Category: Design Talks

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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.