Klaudia Schenkels is an Amsterdam-based production designer and art director working across film, music videos, and visual storytelling.

She graduated from the Netherlands Film Academy in 2019, following earlier studies in spatial design at De Rooi Pannen in Tilburg. She began her career as a set painter in theatre, developing a hands-on understanding of materials, texture, and surface an experience that continues to inform her work today. Combined with a background in architectural thinking and set construction, her work is defined by a strong sense of atmosphere, materiality, and narrative cohesion.

Before transitioning fully into film, Klaudia worked extensively in scenography and large-scale set construction for theatre, festivals, and live events, contributing to productions for companies and productions such as Studio 100, Soldaat van Oranje, the Efteling Theatre, Nederlands Dans Theater, and Tomorrowland.

Klaudia Schenkels’ production design is characterised by a refined sensitivity to atmosphere and detail. Her work often moves between poetic realism and stylised symbolism, where every object and colour choice serves a narrative purpose. She has a strong eye for colour palettes that enhance emotional resonance, working with muted tones or contrasting palettes depending on the thematic needs of the story.

Her work as a production designer is driven by a fascination with genre, tone, and emotionally charged storytelling, creating environments that not only support the narrative but subtly reveal the inner worlds of the characters.

Klaudia worked as an art director on the feature film Tegendraads, directed by Ben Sombogaart, and as a production designer on several independent and international projects. She was also involved in the Hungarian co-production Fanny, a historical costume drama, where she was responsible for the Dutch and Belgian segments of the film.

Alongside her work in film, she has designed for multiple music videos for artists including Noha Saré and Afrojack ft Chico Rose.

She contributed as a production designer to the short film Close Your Eyes Hind, which received the Gouden Kalf for Best Short Film, marking an important recognition of her work within the Dutch film industry.

Klaudia is currently working on multiple upcoming feature-length films, continuing to expand her practice across national and international productions while developing a distinct visual language that merges tactile realism with cinematic stylisation