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Thorsten Sabel

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  • Production Designer
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Thorsten Sabel
Following a brief affair, gym teacher Jurgen decides to marry his fellow teacher Sibel. But that's not what their families expected: Jurgen's Flemish parents don't understand why their only son dumped his previous girlfriend to marry a colleague; while Si
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Thorsten Sabel was born in 1969 in Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. He is an art director and production designer, known for Cloud Atlas (2012), The Reader (2008) and Heaven (2002).
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
    Cloud Atlas
    7.3
    • Art Director
    • 2012
    Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet, and David Kross in The Reader (2008)
    The Reader
    7.6
    • Art Department
    • 2008
    Giovanni Ribisi and Cate Blanchett in Heaven (2002)
    Heaven
    6.9
    • Art Department
    • 2002
    Audrey Tautou in Amélie (2001)
    Amélie
    8.2
    • Art Department
    • 2001

    Credits

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    Art Director

    • Wild Republic (2021)
      Wild Republic
      5.8
      TV Series
      • Art Director
      • 2021
    • Babylon Berlin (2017)
      Babylon Berlin
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Art Director
      • art director: NRW unit
      • 2017
    • Grain (2017)
      Grain
      6.0
      • Art Director
      • 2017
    • Die Gelben Teufel (2016)
      Die Gelben Teufel
      Short
      • Art Director
      • 2016
    • Oscar Brose in Young Light (2016)
      Young Light
      6.5
      • Art Director
      • 2016
    • Dessau Dancers (2014)
      Dessau Dancers
      5.8
      • Art Director
      • 2014
    • Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
      Cloud Atlas
      7.3
      • Art Director
      • 2012

    Production Designer

    • Maðurinn í kompunni
      • production designer
      • Post-production
    • Paco von Wyss and Alma Büchenbacher in Barry & Me (2026)
      Barry & Me
      7.2
      • Production Designer
      • 2026
    • Club der Dinosaurier (2025)
      Club der Dinosaurier
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Production Designer
      • 2025
    • Willem Dafoe in Inside (2023)
      Inside
      5.5
      • Production Designer
      • 2023
    • Saubere Sache (2020)
      Saubere Sache
      5.6
      TV Series
      • Production Designer
      • 2020–2022
    • Til Schweiger, Jasmin Gerat, Heike Makatsch, Max Hubacher, and Sinje Irslinger in God, You're Such a Prick (2020)
      God, You're Such a Prick
      5.7
      • Production Designer
      • 2020
    • Joseph Gordon-Levitt in 7500 (2019)
      7500
      6.3
      • Production Designer
      • 2019
    • Wir sind doch Schwestern (2018)
      Wir sind doch Schwestern
      5.8
      TV Movie
      • Production Designer
      • 2018
    • Draußen in meinem Kopf (2018)
      Draußen in meinem Kopf
      6.4
      • Production Designer
      • 2018
    • Maxim Mehmet, Carolin Kebekus, Arsseni Bultmann, and Arina Prass in It's Your Turn, Honey! (2017)
      It's Your Turn, Honey!
      5.2
      • Production Designer
      • 2017
    • Alessandro Bressanello, Mina Tander, and Christian Ulmen in Antonio, ihm schmeckt's nicht! (2016)
      Antonio, ihm schmeckt's nicht!
      4.4
      • Production Designer
      • 2016
    • Marry Me (2014)
      Marry Me
      5.7
      • Production Designer
      • 2014
    • Iris Berben, Edgar Selge, and Jördis Richter in Miss Sixty (2014)
      Miss Sixty
      5.4
      • Production Designer
      • 2014
    • The Invention of Love (2013)
      The Invention of Love
      6.5
      • Production Designer
      • 2013
    • Nick Romeo Reimann, Fabian Halbig, Ella-Maria Gollmer, and Leonie Tepe in The Crocodiles: All for One (2011)
      The Crocodiles: All for One
      5.6
      • Production Designer
      • 2011
    • Hochzeitspolka (2010)
      Hochzeitspolka
      5.5
      • Production Designer
      • 2010

    Art Department

    • Maxim Mehmet, Carolin Kebekus, Arsseni Bultmann, and Arina Prass in It's Your Turn, Honey! (2017)
      It's Your Turn, Honey!
      5.2
      • set designer
      • 2017
    • Georgina Verbaan and Jeroen van Koningsbrugge in The Surprise (2015)
      The Surprise
      6.7
      • art director: wuppertal
      • 2015
    • Daniel Brühl and Chris Hemsworth in Rush (2013)
      Rush
      8.1
      • set decorator: Germany
      • 2013
    • Tim Bergmann and Sasa Kekez in Sasha (2010)
      Sasha
      6.7
      • printing
      • 2010
    • Ralph Fiennes, Kate Winslet, and David Kross in The Reader (2008)
      The Reader
      7.6
      • assistant art director
      • 2008
    • Mike Müller, Axel Stein, Christian Tramitz, and Ellenie Salvo González in Tell (2007)
      Tell
      3.4
      • decorator: Germany
      • 2007
    • A Friend of Mine (2006)
      A Friend of Mine
      6.8
      • assistant production designer
      • 2006
    • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
      Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
      7.5
      • assistant set decorator
      • 2006
    • Franka Potente in Creep (2004)
      Creep
      5.6
      • set dresser: Germany
      • 2004
    • The Return of James Battle (2004)
      The Return of James Battle
      5.3
      • set decorator: Cologne
      • 2004
    • Jazzclub - Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm. (2004)
      Jazzclub - Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm.
      6.7
      • set dresser
      • 2004
    • Stauffenberg (2004)
      Stauffenberg
      6.7
      TV Movie
      • assistant set decorator: Cologne
      • 2004
    • Vivica A. Fox, Cuba Gooding Jr., Roselyn Sanchez, and Horatio Sanz in Boat Trip (2002)
      Boat Trip
      4.9
      • key set dresser
      • 2002
    • Giovanni Ribisi and Cate Blanchett in Heaven (2002)
      Heaven
      6.9
      • set dresser
      • 2002
    • Audrey Tautou in Amélie (2001)
      Amélie
      8.2
      • set dresser: Cologne
      • 2001

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      • 1969
      • Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

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