Anna Asp

Anna Birgitta Margareta Asp ( born May 16, 1946 in Söderhamn, Gävleborg County, Sweden ) is a Swedish art director and production designer who has both an Academy Award for Best Production Design also won several other film awards.

Life

Anna Asp began her career as an art director and production designer in 1971 with the film apple war ( Äppelkriget ) and worked up to today in the scenic features of nearly forty films.

At the Academy Awards in 1984, she received along with Susanne Lingheim an Academy Award for Best Production Design in the film Fanny and Alexander ( 1982) by Ingmar Bergman with Bertil Guve, Pernilla Allwin and Allan Edwall in the lead roles.

In 1988, she won the Robert for best production design in Pelle the Conqueror ( 1987) by Bille August, Pelle Hvenegaard, Max von Sydow and Erik Paaske one of the most important film awards in Denmark.

After she had in 1993 received the Guldbagge creative prize, she was awarded the 2004 Guldbagge Award for Best Production Design in Evil (2003) by Mikael Håfström with Andreas Wilson, Henrik Lundström and Gustaf Skarsgård.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

Background literature

• Peter Ettedgui (eds.): Production Design and Art Direction. Focal Press, Woburn, MA 2001, ISBN 0-240-80400-7.