Production Designer, Art Director, Color/Concept Artist, Environment/Set Designer and Cinematographer
Freelance
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DE
www.downtowndesign.de/cv
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ralph-niemeyer-downtowndesign/
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Freelance
network@downtowndesign.de
DE
www.downtowndesign.de/cv
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ralph-niemeyer-downtowndesign/
https://www.artstation.com/ralphniemeyer
Ralph Niemeyer
With 3+ decades of experience as production designer, creative director, art director, concept artist, cinematographer, set designer and gaffer, I have worked on some of the most famous and successful German animation movies, such as Heidi, Maya the Bee, Mia and Me, Laura's Star and Lars The Little Polar Bear, which have garnered numerous international awards, including the German Film Prize, the Grimme Prize, an Emmy Award nomination and the Gold Panda Award.
After leaving school and my electrical engineering studies at the Technical University of Berlin, my great fascination immediately turned to live action film, where I have enjoyed working for a decade as a camera assistant, property master, and gaffer for documentaries, well-known German TV series, features and news. With all this fundamental experience and my 5-year studies at the Private Art School Posin in Berlin, I left the live action sets nearly three decades ago and dedicated my passion and knowledge to animated film.
Ever since my first live-action film projects as a gaffer and camera assistant, I have been passionate about light, cinematography and environments. Up to this day, I love developing and creating story moments with my sense of camera and light.
As a production designer, I was mostly also the art director. And so I have been fortunate to work with many great international teams in Europe, Australia and Asia, leading them remotely or on location and being inspired by them to realize an artistic vision from initial concepts to the final movie.
I am always looking for new adventures, stories, challenges and collaborations!
I have been an appointed member of the German Film Academy since 2023.
Work Experience
3+ decades of experience as production designer, creative director, art director, concept artist, cinematographer, set designer and gafferFilm Credits
➥ Filmography • CGI2025 • ZEILT STUDIOS Feature Film Project in development • Production Design
2025 • SECRET STUDIO Feature Film Project in development • Production Design
2024 • Reisen til julestjernen • Feature Film Project in development • Production Design
2023 - 2024 • FLYING BARK Feature Film Project in development • Production Design, Art Direction
2022 - 2023 • Flamingo Flamenco • Feature Film • Production Design, Art Direction
2021 - 2023 • Heidi, Rescue of the Lynx • Feature Film • Production Design, Art Direction
2021 • My Freaky Family • Feature Film • Art Direction Consultant
2021 • Bongo • TV season 1 • Art Direction Consultant
2021 • Maya the Bee • The golden Orb • Feature Film • Production Design
2021 • Tales from outer Suburbia • TV trailer • Matte Painter
2021 • Canterville Ghost • Feature Film • Art Direction Consultant
2021 • Laura's Star • Live Action Feature Film • Set Designer
2019 - 2020 • Mia and Me • TV season 4 • Production Design, Art Direction
2021 • Mona Du • TV Pitch • Concept Artist
2017 - 2022 • Mia and Me, Hero of Centopia • Feature Film • Production Design, Art Direction
2017 - 2021 • Mystery Museum • TV season 1 • Production Design, Art Direction
2017 - 2018 • Lumi and Bo • TV shorts, clips, videos • Production Design, Art Direction
2017 • Luis and the Aliens • Feature Film • Matte Painter
2016 - 2017 • Ganesha • TV season 1 • Art Direction
2016 - 2019 • The Worry Eaters • TV season 1 • Production Design, Art Direction
2015 - 2017 • Sherazade, the Untold Stories • TV season 1 • Production Design, Art Direction
2015 - 2016 • Mia and Me • TV season 3 • Production Design, Art Direction
2015 - 2016 • Maya the Bee 2 • Feature Film • Production Design, Art Direction Consultant
2014 • Princess Emmy • Feature Film • Matte Painter
2014 • Elly and the Ghostly Ghost Train • Feature Film • Concept Artist, Set Designer
2014 • Mullewap, Eine Schöne Schweinerei • Feature Film • Production Design
2012 - 2014 • Maya the Bee • Feature Film • Production Design, Art Direction
2011 - 2013 • No-Eard Bunny an Two Eared Chick • Feature Film • Production Design, Art Direction, DoP
2009 - 2010 • Laura‘s Star and the Dream Monster • Feature Film • DoP
2007 - 2009 • Laura‘s Star and the Mysterious Dragon Nian • Feature Film • Production Design, Art Direction, DoP
2005 - 2007 • Little Dodo • Feature Film • Production Design, Set Design Supervisor, Layout Supervisor
2005 - 2007 • Little Dodo • TV season 1 + 2 • Production Design, Set Design Supervisor, Layout Supervisor
2003 - 2004 • Lars The Little Polar Bear • Feature film • Set Design, Workbook
2002 - 2003 • Laura’s Star • Feature film • Set Design, Workbook
2002 • School of Vampires • TV season 1 • Set Design
2000 - 2002 • Happily N'ever After • Feature Film • Production Design, Art Direction
2001 • Moorhuhn Spots • TV spots • Set Design
2000 • The Gnarfs • TV season 1 • Set Design
2000 • Nena • Pitch • Set Design
2000 • Sherazade • TV Trailer • Set Design
1999 - 2000 • The Abrafaxe • Feature Film • Set Design, Workbook
1998 - 1999 • Simsalagrimm • TV season 1 + 2 • Set Design
1998 • Werner • Volles Rooäää!!! • Feature Film • Layout
➥ Filmography • Live Action
1995 • Peter Lustig • Mittendrin • season 8 • Gaffer
1995 • Nach Ihnen Herr Mandelbaum - George Tabori in Auschwitz • live action Feature • Gaffer
1995 • Frech wie Rudi • season 1 + 2 • Grip
1994 • Peter Lustig • Mittendrin • season 6 • Gaffer, Property Master
1990 • Schimanski • Tatort • Unter Brüdern • Feature Film • Tech. Assistant
1989 - 1998 • SFB Berlin • Feature Film • Documentary • News • Tech. Assistant, Gaffer, Camera Assistant
