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8 P E R S P E C T I V E | J U L Y / A U G U S T 2 0 1 9 Chambliss is currently working in Bucharest with writer/director Neil Burger on the science fiction feature Voyagers, a futuristic take on the Lord of the Flies tale. R U T H D E J O N G received a BFA in painting and photography from Texas Christian University. After she completed several painting commissions and a stint in Italy, Oscar- nominated Production Designer Jack Fisk added her to his team on There Will Be Blood, The Tree of Life, Water for Elephants and The Master. She became a Production Designer herself on Jared Moshe's Dead Man's Burden, a classic Western set in the 1870s. Chefs Vinny Dotolo and Jon Shook then hired her to design their second restaurant, Son of a Gun, and food critics raved about her transformative décor, so— alongside her brothers, Philip and Peter—she then launched an interior design firm and handcrafted the furniture line called De Jong & Co. Following the launch of De Jong & Co., she teamed up with Kenneth Lonergan to design Manchester by the Sea and thereafter, Twin Peaks for David Lynch. Her most recent project, Us, for writer/director Jordan Peele, is currently out in theaters. Ruth De Jong resides between downtown Los Angeles and Livingston, Montana, with her husband, daughter and English Shepherd named Rye. C O N T R I B U T O R S M I C H A E L B R I C K E R is currently designing the first season of Megan Abbott's Dare Me for USA/UCP. In addition to Netflix's Russian Doll, Michael recently designed the stand-up series The Degenerates and HBO's narrative feature O.G. Beyond film, Michael is the founder of People for Urban Progress (PUP), an Indianapolis- based nonprofit that advances good design and civic sustainability through material reuse and repurposing. Through PUP, Michael's work has been featured in Dwell, The Huffington Post, CityLab, and in the upcoming 2019 Exhibit Columbus architecture and design symposium. Michael started working in film while earning his master's degree in architecture at the University of Texas at Austin. He splits his time between Indianapolis and Los Angeles. S C O T T C H A M B L I S S is an Emmy-winning Production Designer who has crafted universes for motion pictures, television and theater productions around the globe. Chambliss most recently completed Warner Bros. Pictures' Godzilla: King of the Monsters, starring Millie Bobbie Brown, Vera Farmiga and Charles Dance. Chambliss also built the worlds of Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, directed by James Gunn, as well as Brad Bird's Tomorrowland, Jon Favreau's Cowboys & Aliens and Phillip Noyce's Salt. A longtime collaborator of writer/director J.J. Abrams, Chambliss designed Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness, the action-packed Mission: Impossible III, and the critically acclaimed television series Alias. Alongside his Emmy win, Chambliss has been nominated for several awards for projects, including Tomorrowland, Star Trek Into Darkness, Cowboys & Aliens and Star Trek. He was also recognized by his peers with an Art Directors Guild Award for his work on Alias.