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6 P E R S P E C T I V E | M A Y / J U N E 2 0 2 0 C O N T R I B U T O R S K K B A R R E T T ' S first exposure to strong roduction Design was The Devils by Ken ussell, designed by Derek arman. It wasn't until he volunteered to create the sets for an ultra-low- budget feature in 1979 that halfway through, the director told him what the title Production Designer was and meant. e learned film design on the ob, primarily self-taught by grand ideas and a slew of mistakes that he still cherishes. KK has lived in os Angeles since 1977 and has always worked back-and- forth between commercials for experimentation, music proects for refreshment of ideas and feature films for their depth and shelf life. S I M O N B O W L E S is known for designing a labyrinth of claustrophobic caves at inewood tudios for eil Marshall's acclaimed horror The Descent, imbuing 1930s pstate ew ork in rolling English countryside for oger Michell's Hyde Park on Hudson and creating tension and heat in ondon for 190s otswana for Amma Asante's A United Kingdom. ow he's working firmly in the future with spaceships and cutting-edge technology for Armando Iannucci's Avenue 5 for . ut this isn't the first time he's been successful with comedy, winning a ritish ilm Designers Guild Award for his work on Johnny English Strikes Again, starring owan Atkinson. R O R Y C H E Y N E is a Toronto-based roduction Designer whose work can be seen in the hit etix series Locke & Key and the critically acclaimed Amaon rime series American Gods. ory is currently working in Europe on Apple's new science fiction series Foundation. ory is a graduate of the prestigious ntario ollege of Art and Design with a degree in environmental design. is credits include the T hit series Cardinal, on which he was nominated for a anadian creen Award, and the series Hannibal. B A R B A R A H A L L is a native alifornian, graduate of and the niversity of Iowa. er first ob was with the Academy's Margaret errick ibrary. After graduate school, she returned to the Academy to start its oral history program and later moved to the library's special collections department. efore oining the ADG in ebruary 2019, arbara also worked as an archivist for Warner ros. and the Writers Guild oundation, and as a freelance researcher and oral history interviewer. arbara is also a film historian and writer. B R U T O N J O N E S is originally from a military town near Austin, Texas. e studied at Art enter ollege of Design, receiving a A in environmental design from tis arsons chool of Design in os Angeles. ones has worked on many genres, including drama, comedy, horror, action-adventure and period pieces. Among his favorites are Underworld, Dear White People, Idlewild, American Soul and Maron. is most notable proects are with iacomET American Soul, New Edition, The Bobby Brown Story and Bigger. ones has expanded his design esthetic to include boutiue and residential proects. In the past, he has worked with the acific Design Group . E R I C R O S E N B E R G began his studies at Manhattan's aGuardia igh chool of Music Art, followed by the chool of isual Arts, where he earned a A in Graphic Design. e started out in ew ork as a magaine Art Director and designer, which included three years at Business Week. In 1991, he relocated to os Angeles. eginning with his first full-time position on oel and Ethan oen's The Hudsucker Proxy, Eric has worked on over 0 feature films and two doen T series, including Forrest Gump, Titanic, Fight Club, The Truman Show, Dreamgirls, Fast & Furious, Rock of Ages, House of Cards, Twin Peaks: The Return and Jessica Jones. In addition to his 27-year membership in the ADG, Eric has also been a member of nited cenic Artists ocal 829 in ew ork ity since 2013.