Biography

Sonja Klaus is a leading Film and Television Designer based in London, UK. First beginning as a set decorator, Sonja soon rose to become one of the most prominent names in the industry with credits including Oscar-winning epic Gladiator, American Gangster, Prometheus, Tomb Raider I and II, Robin Hood, Kingdom of Heaven and X-Men First Class.

Throughout her career, Sonja gained a taste for Production Design and helmed projects such as Ridley Scott's A Good Year, Mathieu Kassovitz's Babylon AD and Tom Hardy and Steven Knight's award-winning BBC drama Taboo. Recently, Sonja designed Tim Miller and James Cameron's much-anticipated Terminator: Dark Fate reboot and Steven Knight's re-imagining of A Christmas Carol for the BBC/FX. In 2019, Sonja started designing a new Amazon Prime series, The Power, based on the best-selling novel by Naomi Alderman.{it took 3 years to complete because of the delays caused by the Pandemic }. Sonja designed Great Expectations with Olivia Coleman playing Miss Haversham, produced by BBC /FX and Disney, which was her third show written by Stephen Knight. & Sons, a feature film directed by Pablo Trapero, followed, starring Bill Nighy, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton, Noah Jupe, George McCay and Johnny Flynn. Sonja has worked all over the world in the USA, Canada, Thailand, Cambodia, South Africa, India, Kenya, Morocco, Greece,Italy,Hungary, the Czech Republic, Turkey, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Spain, France, Luxembourg, Monaco, Hong Kong,China, Malta and Portugal.
- IMDb mini biography by: Sonja Klaus