Alexandra Brandner

Alexandra Brandner is a German theater dressmaker , dressmaker and costume designer . She was awarded the German Television Prize 2020 for her costumes for the German edition of The Masked Singer .

Alexandra Brandner (2017) on the TV show "Much to offer"

Career

In 1987 Brandner finished secondary school in Garching / Alz with the qualifying secondary school certificate and began an apprenticeship as a tailor. After this training, she completed her secondary school leaving certificate at the vocational school (BAS) and her technical diploma at the technical college (FOS) for art and design. At the same time she went through further training to become a theater separator at the Residenztheater in Munich . She completed her journeyman years with Rena Lange in Munich, Max Dietl and Natascha Müllerschön. This was followed by the master school for masterclothes and besides studying costume and stage design. Since 1995 she has been making costumes for theater, opera, musicals, museums and film productions as a freelance dressmaker.

TV appearances

Gernstl on the go (Bavarian television)

In 1996 Franz Xaver Gernstl visited Alexandra Brandner in her first own workshop in Burghausen with his show Gernstl . The television appearance brought her orders from opera houses in Europe.

In 2015 Gernstl returned to Brandner's workshop, this time in Garching an der Alz. The article was about revisiting some of the protagonists created in 1996 and following their careers.

LaVita (ARD)

In 2010, LaVita presenter Janina Nottensteiner moved with her bus between Rott and Alz in search of the special garb. After visiting Johann Vogl (Vogl Hansi) in Eggenfelden, she went to Alexandra Brandner's clothing workshop in Garching an der Alz. The focus of the contribution was the production of historical costumes and the presentation of the dying craft of clothing making.

Appropriate (ARD)

The film portrays three noble single women between traditional demands and everyday life, between a castle and a prefabricated building, torn by the expectations of their parents and their own deeply internalized demands. In the documentary, Alexandra Brandner is presented as an outfitter and costume designer for Alexandra Countess von Bredow.

Much to offer (ZDFneo)

In 2017, Alexandra Brandner was next to Linus Büttgen, Marcel Struck and Boris Schnitzler a dealer in the ZDF show Much to offer . Similar to Bares für Rares , you could offer and sell unusual and rare objects to dealers, as well as services and artistic performances. The only season so far consisted of ten episodes.

Costume equipment for film and TV

Through a befriended costume designer, she was commissioned to make robes for the 2001 film Lord of the Rings . Alexandra Brandner contributed 20 pieces of armor for the Tolkien epic shot in New Zealand .

In 2007, Alexandra Brandner made the cheerleading costumes for this film on behalf of Til Schweiger's production company Barefoot Films .

The Masked Singer

For the first season of the German edition of The Masked Singer 2019, the costumes were made by Alexandra Brandner and her team of eleven in two months. The astronaut costume of the winner, Max Mutzke , had a workload of 800 hours. It was decorated with 40,000 rhinestones and is worth 35,000 EUR. For this season's costumes, Alexandra Brandner was awarded the German Television Prize 2020 in the category "Best equipment (costume / set design) entertainment".

Also in the 2nd season, which was broadcast on Pro7 in 2020 , the costumes were again made by Alexandra Brandner. There are between 300 and 600 hours of work in each costume and each is worth around EUR 20,000. Season 2 winner was Tom Beck in the costume of the sloth named Fauli .

The 3rd season of The Masked Singer will be back on Pro7 in autumn 2020. Again, the costumes are made by Alexandra Brandner.

For all three seasons, the designs of the costumes came from the American designer Marina Toybina .

With the success of her costumes, Brandner was also commissioned to make the costumes for the Belgian version of the show. The broadcast should actually take place in April 2020, but has been postponed indefinitely due to the corona pandemic.

Costume equipment for opera and theater

Lehár Festival Bad Ischl

A summer festival was planned in Bad Ischl as early as the early 1950s . In 2001 Alexandra Brandner took over the production of various outfits. In 2004 the Bad Ischl Operetta Festival became the Bad Ischl Lehár Festival . In 2016 and 2017, Alexandra Brandner was responsible for the festival's costume management. During this time she outfitted pieces such as Saison in Salzburg , The Gypsy Baron , The Merry Farmer , The Fledermaus , The Land of Smiles , In the White Horse and many more.

