi's, Nike, Opel/Vauxhall, Phillips Widescreen, Pripps Energy drink, Swedish Telecom (Telia), Guinness and many others ***
***Positions held in Film, TV and advertising include:Production Designer,Art director, Costume Designer, Director
MUSIC VIDEOS
Lil Nas X, Madonna, Coldplay, Beyonce, Aerosmith, Kesha, Noel Gallager,, Delta Rae, Rev Theory, Biffy Clyro, Itch , The Heavy, Awolnation, Black Mountain, and many others
THEATER
Paul E. Richards Theater Place/Lyric, LA Sad Happy Sucker By Lee Kirk Dir.: Sean Gunn 2007/2010
Linbury Studio Three birds alighting in a field By T. Wertenbaker Dir.:C. Bonham -Carter 2005
Mary Barnes by D. Edgar Dir.: P. Cherns 2005
Cloud 9 by Caryl Churchill Dir.: C. Cook 2005
Les Mains Salles by J.P. Sartre Dir.: L. Zimbke 2004
Heartplay/Quartett by H. Muller Dir.: L. Zimbke 2004
BAC, Liquid Theatre, London Crave by S. Cane Dir.: M. Peover 2003/04
Molly's Dream by E. Flouton Dir.: E. Flouton 2003
Cowboy Mouth by S. Shepard Dir.: M. Peover 2002
Endgame by S. Beckett Dir.: M. Peover 2002
Jermyn Street Theater, London People who don't do dinner parties By Guy Picot Dir.: M. Gray 2003
Blackheath Halls, London The Threepenny Opera by K. Weill/ B. Brecht Dir.: J. Lunn 2002
Diorama, London "O" by S. Broberg Dir.: A. Ostergren 2002
MacOwen Theatre, London Miss Else by A. Schnitzler Dir.: A. Ostergren 2002
Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh The 5th Booth by S. Coomes Dir.: G. Lagden 2002
C - Cubed, Edinburgh Messenger by A. Shepherd Dir.: A. Ostergren 2002
The Harold Pinter Studio, QMW, London Sure Thing by D. Ives Dir.: A. Ostergren 2001
The Stronger by A. Strindberg Dir.: A. Ostergren 2001
Boy Meets Girl by W. Wasserstein Dir.: A. Ostergren 2001
Playing with Fire by A. Strindberg Dir.: A. Ostergren 2000
Heartplay by H. Muller Dir.: A. Ostergren 2000
Mortal by L. Noren Dir.: A. Ostergren 2000
Plaza, Stockholm The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant by R.W. Fassbinder Dir.:A.Onofri 1998
Sodra Theatern, Stockholm Room and Time by B. Strauss Dir.: M. Andersson 1997
Theatre Collective Rex, Stockholm Final Station by H. Zettergren Dir.: H. Zettergren 1997
Lido, Stockholm A Market of Miracles after W. Symborska Dir.: A. Onofri 1997
The Peacock Theatre, Stockholm The Chairs by e. Ionescou Dir.: S. Kander 1995
The Pistol Theatre, Stockholm Pistvakt by L. Lindstrom Dir.: L. Jaekhel (A theatre soap opera, winner of the Swedish EVA award for best play in 1996) 1997 - 2001
Little Egypt by L. Seiffert Dir.: T. Nordstrom 1996
Bryggvakt by L. Lindstrom, Dir.: T. Nordstrom A parody of Baywatch, Theatre soap opera in three parts 1995
Waiting for Godot by S. Beckett Dir.: T. Nordstrom 1995
Richard III by W. Shakespeare Dir.: L. Tunnstrom 1994
With the Heart in Your Hand by W. Majakoskij Dir.: F. Risberg 1994
Resident Designer and Stage Manager at the theatre from 1994 - 1996
TheGoGoPez Theatre, Stockholm Hiroshima Mon Amour by M. Duras Dir.: C. Lagerstrom 1995
Comrades by A. Strindberg Dir.: C. Lagerstrom 1994
LAMDA PRODUCTIONS
MacOwan Theatre Blood Wedding by F. Garcia Lorca Dir.: H. Kaut - Howsen Designer
Spring awakening by F. Wedekind Dir.: Gadi Roll Designer
Suburbia by E. Bogosian Dir.: G. Jones Co Designer
The School of Night by A. Whelan Dir.: A. Mullen Co Designer
Loveplay by M. Buffini Dir.: F. Buffini Co Designer
Cabaret by J. Masteroff, J. Kander Dir.: S. Jameson Associate Designer, Scenic Art
The Master and Margaritha by M. Bulgakov Dir.: H. Kaut - Howsen Assistant Designer
