Ewa Braun

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Ewa Braun
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Born (1944-08-02) 2 August 1944 (age 79)
Occupation Set decorator
Years active1960s present

Ewa Braun (born 2 August 1944) is a Polish Oscar winning set decorator, costume designer and production designer.

She has been working in production design since the 1960s. Her most famous productions are Europa, Europa (1990) by Agnieszka Holland, Schindler's List (1993) by Steven Spielberg (won Oscar shared with Allan Starski for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration) [1] and Wielki tydzień (1995) by Andrzej Wajda.

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