WHOM DAVID CRONENBERG REFERRED TO AS «A FULL PRODUCTION DESIGNER AT HEART» AFTER THE SHOOTING OF «A DANGEROUS METHOD» *2010 WORKS AS SCENOGRAPHER, INTERIOR DESIGNER, CREATIVE DIRECTOR AND THEATRE STAGE DESIGNER AND HAS BEEN PRIMARILY ENGAGED IN INTERNATIONAL FILMPRODUCTIONS.

HIS CREATION «LE CHÂTEAU DES FEUILLES DE THÉ» WAS COVER STORY OF AD CHINA WINTER ISSUE *2023. HE DESIGNED INTERIORS FOR ART GALLERY MICHAEL FUCHS, BERLIN * 2014, AND JEWELLERY DESIGNER GEORG HORNEMANN, DÜSSELDORF * 2017 * 2018. HE BECAME CREATIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE BERLIN BASED DISTRIBUTION AND PRODUCTION COMPANY DCM FOR «ART IN THE HOUSE» * 2023.

HE HAS COLLABORATED WITH JORDAN SCOTT «BERLIN NOBODY» * 2022, WIM WENDERS «ANSELM » * 2023, «PALERMO SHOOTING» * 2007, « EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE» *2014, OSCAR WINNING DIRECTORS VOLKER SCHLÖNDORFF «RETURN TO MONTAUK» * 2016 AND STEFAN RUZOWITZKY «NARZISS & GOLDMUND» * 2018 AS WELL AS LARRY CHARLES «ARMY OF ONE» * 2015, JULIE DEPLHY «MY ZOE» * 2018 AND LULU WANG «POSTHUMOUS» * 2012.

*2023 AND * 2020 HE WAS NOMINATED FOR THE GERMAN FILM ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN WITH «DER VERMESSENE MENSCH // THE MEASURES OF MEN» DIRECTED BY LARS KRAUME, AND «NARZISS UND GOLDMUND» DIRECTED BY STEFAN RUZOWITZKY.

MOREOVER, HE HAS CONTRIBUTED WITH HIS DESIGNS TO NUMEROUS COMMERCIALS AND PHOTOSHOOTS AS WELL AS TO MUSIC CLIPS BY ARTISTS SUCH AS RAMMSTEIN AND WORKED WITH DIRECTORS SUCH AS JONAS ÅKERLUND.

SOUKUP’S STORYBOARDS FOR «PALERMO SHOOTING» WERE SHOWN IN THE EXHIBITION «BETWEEN FILM AND ART. STORYBOARDS FROM HITCHCOCK TO SPIELBERG» AT THE DEUTSCHE KINEMATHEK- MUSEUM FÜR FILM UND FERNSEHEN * 2011.

SEBASTIAN SOUKUP STUDIED ARCHITECTURE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FINE ARTS BERLIN. PRIOR TO FOCUSSING ON THE FIELD OF FILM AND INTERIOR, SOUKUP STARTED WORKED AS AN ARCHITECT AND THEATRE STAGE DESIGNER @ BERLINER ENSEMBLE AND FOR CHRISTOPH SCHLINGENSIEF @ VOLKSBÜHNE BERLIN.



SINCE 2023 HE IS PROFESSOR FOR SCENOGRAPHY I PRODUCTION DESIGN @ INTERNATIONALE FILMSCHULE KÖLN.

HE IS TEACHING BIANUALLY «VISUAL GRAMMAR» AT THE WEISSENSEE KUNSTHOCHSCHULE BERLIN AND «FUN*DAMENTALS» AT THE FILMAKADEMIE BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG SINCE 2020 I 2019.

HE HELD SEVERAL DAYS LASTING WORKSHOPS FOR THE FACULTIES OF ARCHITECTURE @ THE BAUHAUS UNIVERSITY WEIMAR * 2018 I 2019, @ THE UNIVERSITY STUTTGART * 2022, AND GAVE NUMEROUS LECTURES & MASTERCLASSES @ THE FILM UNIVERSITÄT POTSDAM BABELSBERG, @ THE DEUTSCHE FILM- UND FERNSEHAKADEMIE BERLIN AND @ THE TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN.

HE WAS INVITED TO THE 71. MANNHEIMER FILMSYMPOSIUM 2023 WITH HIS PANNEL «WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE I MATTERS OF PERSPECTIVES or EUROPEAN BLINDERS» * 2023