Liene Dobraja
Costume designer · Film, stage & commercials · Riga
Liene Dobraja is a Latvian costume designer for stage, film and commercial world. After graduating the prestigious NYU Tisch School of the Arts with an MFA in Design for Stage and Film, she stayed in New York for a while, continuing to design. She has worked in Europe and North America, and now spends her time in Riga. Trained as a Fine Artist and a graduate of the Academy of the Arts in Riga, Latvia, Liene has found her place in costume design, and has been working in theater, opera, film and advertising since 2008. She speaks fluent English, German and Latvian and is always eager for new challenges.
Resume
Film / TV selected
Kristen Stewart · Scott Free Productions
US/LV
Vic Sarin · Sepia Films
IE
Tomas Vengris · Studio Uljana Kim
LT
Aik Karapetjan · Mistrus Media
LV
Anthony Waller · Ratcatcher Entertainment
UK
Bogdan George Apetri · Fantascope
RO/LV
Mark Pellington · Gunpowder and Sky
US
Bogdan George Apetri · Fantascope
RO/LV
Laila Pakalnina · Hargla / Just A Moment Films
LV/LT
Carlo Mirabella-Davis · Syncopated Films
US
Sepia Films
CA
Hand Picked Films
US
Wing and A Prayer
US
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
Loki Films
US
Lifetime
CA
Lifetime
CA
Sepia Films
CA
Stage
Queen of Basel
Miami Colony Theater
Miami
Here Be Sirens
National Sawdust
NYC
Icon the Musical
New York Musical Festival
NYC
Scenes of A Marriage
Daile Theater
Riga
Imagining the Imaginary Invalid
La Mama
NYC
Magic Flute
Bard Fisher Center
NY
L’isola Disabitata
Alice Tully Hall
NYC
The Feast
Shapiro Theater
NYC
Rigoletto
Latvian National Opera
Riga
Black Milk
Classic Stage Company
NYC
Squeaking Silence
National Theater of Latvia
Riga
Streetcar Named Desire
Theater Observatory
Riga
Footfalls
TSOA
NYC
Clients selected
Hyundai / Audible / Squarespace / Just Dance / Assassin’s Creed / LEGO / Maersk / Lemonade / BKK Mobil Oil / Hornbach / BNP Paribas / Swedbank / Atria
Awards
Deutscher Werbefilmpreis
Best Costume Design
2024
Tisch School of the Arts
Departmental Fellowship
Education
MFA Design for Stage and Film
Tisch School of the Arts, NYU, New York
MFA
Faculty of Audio-Visual Media Art
Art Academy of Latvia, Riga
BFA
Languages
Latvian, English, German