Jan Schlubach
Jan Schlubach (born December 10, 1920 in The Hague ; † February 4, 2006 in Berlin ) was a German set designer and film architect .
Life
Jan Schlubach came from a Hamburg merchant family. When he was born, his father was co-owner of the then well-known overseas trading company Schlubach & Co. , managing its branch in The Hague. He conveyed that the former German Emperor Wilhelm II. Jans was godfather and died in 1928. Jan's older brother Geert Edgar was an architect and also worked as a set designer in the 1930s.
Jan's professional career began at the Göttingen Theater , where he worked with Heinz Hilpert in the 1950s . Later he was employed as a set designer at other houses, including a. with the directors Rudolf Noelte and Peter Beauvais . In total, he participated in 70 theater and opera productions.
Since 1965 he worked mainly in German and international film and for television. Outstanding work as a production designer was the film Fabian and the for the German Film Award and the Golden Globe -nominated The Rose Garden (1990, The Rose Garden ). For the film Barry Lyndon (1975) by Stanley Kubrick and the Bond film Octopussy , he filled this position for the German part of the production. For Shining (1980) , also by Stanley Kubrick, he was responsible for finding locations in the USA. In addition, Schlubach was involved in over 40 productions for television.
1981–1984 he was the interior designer of the German Film Museum in Frankfurt and constructed a large part of the permanent exhibition on film history.
The Academy of the Arts awards the Alfred Hirschmeier scholarship he donated annually to talented young production designers.
His written estate is in the archive of the Academy of Arts in Berlin.
Awards
- 1980 Federal Film Prize in gold for the film "Fabian"
- 1999 Federal Cross of Merit 1st class ,
- 2000 admission to the Academy of Arts (Berlin)
- 2010 star on the Boulevard der Stars in Berlin.
literature
- Tatjana Wulfert: Jan Schlubach. Every detail counts, even the smallest. Fortunately, there are sticky notes ; in: Der Tagesspiegel No. 19263, Berlin, July 28, 2006; P. 12.
Web links
- January Schlubach in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Brief portrait: Jan Schlubach on Stanley Kubrick's website
- Suddenly Kubrick was in the kitchen - Schlubach's collaboration with Stanley Kubrick
- Jan Schlubach Archive in the Archive of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jan Schlubach Archive Inventory overview on the website of the Academy of the Arts in Berlin.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schlubach, Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German production designer and film architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | The hague |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 4, 2006 |
| Place of death | Berlin |