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Peter Wenham is known for Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014).Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Mission: Impossible - Fallout- Production Designer
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Owen Paterson is known for V for Vendetta (2005), The Matrix (1999) and Captain America: Civil War (2016).The Matrix, V For Vendetta, Captain America: Civil War- Production Designer
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Rick Carter was born in 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a production designer and art director, known for Avatar (2009), Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) and Jurassic Park (1993).Spielberg/Zemeckis movies, Avatar- Production Designer
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Alex McDowell is an award-winning production designer working at the intersection of design, technology and storytelling. In 2002, after his work as designer of Minority Report, he founded the multi-disciplinary narrative design practice of world building. He is creative director at Experimental Design, building worlds across media for industries and institutions. He is a Professor of Practice at USC's School of Cinematic Arts, where he holds the William Cameron Menzies Chair in Production Design. He is director of the USC World Building Media Lab researching the future of storytelling in art and science using post-cinematic media and mixed reality. He is director of the World Building Institute, which stages narrative workshops around the world, including at the Berlin Film Festival, Sundance New Frontier and the Future of Storytelling. He has delivered keynote addresses at global events for two decades focused on design for change, the power of design practice, and the evolution of production systems across industries. Alex is a production designer of feature films for over 30 years, working with directors David Fincher, Steven Spielberg, Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, Zach Snyder and Anthony Minghella among many others. As Visiting Artist to the MIT Media Lab (2005-2010) he designed the robot opera "Death and the Powers." His awards include Royal Designer for Industry for the UK's RSA (2006), the President's Award (UK Designers & Art Directors, 2013), the Future Voice Award (Interaction Awards, 2014), the ADG Excellence in Production Design (2005), and San Diego Film Critics Society (2002); nominations for awards at BAFTA (2006), Saturn (2010), OFTA (2003, 2006), and VES (2003); and the 2013 D&AD President's Award.Minority Report- Animation Department
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David Goetz is known for Zootopia (2016), Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996).Zootopia- Production Designer
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Charles Wood is known for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Avengers: Endgame (2019) and Doctor Strange (2016).Marvel Cinematic Universe movies- Production Designer
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Joseph C. Nemec III was born on 7 November 1948 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. He is a production designer and art director, known for Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Twister (1996) and Riddick (2013). He was previously married to Janis Lynne Collier.Terminator 2: Judgment Day- Additional Crew
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Jim Bissell is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a BFA in Theater. After working in New York and L.A. on commercials and low budget features, he won an Emmy Award in 1980 for his work on Palmerstown, U.S.A. followed by a BAFTA nomination for production design on Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. He was the original chair for the Art Directors Guild Awards as well as a former Vice President of the Guild. He has taught at AFI, USC, UCLA extension and the NC School of the Arts and is a member of the DGA, ADG, and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.Mission Impossible- Ghost Protocol/Rogue Nation, Rocketeer- Production Designer
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Oscar-winning British art director and production designer, most famous for being the creative genius behind the look of the original Star Wars trilogy. Reynolds also worked on many other blockbusters like Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Superman (1978), Empire of the Sun (1987) and Bicentennial Man (1999). While brilliantly inventive in his chosen field, he remained consistently self-effacing in private life. Many a famous prop had a modest beginning. The golden idol used in the opening scene of 'Raiders', for example, began life as a 'fertility figure', originally purchased by Reynolds at a Mexican airport as a "tacky tourist souvenir". His creations for Star Wars have included Yoda's swamp planet of Dagobah, Han Solo's carbon freezing chamber, Jabba the Hutt's sail barge and the Ewok village (respectively, for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)). The look of most subsequent entries in the Star Wars franchise continues to remain greatly influenced by the earlier conceptual work of Reynolds.
Reynolds began his career in advertising, among other things creating illuminated signs. During a trip to Shepperton Studios in the early 60s, he was able visit multiple sets, including one for the Bing Crosby/Bob Hope classic The Road to Hong Kong (1962). From that moment on, Reynolds was hooked on the film industry and determined to become a part of it. He began his career by serving a two year long apprenticeship in production design at the old Elstree studios in Borehamwood, near London, plying his trade on episodes of The Saint (1962). He was to later revisit this location to create such iconic sets as Jabba's Palace for Star Wars, or set pieces like the opening scene of the rolling boulder for Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Norman Reynolds died on April 6 2023 at the age of 89.Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars- Production Designer
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Stuart Craig was born on 14 April 1942 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK. He is a production designer and art director, known for The English Patient (1996), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001). He has been married to Patricia Stangroom since 1965. They have two children.Harry Potter movies- Production Designer
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Dennis Gassner was born on 22 October 1948 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is a production designer, known for Blade Runner 2049 (2017), 1917 (2019) and Road to Perdition (2002).James Bond movies, Blade Runner 2049- Production Designer
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Rick Heinrichs is known for Sleepy Hollow (1999), Glass Onion (2022) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).Captain America: The First Avenger, Star Wars: The Last Jedi- Justin K. Thompson is known for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013).Spider-Man Into The Spider-Verse
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Gary Freeman is known for Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023), Children of Men (2006) and Maleficent (2014).