Resume
Mirko von Berner is a production designer with more than 25 years of creative experience in the industry proficient with digital technologies for full art departament management and able to paint, draw, sculpt, design, manage and art direct big and small projects.
Since moved to Phoenix, AZ in 2006 Mirko has participated as production designer, art director and prop master for tv commercials, films and theatrical plays for brands as ONDCP, NCAI, PDFA, Qwest, SRP, Food City, Erickson Homes, Target and worked with companies as Arvizu Advertising, Karidis Productions, Blade Productions, Working Pictures, Sterling Productions and Southwest Shakespeare Company.
Mirko as aquired his experience on feature films, tv commercials and events produced and directed by Julian Schnabel, Martin Campbell, Douglas Claybourne, Alex de la Iglesia, Claudio Faeh, Volker Engel, Alejandro González Inárritu, Arturo Ripstein, Gabriel Retes, Fernando Sariñana, and Antonio Serrano in movies as ‘The Mask of Zorro’, ‘Spanglish’, ‘Before Night Falls’, ‘Coronado’, ‘The Other Conquest’, ‘Perdita Durango’, ‘A Sweet Scent of Death’, ‘Cero y van 4’, ‘Never to Young to Dream’, ‘A Second Chance’, ‘Mystic Stones’, ‘Dark City’, ‘Amar te Duele’, ‘Deep Crimson’, ‘The Come-On’, ‘The Beginning and the End’ and ‘Rollers’.
Mirko share credits in productions with celebrities as Javier Bardem, Antonio Banderas, Catherine Z. Jones, Anthony Hopkins, Javier Bardem, Johnny Depp, Sean Penn, Adam Sandler, James Gandolfini, Diego Luna, Damian Delgado, Martha Higadera, Vanessa Bauche, Adriana Barraza, Jesus Ochoa, Héctor Suárez, Rosie Perez, Héctor Suárez, Roberto Sosa, Bruno, Demián y Odiseo Bichir, Plutarco Haza, Eugenio Derbez, Angelica María, Luis Felipe Tovar and Héctor Alterio.
Mirko has participated in projects for brands as ONDCP-NCAI-PDFA, Qwest, SRP, Food City, Erickson Homes, Target, Mcdonald’s, Coca-Cola, Kellogg’s, Budweiser, Absolut, Sony, Samsung, Axe, Gillette, TheraFlu, Nissan, Pepsi, General Motors, Doritos, Schweppes, Intel, Daewoo, Nextel, Axtel, Telmex, Prodigy, Bacardi, Liverpool, Nautica, Bancomer~Mas Fondos, Banamex, Santander, Tecate, Manzana Lift, Kas, Sprite, Carta Blanca, Nochebuena, Superior, Sabritas, Barcel, Gansito, Jumex, Televisa, Azteca, Across, Cafe Dolca, Estrella Blanca, X-pod, Nissin, Colchas Intima, Vianney, Ting, and music videos for Sin Bandera, Shalim and Pepe Aguilar.
He studied visual arts at the ENAP (National school of plastic arts) in Mexico City. His early experience in production crews and his artistic knowledge of painting, drawing, sculpture, and new technology combined with his innate sense of aesthetics and strong influence of the artistic and architectural trends of the 20th and 21st centuries are strongly reflected in the variety of his work. He learned at an early age how to absorb his life’s ever changing surroundings, making them part of his artistic heritage, later to be manifested in his creations.
Professionally, Mirko studied as a plastic artist and collaborated with Sculptor Iker Larrauri and collaborated with paintings and murals on Ripstein’s movies ‘The Beginning and the End’ and, winning him a nomination for best Stage Design. These experiences allowed Mirko to perfect his production technique in the Art Department.
