FRANZISKA SCHELLHORN was born and grew up in Salzburg. After graduating from high school in Vienna, she completed several internships in stage design, including at the Burgtheater (Vienna) and the Schaubühne (Berlin). Got a taste for film through a video assistant at the Salzburg Festival. Then worked as an intern in the art department on the series ‘Babylon Berlin’ and as a set props intern on the series ‘Das Netz - Prometheus’, where her passion for set design solidified. From 2021 to 2025 she studied production design at the ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln.