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J A N U A R Y / F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 9 | P E R S P E C T I V E 1 9 C O N T R I B U T O R S S T E P H A N I A C E L L A was born and raised in Milan, Italy. Educated in theater and art history, Cella developed a design style highly influenced by the interplay of light, shadow and color. The emotion of lighting and the aesthetic package in which it is presented provides a subtle context that alters reality to enhance a story. These elements also exist in everyday life, but instead of enhancing the story, they impact the emotional and aesthetic quality of spaces, and it is Cella's sunny studio library, tucked away in the Hollywood Hills, where she has researched, prepared and found inspiration for more than 17 films. Some of those include works with Nick Cassavetes, John Q, Barry Levinson, Man of the Year and What Just Happen, also Paolo Sorrentino, This Must Be the Place, and The Great Beauty, which brought her the highest award in Italy as Best Designer 2014, the David di Donatello. In 2015 Cella designed Black Mass, with Johnny Depp, directed by Scott Cooper. Her recent work includes—Downsizing, directed by Alexander Payne, and White Boy Rick, directed by Yann Demage. G U Y H E N D R I X D Y A S received a BA (Hons) from Chelsea School of Art and a master's from the Royal Collage of Art. He began his career in Tokyo working as an industrial designer for Sony under the supervision of the company's legendary founder Akio Morita. During that time, an exhibition of his personal work led to an invitation from Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) to join their team in California, where he began his film career as a visual effects Art Director on Twister. Guy developed his skills as an Illustrator for many years before his first Production Design assignment X2: X-Men United. Guy's other credits include Terry Gilliam's whimsical fantasy The Brothers Grimm, Superman Returns, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Agora, Inception, Steve Jobs, Passengers and he is currently working on Gemini Man for Ang Lee. Guy lives in California with his wife and two daughters, and a fox terrier called Basil. M A R K F R I E D B E R G was a fine art and American history major, but his real education took place after school while driving back and forth across the country, sculpting on street corners and ultimately, settling down as an environmental political organizer. He married his passions for film, art and social impact while cutting his teeth as a Production Designer on a series of influential low-budget movies that came about during the indie film movement of the early '90s. Friedberg's work includes The Ice Storm, Ride with the Devil, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, Far from Heaven, Mildred Pierce, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, Across the Universe, The Tempest and Synecdoche, New York. He has worked with industry stalwarts Mel Brooks (The Producers, 2005), and Garry Marshall (Runaway Bride, New Year's Eve), and won the Outstanding Art Direction Emmy ® for his work on the critically acclaimed HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce. Friedberg's more recent film credits include Selma, Noah, The Amazing Spiderman II, Todd Haynes's Wonderstruck, Barry Jenkins' If Beale Street Could Talk and Neil Burger's The Upside. He is currently in production on Todd Phillips' Joker movie and is gearing up to design The Underground Railroad with Barry Jenkins. R O B E R T W. J O S E P H is a film and television Production Designer and Art Director based in Los Angeles, California. He grew up in Pensacola, Florida, & received his BFA in interior design and space planning from Ringling College of Art and Design. Volunteering to be the Art Director on a couple of Florida State University student films got him hooked on the film industry. Soon after, he packed up his meager belongings and moved to Los Angeles to pursue filmmaking full time. He recently wrapped his second television series as Production Designer for Heathers, based on the 1998 cult film of the same name. Prior to Heathers, he was Art Director for the TV shows Community for NBC and Castle for CBS. He also worked on films such as The Dark Knight Rises, After Earth and most recently, Rim of the World for Netflix. Robert lives in Los Angeles with his wife Reiko and son Matteo.