Jan Roelfs

January Roelfs ( born March 18, 1957 in Amsterdam, Netherlands) is Production Designer.

Life and work

Roelfs studied interior design at the Academie van Bouwkunst Amsterdam and subsequently worked as an interior designer in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. In 1983 he started together with Ben van Os participate in the first films, and two years later began their close collaboration with Peter Greenaway.

1990 received Roelfs and Ben van Os the European Film Awards in the category Best Art Direction for The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover. The following year, the two with the trade price ( Vakprijz ) of the Golden Calf for Best Performance have been awarded as an art director.

Since 1993 Roelfs is mainly active in the U.S.. He was nominated in 1993, together with Ben van Os for an Academy Award ( Art Decoration, Set Decoration) for Orlando, 1997 for Gattaca.

Filmography (selection)

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