Category: Design Talks

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Design Talks: Watch the TIFF 2019 Production Design Panel at DGC Ontario’s Meet the Maker Celebration

Production designers Phillip Barker, Zosia Mackenzie, Craig Lathrop, and François Audouy share design stories at this TIFF production design panel.

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Forrest Gump Production Designer Rick Carter

Forrest Gump Production Designer Rick Carter Breaks Down Famous Lt. Dan Scene For The First Time

Forrest Gump production designer Rick Carter breaks down Forrest, Bubba, and the audience’s introduction to Lieutenant Dan for the first time.

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Marvelous Mrs Maisel Production Designer Bill Groom

Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Production Designer Bill Groom On His Big Break and Outstanding Career

Marvelous Mrs. Maisel production designer Bill Groom discusses his upbringing, his time with Saturday Night Live, and his outstanding big breaks as he aged.

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Tim Burton and Costume Designer Colleen Atwood Break Down the Parade Scene in Dumbo

Director Tim Burton and Costume Designer Colleen Atwood break down the stunningly beautiful parade scene in Disney’s new live action film, Dumbo.

Production designers Nathan Crowley, John Myhre, Fiona Crombie, and Eugenio Caballero at the 2019 BAFTA Production Design Panel

DESIGN TALKS: The 2019 BAFTA Production Design Panel Featuring the BAFTA Nominees

Watch the BAFTA-nominated Production Designers participate in this BAFTA production design panel discussing their work on the nominated films: Roma, Mary Poppins Returns, The Favourite, and First Man.

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Design Talks: Three Set Decorators Discuss Their Role in Film and Television

In this video, set decorators George DeTitta, (Birdman), Regina Graves, (The Knick), and David Schlesinger, (Annie), discuss their creative process.

Black Panther Production Designer Hannah Beachler
Black Panther Production Designer Hannah Beachler | Photo by Chris Britt

DESIGN TALKS: Black Panther Production Designer Hannah Beachler on Inclusive Design

Watch this recent design talk with Black Panther production designer Hannah Beachler and host John Maeda as they discuss the need for inclusion in design and how that affects storytelling.

BAFTA Production Design Panel

DESIGN TALKS: The 2018 BAFTA Production Design Panel Featuring the BAFTA Nominees

Watch the BAFTA-nominated Production Designers participate in this BAFTA production design panel discussing their work on the nominated films: The Shape of Water, Dunkirk, Blade Runner 2049, Darkest Hour, and Beauty and the Beast.

Oscars Production Design Panel

DESIGN TALKS: The 2018 ADG Oscars Production Design Panel

The Oscar-nominated Production Designers and Set Decorators from Beauty and the Beast, Blade Runner 2049, Darkest Hour, Dunkirk and The Shape of Water discussed their craft today at the 12th Annual Art of Production

Production Designer Claude Paré

DESIGN TALKS: 5 Things I Learned from ‘IT’ Production Designer Claude Paré

The Directors Guild of Canada brought Claude Paré, production designer of ‘Night at the Museum’, ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’, and ‘IT’ to discuss his vast and varied career with an audience of DGC Ontario members. Here’s what I learned.