Sylvia Steinbrecht

Sylvia Steinbrecht
Steinbrecht at the Gaudí Awards in 2020
Born1977
Bern, Switzerland
CitizenshipAndorra
Alma materCinema and Audiovisual School of Catalonia, University of Barcelona
Children2
AwardsGaudí Award for Best Art Direction (2020)

Sylvia Steinbrecht Aleix (born 1977) is an Andorran artistic director and production designer of Swiss origin. She has worked with directors including Brad Anderson, Woody Allen, Isabel Coixet, Cesc Gay, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Ramón Salazar and Tom Tykwer. She is a winner of the Gaudí Award for Best Art Direction.

Career

Steinbrecht was born in 1977 in Bern, Switzerland.[1][2] She studied at the Cinema and Audiovisual School of Catalonia (ESCAC), part of the University of Barcelona,[1] graduating from the second class.[3]

In 2004, Steinbrecht was set decorator for The Machinist.[4]

In 2008, Steinbrecht worked as set director for Woody Allen's Vicky Christina Barcelona.[2][3]

In 2013, Steinbrecht won the Best Art Direction award at the Global Nonviolent Film Festival for her work on the live action/animated adventure film Snowflake, the White Gorilla.

In 2020, Steinbrecht won the Gaudí Award for Best Art Direction at the 12th Gaudí Awards for Elisa & Marcela[1].[5][6]

Steinbrechy was nominated again for the Gaudí Award for her work on Los renglones torcidos de Dios,[7][8][9] for which she was also nominated for the Goya Award for Best Art Direction at the 37th Goya Awards.

In 2023, Steinbrecht was production designer for Creatura, which won Europa Cinemas Best European Film Prize.[10] She was nominated at the 16th Gaudí Awards for her work on Creatura.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c ""He tingut la sort de conèixer totes les feines del cinema"". Altaveu (in Catalan). Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Sylvia Steinbrecht, com la gota malaia". Diari d'Andorra (in Catalan). 11 February 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  3. ^ a b "Sylvia Steinbrecht, artistic director: "Having studied in ESCAC opens doors"". Archived from the original on 11 July 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  4. ^ "A haunted and haunting 'Machinist'". Los Angeles Times. 22 October 2004. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  5. ^ "L'andorrana Sylvia Steinbrecht s'emporta el Gaudí a la millor direcció artística per 'Elisa y Marcela'". Ara Andorra (in Catalan). 20 January 2020. Archived from the original on 20 January 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Sylvia Steinbrecht: "Recreo en imatges els espais descrits en un guió"". Dona Secret (in Catalan). 8 February 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  7. ^ "L'andorrana Sylvia Steinbrecht, nominada als Gaudí per 'Los renglones torcidos de Dios'". Altaveu (in Catalan). Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  8. ^ "Tres catalanes nominades als Premis Goya 2023". RTVE.es (in Catalan). 10 February 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  9. ^ "Els Premis Gaudí deixen sense recompensa Sylvia Steinbrecht-Aleix i Kiko Ruiz Claverol". Altaveu (in Catalan). Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  10. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (25 May 2023). "Elena Martín Gimeno's 'Creatura' Wins Europa Cinemas Best European Film Prize; Pierre Creton's 'Le Prince' Scoops SACD Award At Cannes Directors' Fortnight". Deadline. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  11. ^ "'Creatura' y 'Saben aquell' copan las nominaciones a los premios Gaudí". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 12 December 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
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