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A gifted Dutch production designer, Jan Roelfs is noted for his decade-long collaboration with fellow designer Ben Von Os. Beginning in 1983, the pair collaborated on over 25 films, most notably several for British director Peter Greenaway, including "A Zed and Two Noughts" (1985), "Drowning By Numbers" (1988), "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover" (1989) and "Prospero's Books" (1991). For each of those films, Roelfs and Van Os worked closely with the director, choosing particular color schemes and creating the ornate and sumptuous visuals....
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Filmography

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The Lucky Ones - ( Production Designer / 2008 / Released / )
I'm Not There - ( Production Designer / 2007 / Released / )
Lions for Lambs - ( Production Designer / 2007 / Released / )
The Hunting Party - ( Production Designer / 2007 / Released / )
World Trade Center - ( Production Designer / 2006 / Released / )
Alexander - ( Production Designer / 2004 / Released / )
Bad Company - ( Production Designer / 2002 / Released / )
S1M0NE - ( Production Designer / 2002 / Released / )
Flawless - ( Production Designer / 1999 / Released / )
The Astronaut's Wife - ( Production Designer / 1999 / Released / )
Gattaca - ( Production Designer / 1997 / Released / )
Grotesque - ( Production Designer / 1997 / Released / )
The Juror - ( Production Designer / 1996 / Released / )
1,000 Roses - ( Art Director(- art direction) / 1994 / Released / Movies )
Little Women - ( Production Designer / 1994 / Released / )
Hoffman's Hunger - ( Production Designer / 1993 / Released / )
Orlando - ( Production Designer / 1993 / Released / Rialto )
The Baby of Macon - ( Production Designer / 1993 / Released / Meteor Film/The Movies )
Drowning By Numbers - ( Production Designer / 1991 / Released / Hoyts Distribution )
Eline Vere - ( Production Designer / 1991 / Released / Cannon Tuschinski Film Distribution )
Prospero's Books - ( Production Designer / 1991 / Released / Cineplex Odeon )
Alissa in Concert - ( Production Designer / 1990 / Released / NFM/Melior )
Sailors Don't Cry - ( Production Designer / 1990 / Released / Movies )
Sailors Don't Cry - ( Art Director(- art direction) / 1990 / Released / Movies )
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover - ( Art Director(- art direction) / 1990 / Released / Cineplex Odeon )
Vincent & Theo - ( Art Director(- art direction) / 1990 / Released / Hungry Eye Pictures )
Laura Ley - ( Art Director(- art direction) / 1989 / Released / Hungry Eye Craft Service )
No Potatoes - ( Art Director(- art direction) / 1989 / Released / Hungry Eye Pictures )
A Zed and Two Noughts - ( Production Designer / 1988 / Released / Samuel Goldwyn Company )
Shadowman - ( Art Director(- art direction) / 1988 / Released / Hungry Eye Pictures )
Blond Dolly - ( Art Director(- art direction) / 1987 / Released / Holland Film Releasing )
Havinck - ( Art Director(- art direction) / 1987 / Released / Holland Film Releasing )
Zjoek - ( Art Director(- art direction) / 1987 / Released / Allart Enterprises )
In de Schaduw Van de Overwinning - ( Art Director(- art direction) / 1985 / Released / Concorde Filmverleih GMBH )

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A gifted Dutch production designer, Jan Roelfs is noted for his decade-long collaboration with fellow designer Ben Von Os. Beginning in 1983, the pair collaborated on over 25 films, most notably several for British director Peter Greenaway, including "A Zed and Two Noughts" (1985), "Drowning By Numbers" (1988), "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover" (1989) and "Prospero's Books" (1991). For each of those films, Roelfs and Van Os worked closely with the director, choosing particular color schemes and creating the ornate and sumptuous visuals. They also scored with Robert Altman's "Vincent & Theo" (1990), which included many recreations of Van Gogh's paintings. For "Orlando" (1993), which required creating sets for several time periods ranging from the Elizabethan age to the 18th Century to modern times, the duo shared an Oscar nomination for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration. Beginning in 1994, the pair began to accept projects independently. Roelfs went on to create the Americana look for Gillian Armstrong's remake of "Little Women" (1995) and earned a second Academy Award nomination for his futuristic design for "Gattaca" (1997).

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production designer
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1997 Received second Academy Award nomination for his futuristic designs for "Gattaca"
1994 Was production designer on Gillian Armstrong's remake of "Little Women"
1993 Garnered Oscar nomination for his work on "Orlando"
1991 Teamed again with Greenaway for "Prospero's Books"
1990 Served as one of the art directors for Robert Altman's "Vincent & Theo"
1989 Third film with Greenaway, "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover"
1988 Designed Greenaway's "Drowning By Numbers"
1985 First garnered attention with his production design for "A Zed and Two Naughts", directed by Peter Greenaway
1984 First worked with Ben Von Os on "Naughty Boys"
Trained to be an interior designer

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