Feature Films
The Mask of Zorro Leadman
Sony/ Tristars/ Dreamworks. 1997
Director:Martin Campbell
Producers: Steven Spielberg, Doug Claybourne, David Foster
Talent: Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins
Cinematography: Phil Meheux
Before Night Falls On Set Decorator
el Mar Pictures/ Grandview Pictures.2000
Director: Julian Schnabel
Producers: Matthias Ehrenberg, Jon Kilik
Talent: Javier Bardem, Johnny Deep, Diego Luna, Sean Pean
Cinematography: Xavier Pérez Grobet, Guillermo Rosas
Production Desing: Salvador Parra
Coronado Art Director
ARMS Gmbh/ Coronado Motion Picture LLC/ Uncharted Territory.2003
Director: Claudio Faeh
Producers: Volker Engel
Talent: Kristin Dattilo, Clayton Rohner, John Rhys-Davies
Cinematography: Jaime Reynoso/ S. Douglas Smith
Production Designer: Michael Meier
Spanglish Art Consultant
Columbia Pictures/ Gracie Films.2004
Director: James L. Brooks
Producers: Julie Ansell, Joan Bradshaw, Richard Sakai
Talent: Adam Sandler, Paz Vega, Cecilia Suárez
Cinematography: John Seale
Production Designer: Ira Random
Amar te Duele Art Director
Altavista Films/ Videocine. 2002
Director: Fernando Sariñana
Producers: Francisco Gonzalez Compeán, Fernando Sariñana
Talent: Luis Fernando Peña, Martha Higareda
Cero y van Cuatro Art Director
Segment: “Vida Express”
Videocine SA de CV/ Cinepolis Producciones. 2004
Director: Antonio Serrano
Producers: Alvaro Garnica, Fernando Sariñana
Talent: Raquel Morel, Elizabeth Valadez, Alexis Ayala
A Second Chance Art Director
Altavista Films.2001
Director: Fernando Sariñana
Producers: Francisco Gonzales Compeán, Emilia Arau
Talent: Jesús Ochoa, Lisa Owen
Dark City Production Designer
Altavista Films/IMCINE.2002
Director: Fernando Sariñana
Producers: Emilia Arau, Francisco Gonzalez Compeán, Fernando Sariñana
Talent: Bruno Bichir, Diego Luna, Hector Suárez, Alejandro Tomassi
Never to Young to Dream Art director
Altavista Films. 2001
Director:Gustavo Loza
Producers: Francisco Gonzalez Compeán, Fernando Sariñana, Emilia Arau
Talent: Hector Suárez, Diego Luna, Lumi Cavazos, Plutarco Haza
Mystic Stones Art Director
Videocine.2001
Director: Angel Flores Torres
Producers: Miguel Camacho, Fransisco del Valle
Talent: Vanessa Bauche, Osvaldo Benavides, Gabriel Retes
Cinematography: Eduardo Flores Marini
A Sweet Scent of Death Set Designer
Mirador Films/ LolaFilms Distribucion.1998
Director: Gabriel Retes
Producers: Manuel Necoechea, Tita Lombrado
Talent: Diego Luna, Hector Alterio, Vanessa Bauche
Cinematography: Claudio Rocha
Art Director: Angeles Martínez
Shortfilms
La Cumbre Art Director
Imcine/ Conaculta. 2003
Director: Jorge Fons
Producers: Julio Fons, Michelle Lacoste
Talent: Jorge García, José Luis Gracia, Fernando Uribe
Cinematography: Miguel Angel García
Contratiempo Art Director
Imcine/Conaculta. 2003
Director: Mauricio Bidault
Producer: Noemi Castro
Cinematofrapher: José Casillas
Talent: Martin LaSalle, Luis Fernando Peña
Inaudito Computer Animation
Imcine. 1998
Director: Agustin Calderon
Feature Films cont.
The Other Conquest Art Painter
Carrasco & Domingo Films/ Tabasco Films .1998
Director: Salvador Carrasco
Production Designer: Salvador Parra, Héctor Zavala
Perdita Durango Computer Animation
Canal+España /Lola Films/ Mirador Films. 1997
Director: Alex de la Iglesia
Production Designer: José Luis Arrizabalaga, Biaffra, Arturo García Biafra
Tres minutos en la obscuridad Production Management
Televicine Videocine 1996
Director: Pablo Gómez Sainz
Art Direction: Marisa Pecannins
Principio y Fin Art Painter
Ivania Films/ Televisión Española/ Les Productions.1996
Director: Arturo Ripstein
Production Designer: Monica Chirinos
Deep Crimson Art Painter
Alameda Films.1993
Director: Arturo Ripstein
Production Designer: Marisa Pecanins
Ariel Nomination as Scenographer
The Come-On Art Painter
IMCINE.1996
Director: Ernesto Rimoch
Commercials
Production Designer/Art Director
ONDCP, NCAI, PDFA, Qwest, SRP, FoodCity, Erickson Homes, Target, OfficeDepot, Dodge, Special K, TimeLife, Gigante, Doritos, Sabritas, Bancomer, TV Azteca, Sony, Jumex, Kas, Cerveza Estrella, Kellogg’s, McDonald’s, Prodigy, Theraflu, Vianney, Samsung, Acros, Cablevision, Axe, General Motors, Nissan, Zest, MasFondos, SHF, Daewoo, Intel, Marinela, Telmex, Nestlé, Coca-Cola, Nextel, Superior, Schwepps, Tecate, Budweiser, Bansefi, Gillette, Pepsi, Nissin, Banorte, Nochebuena, Tecate, Axtel, Bacardi, Sprite.
Music VideoS
Pepe Aguilar
Sweet Dreams 2003
Shalim
THA Producciones 2001
Sin Bandera
THA Producciones 2001
Selected Events
Museum Don Antonio Rivera Venegas
Fundación Cimsa-Coca-Cola, México 2005
Absolut-Arango
Public Art-México 2004
Rock Concert Vive Latino
1998, 2000, 2001, 2003
Por La Libre Feature Film Presentation Party
Hard Rock Cafe, México