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Sometimes, Art Department has to get a little messy

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Hudsucker Proxy (1994) Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Production Design by Dennis Gassner.

Fun Fact: According to Ethan Coen: "The whole circle motif was built into the design of the movie, and that just made it seem more appropriate."[ Joeladds: "What grew out of that was the design element which drives the movie. The tension between vertical lines and circles; you have these tall buildings, then these circles everywhere which are echoed in the plot...in the structure of the movie itself. It starts with the end and circles back to the beginning, with a big flashback."

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Gone with the Wind (1939) Directed by George Cukor. Production Design by William Cameron Menzies.

Fun Fact: The term Production Designer originated from Gone with the Wind!

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Check out the video for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America that I did the Art for!

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This is England (2006) Directed by Shane Meadows. Production Design by Mark Lesse.

Fun Fact.: Based on director Shane Meadows childhood bedroom, Mark Lesse went to great lengths on a mi

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The hit series is back! And so are the dogs!

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Behind the Scenes photos of the House of Cards Season 2 Official Dog Trailer. 

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Dyeing wood for a shoot on Monday!

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Love.  "Don't Ask Me Why" is a clarion call for love, for compassion, for taking action to make this world a better place.

I had the honor and privilege of doing the Production Design for Great Caesar's music video last June and am so unbelievably proud to share it now. 

Please WATCH and SHARE this video like crazy -- if not via Upworthy: http://www.upworthy.com/remember-when-music-videos-used-to-mean-something-some-still-do-5?g=2, then perhaps via MTV ACT: http://act.mtv.com/posts/dont-ask-me-why-great-caesars-music-video-proves-love-conquers-all/--or even via GLADD: http://www.glaad.org/blog/great-caesar-features-same-sex-couples-video-dont-ask-me-why

Love, love, love.

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With its extraordinary footage and a story replete with tragic ironies, Nancy Buirski's documentary on famed '50s prima ballerina Tanaquil Le Clercq often soars.

Check out this wonderful review of a film a did a great deal of visual research for over the last year! 

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The Trial (1962) Directed by Orson Welles. Art Direction by Jean Mandaroux.

Fun Fact.: To create Josef K.'s workplace, Welles created a set in an exposition hall just outside Zagreb, Yugoslavia, where 85o secretaries banged typewriters at 850 office desks.

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Sleepwalk With Me (2012) Directed by Mike Birbiglia and Seth Barrish. Production Design by Tania Bijlani.

Fun Fact.: Originated from Mike Brigiglia's  a one-man show performed off-Broadway. Personally I want the bedding. If anyone knows where to get this bedding, let me know. This includes the incredible deer pillow.

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Wet Hot American Summer (2001). Directed by David Wain. Production Design by Mark White.

Fun Fact: in the room where the camper is giving a radio show, there is a lamp that says "on the air" (see photo above).

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 Royal Tenenbaums (2001). Directed by Wes Anderson. Production Design by David Wasco.

Fun Fact: Inside the board game closet, when Chas yells at Royal, you can see a green Monopoly house at the end of the light pull chain.

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Barry Lyndon (1975). Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Production Design by Ken Adam. 

Fun fact: Barry Lyndon was filmed using almost exclusively natural or candle light. 

Won the 1976 Oscar for Best Art Direction

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Behind the scene photos for the upcoming music video "Don't Ask Me Why" by Great Caesar! Photo credit: Luke Delahanty.