Patrizia von brandenstein biography
Patrizia von brandenstein biography
Patrizia von brandenstein biography wife.
Von Brandenstein, Patrizia
PERSONAL
Born in AZ; father, an army warrant officer; married second husband, Stuart Wurtzel (a production designer); children: (second marriage) Kimberly.
Education: Attended University of Alaska, Anchorage, and Catholic University of America; studied at Comedie Francaise, Paris, Lester Polakov's Studio, and HB Studio and Actors Studio, New York City.
Addresses:
Agent—Mirisch Agency, 1875 Century Park East, Suite 2050, Los Angeles, CA 90067.
Career:
Production designer, art director, and costume designer.
La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, New York City, worked as seamstress, prop maker, and scene painter in the 1960s; American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco, CA, various positions, 1966-74; Playhouse in the Park, Cincinnati, OH, costume designer, 1970-71.
Member:
Local 800, New York Local 829.
Awards, Honors:
Academy Award nomination (with others), best art direction—set decoration, 1982, for Ragtime; Academy Award (with Karel Cerny)