Bernd Lepel

Bernd Lepel is one of Germany's most accomplished production designers. He has worked with many notable directors and was nominated for the German Film Award.

Lepel, born in Murnau, started his career as a writer and designer, before he became a set designer at Stuttgart State Theatre and Frankfurt Opera. In 1979, he worked with director Volker Schlöndorff, designing the sets for the Academy Award®-winning drama THE TIN DRUM. His other film credits include Hark Bohm's TV mini series „Vera Brühne" and several films by director Doris Dörrie, starting with NUDE. He also supported Dörrie's stagings at Berlin State Opera and Bavarian State Opera in Munich.

Bernd Lepel worked as production designer for three of the most expensive and most prestigious German film productions of the young century. He worked on the Academy Award®-nominated historical dramas DOWNFALL and THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX as well as Sönke Wortmann's epic drama POPE JOAN. His more recent film credits include Sherry Hormann's drama about the kidnapped Austrian girl Natascha Kampusch, 3096, and Michael „Bully" Herbig's comedy BUDDY.

In 2010, Lepel's production design for POPE JOAN was nominated for the German Film Award. In 1988, his production design for Andrew Birkin's novel adaptation BURNING SECRET won the Award for Best Production Design at the Venice Film Festival.

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