The Crucible by Arthur Miller Dir.: P. Cherns Assistant Designer
Dissocia by A. Neilson Dir.: A. Neilson Designer
The Marriage of Figaro by P.A. Beaumarchais Dir.: H. Kaut - Howsen Scenic Artist
The London Cuckolds by T. Johnson Dir.: A. Mullen Scenic Artist
Love for Love by W. Congreve Dir.: P. Barnard Scenic Artist
INTERIORS
The Cobden Club London
Harry's Social Club/Portobello Beach London
Tom & Dick's London
Bar Pick up Stockholm
Theatre Foyer, Pistol Theatre Stockholm
EDUCATION
LAMDA, London, England 2001 - 2002 Theatre design (post graduate Design diploma) Also lecturer for theatre design at the faculty
TBV school, Stockholm, Sweden 1992 Swedish & social studies
L'ecole de la chambre syndicale de la haute couture parisienne, Paris, France 1989 - 1991 Fashiondesign/haute couture
Hainberggymnasium, Gottingen, Germany 1979 - 1989 Majors: fine arts, chemistry, history, German
INTERNSHIPS, WORK EXPERIENCE
Margaretha Nicholson Stylist, Stockholm 1994
Dramatiska Institutet Stage and set design teacher, Stockholm 1992
Lee Edelkoort Trend scout, Paris 1992
Opera Comique Costume design, Paris 1991
Christian Dior Fashion design, Paris 1991
OTHER
Mandarina Duck (bags, apparel) London, Bologna Manager, Visual merchandising 2001
Uth/Jigsaw menswear Covent Garden, London, Manager 1997 - 2001
Vice General Manager, Concert Guide Stockholm 1994
Layout & Design Concert Guide Berlin 1993/1994
Computer skills: PhotoShop, Illustrator, Sketch Up and others
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AWARDS & FESTIVALS ETC.
Madonna - Ghosttown, ADG Award nominee 2016
Coldplay - Magic, ADG Award nominee 2015
Treasure of the Black Jaguar, Jury's UK distribution price, Raindance Festival London 2009
The Raveonettes, Stage design Roskilde Festival Denmark, UK Tour (At the permanent exhibition at the music museum in Copenhagen) 2005
PISTVAKT (a theatre soap opera, winner of the Swedish EVA award for best play in 1996, transferred to TV in 1997) 1996- 2001
Playing With Fire, QMW Award for best design, 1998
A Market of Miracles after W. Symborska
1997
This piece was shown at the Malmo Theatre Festival in 1998 and at the
New York Fringe Festival 1999
Interior design (award for Bar "pick up" in Stockholm)
1995
Richard III by W. Shakespeare, Helsinki Act Festival, Dir.: L. Tunnstrom
1994
Dear Friends Film, Sweden, runner up, Munich Film Festival
1993
EDUCATION
LAMDA, London, England
2001 - 2002
Stage/Set design (MA)
Also lecturer for design at the faculty from
2002 - 2005
TBV school, Stockholm, Sweden
1992
Swedish & social studies
L'ecole de la chambre syndicale de la haute couture parisienne, Paris, France 1989 - 1991
Fashion design/Haute Couture (BA)
Hainberggymnasium, Gottingen, Germany 1979 - 1989
Majors: fine arts, chemistry, history, German
INTERNSHIPS, WORK EXPERIENCE
Margaretha Nicholson
Stylist, Stockholm
1994
Dramatiska Institutet
Stage and set design
teacher, Sockholm
1993
Lee Edelkoort
Trend scout, Paris
1992
Opera Comique
Costume design, Paris
1991
Christian Dior
Fashion design, Paris
1991
E M P L O Y M E N T H I S T O R Y
FILM & TV
Messias, Film UK (in production)
BARE, Film UK/Ireland (pre production)
Unwanted Dog, Film USA/UK (pre production)
Desiree's Dream, Film USA (pre production)
MOM, short USA
Ride the Tiger, Music Short USA
The Treasure of the Black Jaguar, Film USA
Prout, Short USA
Miracle Man, Film USA
Pistvakt, film Sweden
Old Dog, film U.K.
