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Creating the Landscape & Soundscape of Harriet‘s World

Although her appearance on the $20 bill has been predictably delayed by the current administration, Harriet Tubman is still a recurring presence in American culture. An escaped slave herself, she became, as the New Yorker noted a couple of years back, “the most famous conductor” on the Underground Railroad, which itself became the stuff of ...

By Mark London Williams  |  October 29, 2019

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Production Designer

How The Voice Production Design Inspires Musical Creativity

Tonight, Spensha Baker, Britton Buchanan, Brynn Cartelli or Kyla Jade will be crowned the newest winner of The Voice. Whether you’re Team Blake, Team Alicia, Team Kelly, or even Team Adam, The Voice is always an inviting place to spend time every week. The talent is astonishing, the rivalry is riotous, and the environment is ...

By Kelle Long  |  May 22, 2018

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Director Production Designer

Making It: Ruth De Jong’s Designs on Paul Thomas Anderson & Terrence Malick

Ruth De Jong never thought she would end up working on movies. She wanted to be a painter. But now, a decade into her career as a production designer and art director, she’s tallied up credits on films like The Tree of Life, To the Wonder and Knight of Cups from director Terrence Malick, and ...

By  |  April 6, 2015

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Production Designer

Production Designer K.K. Barrett on Creating Her’s Beautiful Future

One walks out of the theater after seeing writer/director Spike Jonze’s Her with lots of different feelings. First, and perhaps foremost, is a kind of bittersweet hope—similar to the way Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman’s film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind makes you feel when it ends. These are films about love, warts and ...

By  |  December 10, 2013