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Born in Hamburg in 1996, Anton v. Bredow studied stage design with distinction with Raimund Bauer at the HFBK Hamburg and, as an ASA scholarship holder at the École des Beaux Arts Paris, studied film with Clément Cogitore and conceptual art with Àlvaro Urbano and Petri Halilaj after and while working as a stage and costume design assistant at the Thalia Theatre, Burgtheater Vienna, Scala Milan, Salzburg Festival and Schauspielhaus Zurich.
He works with Ersan Mondtag on stage design at the Basel Theatre and Schauspiel Köln.
This was followed by his own works in theatre, dance and opera — at Kampnagel, Schauspielhaus Vienna, Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Theater Bremen, Hamburg State Opera, and Kassel State Opera, repeatedly with directors Christiane Pohle, Woody Mues and Maike Schuster — or in film; including the set for ABL MA ANSA (directed by Mariam Mekiwi, Forum Expanded Berlinale 2018) or 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 appears for the first time as author and director with the cinema documentary ARCHITECTURE OF GOOD FORTUNE.
He is in the development of the set design for the cinema feature films HYGGE by Lena Fakler & Zarah Schrade and DEATH AND THE MAIDEN by Adina Pintilie (Golden Bear winner, 68th Berlinale). Guest lectureship for "Staged rooms" at the HAW university Hamburg.