Salzburg Festival

Under the direction of Dorothea Nicolai, Alexandra Brandner made costumes for the Salzburg Festival from 2001 to 2008.

Agnes Bernauer Festival Straubing

In 2003, Alexandra Brandner was commissioned to redesign the entire costume collection of around 150 costumes for the Agnes Bernauer Festival .

Goya

In 2004, Alexandra Brandner produced around 200 costumes for the Goya opera , including for the star tenor Placido Domingo . The opera premiered on July 19, 2004 at the Theater an der Wien .

Costume sets for museums and exhibitions

500 years of Emperor Maximilian

In 2019, Alexandra Brandner was commissioned to produce the costumes for the exhibition "500 Years of Emperor Maximilian". The exhibition took place at the Kufstein Fortress. A wall calendar was also produced for this exhibition in which some of Alexandra Brandner's costumes are shown.

Next to Mozart

In 2004 Alexandra Brandner produced some of the 60 costumes for the “Next to Mozart” adventure museum in Salzburg .

Awards

In 1995 she was named Entrepreneur of the Year 1995 by the Deutsche Handelsgesellschaft.

In 2020 Alexandra Brandner received the German TV Prize for making the costumes for the 1st season of The Masked Singer ( Pro7 )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dressmaker Atelier Alexandra Brandner. Retrieved June 17, 2020 (German). 
2. ↑ Garchingerin makes costumes for film and television. August 29, 2019, accessed June 21, 2020 . 
3. ↑ imfernsehen GmbH & Co KG: Gernstls Zeitreisen Season 3 episode guide. Retrieved June 21, 2020 . 
4. ↑ PNP.de: On December 25th in BR: Gernstl returns to the district. Retrieved June 21, 2020 . 
5. ↑ program ARD de-ARD Play-Out-Center Potsdam, Potsdam Germany: befitting. Retrieved June 21, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Axel Effner: Altöttingerin experiences a splendid carnival in Venice. Retrieved June 21, 2020 . 
7. ↑ A lot to offer. Retrieved June 19, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Christoph Kleiner: Garchinger Gewandmeisterin forms opera divas and Middle-earth warriors. Retrieved June 19, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Answer from a stupid silence . In: Bulletin des Médecins Suisses . tape 95 , no. 44 , October 28, 2014, ISSN  1661-5948 , doi : 10.4414 / bms.2014.03099 .
10. ↑ The Masked Singer: This one is behind the costumes. In: klatsch-tratsch.de. July 4, 2019, accessed June 19, 2020 . 
11. ^ The German TV Prize : Prize Winner. In: Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2020. Retrieved on June 21, 2020 . 
12. ↑ Nicole Rieß: Television: A look behind the scenes - so much work went into the costumes for "The Masked Singer". March 10, 2020, accessed June 19, 2020 . 
13. ^ Süddeutsche Zeitung: The sloth wins: Tom Beck wins "The Masked Singer". Retrieved June 19, 2020 . 
14. ↑ The Masked Singer - "The Masked Singer": In autumn 2020 season 3 starts April 24, 2020, accessed on June 21, 2020 . 
15. ↑ "The Masked Singer": This Garching woman is behind the costumes. March 6, 2020, accessed June 21, 2020 . 
16. ↑ VTM brengt wereldwijde tv hit The Masked Singer naar Vlaanderen, with Niels Destadsbader en Julie Van den Steen as hosts. Retrieved June 21, 2020 (Flemish). 
17. ^ History. In: Lehár Festival Bad Ischl. Accessed June 21, 2020 (German). 
18. ^ Fabrics that dreams are made of - himmeblau.de. Retrieved June 21, 2020 . 
19. ↑ Bad Ischl. Retrieved June 21, 2020 . 
20. ^ Fabrics that dreams are made of - himmeblau.de. Retrieved June 21, 2020 . 
21. ^ Agnes Bernauer Festival in the Straubing Ducal Castle from June 22 to July 22, 2007 (archive). Retrieved June 21, 2020 . 
22. ^ The German TV Prize : Prize Winner. In: Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2020. Retrieved on June 17, 2020 .