Pistvakt - a winters tale, TV - series Sweden 1999 - 2004
Evo Film USA
Much agony about nothing, Film, Sweden
The Suburbs, Film, Sweden
Dear Friends, Film, Sweden, 2nd place Munich Film Festival
Catboy, Film Sweden
Coffee & Cigarettes, Film, Sweden
MUSIC VIDEOS
Gwen Stefani
'make me like you'
Madonna
'Ghost town'(nominated for ADG Award 2016)
Coldplay
'Magic' (nominated for ADG Award 2015)
'True Love'
Beyoncé
'haunted'
'Superpower'
Noel Gallagher's High Flying birds
'the death of you and me'
'if I had a gun'
'AKA - what a life'
'dream on'
'everybody's on the run'
'do the damage'
Delta Rae
'dance in the graveyards'
'morning comes'
Black Mountain
'old fangs'
Ke$ha
'crazy kids"
'die young'
AWOLnation
'knights of shame'
COMMERCIALS
Desperados beer, Beatz bt Dr. Dre, Allstate, Bud light, Carl's Jr., Citroën, Toyota, Volvo, Chiquita Bananas, Arla Milk, Adidas, Uth/Jigsaw, Levi's, Nike, Opel/Vauxhall, Phillips, Pripps, Swedish Telecom (Telia), Guinness and others **
**Positions held in the world of moving pictures include: Production Designer, Art director, Director, Costume Designer, Stylist and others
INTERIORS
Gorgeous Productions
London
The Cobden Club
London
Harry's Social Cub/Portobello Beach
London
Bar Pick up
Stockholm
Theatre Foyer, Pistol Theatre
Stockholm
OTHER
Mandarina Duck (bags, apparel) London, Bologna Manager, Visual merchandising
2001
Uth/Jigsaw menswear Covent Garden, London, Manager
1997 - 2001
General Manager, Concert Guide Stockholm
1993 - 1995
Layout & Design Concert Guide Berlin
1993 - 1994
Computer skills: indeed
Languages: Swedish, German, English, French, some Italian, Spanish, and Dutch
Driver's Licence: clean
THEATER
Paul E. Richards Theater Place, LA
Sad Happy Sucker By Lee Kirk
Dir.: Sean Gunn
2007/2009
Linbury Studio
Three birds alighting in a field By T. Wertenbaker
Dir.:C. Bonham ? Carter
2005
Mary Barnes by D. Edgar
Dir.: P. Cherns
2005
Cloud 9 by Caryl Churchill
Dir.: C. Cook
2005
Les Mains Salles by J.P. Sartre
Dir.: L. Zimbke
2004
Heartplay/Quartett by H. Muller
Dir.: L. Zimbke
2004
Waiting for Godot by S. Beckett
Dir.: T. Nordstrom
1995
BAC, Liquid Theatre, London
Crave by S. Cane
Dir.: M. Peover
2003/04
Molly?s Dream by E. Flouton
Dir.: E. Flouton
2003
Cowboy Mouth by S. Shepard
Dir.: M. Peover
2002
Endgame by S. Beckett
Dir.: M. Peover
2002
Jermyn Street Theater, London
People who don?t do dinner parties By Guy Picot
Dir.: M. Gray
2003
Blackheath Halls, London
The Threepenny Opera by K. Weill/ B. Brecht
Dir.: J. Lunn
2002
Diorama, London
