German production designer
Florian Andreas Wieder (born 27 February 1968) is a German
production designer ,
set designer and creative producer.
Career
Wieder began his career studying music in the United States as a guitarist and musician.
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[2] Inspired by the set design of
Prince's
Sign o' the Times Tour , he later pursued stage design at the
Academy of Fine Arts of Munich .
[3] He founded the Munich-based production company Wieder Design in 1990, where he primarily designs sets.
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Television
Wieder is one of the most famous television set designers in Germany.
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[9] From 2001 until 2007, he worked as a production designer for
TV total , and re-designed the set of
Wetten, dass..? in 2008.
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[10] He received the
German Television Award for Best Studio Design for his work on
Sabine Christiansen ,
Deutschland sucht den Superstar and
Let's Dance .
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He made his international breakthrough in 2004 when he began work as a production designer for
The X Factor .
[4] He was scouted by producer
Simon Cowell after his work on Deutschland sucht den Superstar and was hired to work on the inaugural series.
[12] He worked on the show until its fifteenth and final series in 2018, and was awarded the Judges Award by the Royal Television Society for his "outstanding work" and "[continued] innovation" on the series.
[13] He has since worked on numerous
Syco Entertainment operations such as
Britain's Got Talent ,
America's Got Talent and its spin-off series
America's Got Talent: The Champions and
America's Got Talent: All-Stars .
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Wieder's success led him to an extended collaboration with
MTV , where he worked as designer and creative producer for six consecutive editions of the
MTV Video Music Awards and eight editions of the
MTV Europe Music Awards .
[17] For his work on the
2010 MTV Video Music Awards , he was awarded the
Primetime Emmy Award for
Outstanding Production Design for a Variety or Reality Series .
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He has worked as a production designer for many American television specials, such as the
2010 Pro Bowl , the 2010
Spike Video Game Awards and the 2011
CMT Music Awards , as well as reality competition and game shows like
American Idol ,
Dancing With The Stars ,
Million Dollar Password ,
Spin the Wheel and
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire .
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[21] As production designer, he has worked with
ABC and the
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences on three consecutive editions of the Primetime Emmy Awards .
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Since 2019, he has worked on the
Masked Singer franchise in
Germany ,
Switzerland , the
United Kingdom and the
United States .
[23] In 2022, he worked as production designer for the
opening ceremony of the
2022 FIFA World Cup .
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Eurovision Song Contest
Wieder has acted as production designer of the
Eurovision Song Contest for seven editions since
2011 , the latest being in
2024 .
[24] He received the German Television Award for Best Entertainment Show for his work on the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.
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Wieder's work on the Eurovision Song Contest has made a transformative impact in the contest's visual direction.
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[27] Through the use of stage elements such as a
catwalk , which has been prominent in many of his designs, and a
proscenium arch , used decoratively in
2017 and
2019 to mark boundaries between artists and spectators, Wieder emphasises an intimate connection between artists and attendees
[17] : 149 .
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[28] Scholars argue his work has influenced subsequent contest productions, but that there is a risk of
standardisation ,
stereotyping , and loss of
national identity by regularly employing the same designers.
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Wieder has also helped create multiple stage performances for the show, including German entries "
Miss Kiss Kiss Bang " and "
Sister " and the live-on-tape performance for the Austrian entry "
Amen ".
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[32] He was responsible for the stage design of the German pre-selection shows in 2010–11, 2014, 2017–19 and 2022.
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Music
Wieder has worked on set design for artists such as
Adele ,
Beyoncé ,
Jennifer Lopez and
U2 .
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Wieder is the designer and producer of the ongoing
Rammstein Stadium Tour .
[40] His stage design was shortlisted for the Concert Production Design Award at the 2020 Design Achievement Awards.
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In 2022, he was responsible for the stage design of the
Bavaria Sounds concert series featuring
Andreas Gabalier ,
Helene Fischer and
Robbie Williams . The 150-metre wide diamond-shaped stage was the biggest Wieder had ever designed and was labelled "the wildest stage for a concert since
Rock in Rio ".
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Accolades
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