Robert Schweer was born in Berlin. Studied theater and event technology, then workshop and production manager at Theater Basel from 1995 to 1998. Since 1998 he has worked regularly as a stage designer with directors Stephan Rottkamp and Markus Bothe and Lars – Ole Walburg, among others. He has worked at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg, the Münchner Kammerspiele, the Theater Basel, the Zürcher Schauspielhaus, the Residenztheater München, the Schauspiel Frankfurt, the Staatstheater Stuttgart, the Staatsschauspiel Hannover, the Schauspielhaus Hamburg and the Deutsche Oper Berlin, among others.