?O? by S. Broberg
Dir.: A. Ostergren
2002
MacOwen Theatre, London
Miss Else by A. Schnitzler
Dir.: A. Ostergren
2002
Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh
The 5th Booth by S. Coomes
Dir.: G. Lagden
2002
C - Cubed, Edinburgh
Messenger by A. Shepherd
Dir.: A. Ostergren
2002
The Harold Pinter Studio, QMW, London
Sure Thing by D. Ives
Dir.: A. Ostergren
2001
The Stronger by A. Strindberg
Dir.: A. Ostergren
2001
Boy Meets Girl by W. Wasserstein
Dir.: A. Ostergren
2001
Playing with Fire by A. Strindberg
Dir.: A. Ostergren
2000
Heartplay by H. Muller
Dir.: A. Ostergren
2000
Mortal by L. Noren
Dir.: A. Ostergren
2000
Sodra Theatern, Stockholm
Room and Time by B. Strauss
Dir.: M. Andersson
1997
Theatre Collective Rex, Stockholm
Final Station by H. Zettergren
Dir.: H. Zettergren
1997
Lido, Stockholm (also Malmö and New York)
A Market of Miracles after W. Symborska
Dir.: A. Onofri
1997
The Peacock Theatre, Stockholm
The Chairs by e. Ionescou
Dir.: S. Kander
1995
The Pistol Theatre, Stockholm
Pistvakt by L. Lindstrom
Dir.: L. Jaekhel (A theatre soap opera, winner of the Swedish EVA award for best play in 1996)
1997 - 2001
Little Egypt by L. Seiffert
Dir.: T. Nordstrom
1996
Bryggvakt by L. Lindstrom,
Dir.: T. Nordstrom A parody of Baywatch, Theatre soap opera in three parts
1995
Waiting for Godot by S. Beckett
Dir.: T. Nordstrom
1995
Richard III by W. Shakespeare
Dir.: L. Tunnstrom
1994
With the Heart in Your Hand by W. Majakoskij
Dir.: F. Risberg
1994
Resident Designer and Stage Manager at the theatre from 1994 - 1996
TheGoGoPez Theatre, Stockholm
Hiroshima Mon Amour by M. Duras
Dir.: C. Lagerstrom
1995
Comrades by A. Strindberg
Dir.: C. Lagerstrom
1994
LAMDA PRODUCTIONS
MacOwan Theatre
Blood Wedding by F. Garcia Lorca
Dir.: H. Kaut ? Howsen
Designer
Spring awakening by F. Wedekind
Dir.: Gadi Roll
Designer
Suburbia by E. Bogosian
Dir.: G. Jones
Co Designer
The School of Night by A. Whelan
Dir.: A. Mullen
Co Designer
Loveplay by M. Buffini
Dir.: F. Buffini
Co Designer
Cabaret by J. Masteroff, J. Kander
Dir.: S. Jameson
Associate Designer, Scenic Art
The Master and Margaritha by M. Bulgakov
Dir.: H. Kaut - Howsen
Assistant Designer
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Dir.: P. Cherns
Assistant Designer
Dissocia by A. Neilson
Dir.: A. Neilson
Designer
The Marriage of Figaro by P.A. Beaumarchais
Dir.: H. Kaut - Howsen
Scenic Artist
The London Cuckolds by T. Johnson
Dir.: A. Mullen
Scenic Artist
Love for Love by W. Congreve
Dir.: P. Barnard
Scenic Artist