| Stefan Beese | |
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| Born | October 28, 1969 Flensburg, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
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| Practice | beesign |
Stefan Beese (born October 28, 1969) is a German-American production designer and architect. He emigrated from Germany to the United States in 1999, where he founded the firm beesign in Los Angeles.
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He is a certified member of the German Chamber of Handicrafts, after a three-year apprenticeship as a carpenter in 1989. Graduated from the Polytechnic of Art at Husum, Germany in 1992, with a Bachelor of fine art and design. Studied Architecture at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts at Kiel, Germany from 1992 to 1995. Studied Production Design and Interior Architecture at the University of Design and Media in Hanover, Germany from 1995 to 1999
Mr. Beese's extensive training in Interior Architecture and Production Design led to his forming the company beesign-production design in 1995. Mr. Beese has done production design for feature films, TV and commercials as well as having designed shows, fairs, exhibitions and sets for stage and screen in Europe and the United States.
Beese opened his Los Angeles branch of beesign in 2000, and served as Production Designer on films such as Asylum Days (2001), Purple Heart (2005), Hollywood Dot Com (2007), The Great Commission (2003), The Trial (2002), Fear Within (2004) and Natural Selection (2003). His client list includes NBC-Universal, The Sci Fi Channel, Mercedes Benz, Volkswagen, Sony, NBC-Universal, Showtime and WDR Cologne.
Beese served in 2007 as the Executive Producer on the Make It Right "Pink Project" in collaboration with Brad Pitt and Graft.
Stefan Beese produced a new main stage face-lift and overall production design for the New orleans Essence Music Festivalin 2008.
Winner of the Live Design Excellence Award for The Eco Shipping Container Lounge, Voodoo Music Experience 2010
He received the Live Design Excellence Award for the production design of the Essence Music Festival 2009.
Winner of The Music Design Award for the production design of the Essence Music Festival 2009
Nominated for The Parnelli Award for Best Set Designer of the Year for the Production Design of the Essence Music Festival 2009.