women in photo & film

Mar 2024

Dorota Budna

Berlin

Dorota Budna is a Berlin-based costume designer and stylist. She has over 20 years of experience in the film and advertising industry.

Dorota studied costume and fashion design and graduated from International Film School in Cologne. She started her career as an assistant for Oscar nominee Anna B. Shepard on Roman Polanski's 'Oliver Twist', followed by an assistance for three-time Oscar winner Ann Roth on Stephen Daldry's 'The Reader'.

Later she became head of the costume department in several national and international productions. She did costume design for TV-series by Netflix, CBS and German broadcaster Degeto. She has also created the costume design for multiple awarded music videos, such as 'Deutschland' and 'Adieu' by Rammstein.

Besides her work in the film industry, she regulary works on advertising and photo shootings. She arranged a big Samurai exhibition, did a spot for online poker plattform GG-Poker and also for German largest supermarket corporation Edeka.

Some of her motion work can be seen here.