October 2, 2024
AFI Spotlight on WOLFS Art Director Sandra Doyle Carmola
This month, we caught up with Production Design Alum Sandra Doyle Carmola (AFI Class of 2014) who is known for her exceptional work as an art director and set designer on a range of projects including MINDHUNTER, AD ASTRA, REBEL MOON, SPIRITED and WANDAVISION – which earned Production Designer Mark Worthington and his team an...
July 5, 2023
Spotlight on Production Designer Javiera Varas
Production Designer Javiera Varas (AFI Class of 2006) is no stranger to using striking color palettes and meticulous set designs to draw audiences into both grounded and fantastical worlds alike. After a successful run as an Art Director on award-winning films including DALLAS BUYERS CLUB and WILD, she began working as a Production Designer, creating...
May 31, 2023
What is Production Design and What Does a Production Designer Do?
JUMP TO SECTION What is Production Design? What does a Production Designer do? Who becomes a Production Designer? What are the career paths for Production Designers? What is the Production Design program at the AFI Conservatory film school? 10 Production Design Terms to Know Recent Projects by AFI Conservatory Production Design Alumni What is Production...
October 3, 2022
AFI Spotlight Interview on THE FABELMANS’ Andrew Max Cahn and Katelynn Wheelock
Set to close AFI FEST 2022 on November 6, Steven’s Spielberg’s THE FABELMANS is not only a semi-autobiographical drama about the birth of a filmmaker, but also a love letter to cinema. A myriad of AFI Alumni collaborated on the ambitious project, including Supervising Art Director Andrew Max Cahn (AFI Class of 1992) and Assistant...
June 1, 2022
Spotlight Interview on Production Designer Argya Sadan
Originally on an architecture track in her native India, Argya Sadan pivoted to studying production design for film and television after being accepted at the AFI Conservatory. Following her graduation from AFI in 2017, Argya was selected by The Art Directors Guild for its 2017 Production Design Initiative and was a finalist for the Television...
February 4, 2020
Production Designer Yong Ok Lee on her Sundance films MINARI and THE FAREWELL
Following her work on the critically-acclaimed THE FAREWELL – a 2019 AFI AWARDS recipient, AFI alum Yong Ok Lee (Production Design, Class of 2013) returned to Sundance for the second year in a row with MINARI – which won the U.S. dramatic grand jury prize and the dramatic audience award at this year’s festival. The film, inspired by director…
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