Valentina ‘Val’ Serebrennikova
Summary
Production Designer, Art Director, Costume Designer and Art Department all-rounder, working across film, theatre, television, music videos and advertising.
Skills and Experience
- Experience as a production and costume designer for film.
- Extensive experience as professional stage and costume designer creating design for over 30 theatre productions.
- Collaborated with State Academic Repertoire theatres as well as independent contemporary theatre companies in Europe, Russia, Australia and New Zealand.
- Extensive Research skills / Sourcing of props and dressings skills.
- Very confident Hand drawing / Digital drawing / Scenic painting skills.
- Solid Computer skills (Office, Adobe products including Photoshop and Illustrator).
- Advanced Prop making / Sculpture / Costume making / Sewing skills.
CV
Education
- 2017 – 2018 Master of Production Design for Screen,
Victorian College of Art, University of Melbourne, Australia - 2005 – 2010 Bachelor of Theatre (Stage Design)
Department of stage design and theatre technology,
Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy, Russia - 2003 – 2005 Bachelor of Costume design (Fashion)
Saint Petersburg State University of Technology and Design, Russia - 1999 – 2003 Diplomas in Stage design (Scenic painting)
Art College, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Awards and Acknowledgements
- 2018 – VCA Graduating Film Awards in category “Best Production Design”. Awards supported by APDG and Matchbox Pictures.
- 2013 – The ‘Golden Mask’ award ‘Best Show in small forms’.
- 2010 – Awarded by the President of the Russian Federation to support talented youth.
- 2008 and 2009 – Winner of the Government Grant of Saint Petersburg. The nomination was ‘Scenography, theatre costumes, puppets’.
Professional Memberships
- Member of the State Union of Russian Artists
Exhibitions
- Curator and member of the Russian school of scenography exposition at the international festival of scenography ‘PQ-2011 Prague’
- Participation in Prague Quadrennial International Exhibition of Stage Design, 2007
- Permanent participant in the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists, section of stage and screen and in other professional forums
- The author of the exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art ‘Erarta’ Saint Petersburg, Russia. Art Object ‘Perpetual Motion’, installation “Theatre of one picture-Nostalgia”
Film Credits
| YEAR | TITLE | POSITION |
| 2021 | TETHER Short film Director Brayden Alden; DOP Victor Ng | Costume Designer, Production designer |
| 2021 | DEEP FRIED DISCO/ TANZER Music video Director Hayley Tanzer; DOP Alice Stephens | Production designer |
| 2021 | THE HUDDLE PROMO North Melbourne Football Club-Learning Centre for Youth – ADV Adv, Enamoured Iris Creative Director Paddy Hassall; Cinematography Joel Egan Producer Ines Guarda | Costume Designer, Production designer |
| 2021 | WALLACE / HUMANITY DOC SERIES Short film Director Ali Jahani | Costume Designer, Production designer |
| 2020 | DUTCH MONKS BAND / COLOUR BLIND Music Video Director Scott Marrinan | Costume Designer |
| 2020 | WOMAN IN THE NIGHT Short film, Melbourne, Australia/ Singapore Director Gabriel Tan; DOP Branco Grabovac | Costume Designer, Production designer |
| 2019 | MOBY / SPOTIFY ADV Adv, Enamoured Iris Creative Director Paddy Hassall; Cinematography Cisco Corea Producer Ines Guarda & Nat Holmwood | Costume Designer, Production designer |
| 2019 | REBIRTH Short film, VCA, Melbourne, Australia Director Carter Looker | Costume Designer |
| 2019 | IF I QUIT NOW Short film, VCA, Melbourne, Australia Director Luke Wissell | Costume Designer, Production designer |
| 2019 | ROSTERED ON, SEASON 2 TV Series, Screen Australia, Film Victoria Ruby Entertainment & Robot Army for 7Mate Network Director & Writer Ryan Chamley | Costume Supervisor |
| 2019 | INTERNMENT Web Series, Screen Australia, Film Victoria & Ruby Entertainment Producer Mark Ruse Production Designer Elena Lion Dawson | Costume Designer, Costume Supervisor |
| 2019 | FOX BLOOD BAND/ MESS LIKE ME Music Video Director Drew Kendell | Costume Designer, Production designer |
| 2019 | I WANT TO MAKE A FILM ABOUT WOMEN Short film, Physical TV Company Director, Writer & Editor Karen Perlman | Costume Designer |
| 2018 | CHAIRS A drama, written by Eugene Ionesco Director Sara Afshar Master of Directing for performance graduate season Victorian College of Art, Melbourne, Australia | Costume Designer, Production designer |
| 2018 | JULIET & ROMEO Sly Rat Theatre Company, Shakespeare at the Maribyrnong River, Melbourne, Australia | Costume Designer, Production designer |
| 2018 | M4M Feature film, Toothless Pictures Pty Ltd Director Paul Ireland; Writers & Producers Paul Ireland, Damian Hill Production designer Vanessa Franz; Art Director Anna Russell | Art Department Assistant |
| 2018 | GLITCH TV series, Matchbox Pictures & ABC for Netflix Production designer Paddy Reardon Art Director Adele Flere | Art Department Intern |
| 2018 | THE WHISTLEBLOWER Feature film, Perfect Village Entertainment & Screen Australia Production designer Jeff Thorp Art Director Patrick Bennet Art Director Maxine Dennet | Art Department intern |
| 2018 | STATMAN Short film, VCA Director Tom Kerrigan | Production designer |
| 2018 | HIS HAND Short film, VCA Director Phillip Klimek Production designer Andrew Crane | Art Director |
| 2018 | RAIN CAME, AND THEN SHADOWS Short film, VCA Director Conor O’Brien | Production designer, Costume Designer |
| 2018 | JUDY AND PUNCH Feature film, Blue-Tongue Films, Vice Media Production Designer Jo Ford Art Director Adele Flere | Set Decorator Assistant – Intern |
| 2018 | LAST TIME I SAW YOU Short film, Tropfest Director Damian McLindon Production Designer Elena Lion Dawson | Art director |
| 2018 | DISCLOSURE Feature film, Disclosure Production Production designer Juliet John | Standby props – Intern |
| 2017 | WATER ON THE BRAIN Short film, VCA | Costume designer, Prop master |
| 2017 | AN ACT OF LOVE Short film, VCA Director Lucy Knox | Set dresser, Stand By props |
| 2017 | NEON NORTH: Sacrifice Short film, VCA Director Phoebe Nell Williams | Costume adviser |
| 2017 | CASSINI Short film, VCA Director Jack Rintoul | Art Department Assistant |
| 2008 | STRANGE GAMES Short film, St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television Director Kate Akimova | Production Designer, Costume Designer |
| 2007 | THE CHAIR Short film, St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television Director Alex Kichalov | Production Designer |
| 2007 | THE POEM ABOUT PEEING CUPID Short film, St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television Director Michael Patlasov | Production Designer, Costume Designer |
| 2006 | CHILDHOOD (based by novel Gorky Childhood) Short film, St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television Director Abdul Suleymanov | Production Designer, Costume Designer |
*Theatre Credits and list of Exhibitions are available by request
**For all my works, please see Portfolio.