Swinda Reichelt
As one of the Co-Founders of SEI and originally from the former East German Republic, Swinda has been involved in more than thirty productions including feature films, television, theater, opera, dance and gallery. Swinda , a well known Hollywood Feature Film Costume Designer brings her own unique experience of “the professional woman in SEI” as she shares her insights acquired through her 23 years of experience and affiliations. As an additional compliment to her skill set, Swinda was a guest lecturer at UCLA and has been recently invited to the Academy of Motion Pictures as a panel speaker. Swinda became a member of the costume designer’s guild CDG in 2005. Swinda routinely supervised, trained and evaluated subordinates. In a private capacity she has extensively studied art, design and literature and the consequences of their connections. Swinda , a head of her department in Costume Design which includes Budget-Performance, Development in Design’s and overview the production and “ hands-on” during production, as well in the collaboration between director/producer and above the line.
Swinda worked in her profession with a-list actor’s and what it takes “to put a second skin “ to help the character’s, like Brittaney Murphy, Malcolm Mcdowell , Jason Patric , Samantha Morton , Tony Shaloub etc.