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6 P E R S P E C T I V E | J U L Y / A U G U S T 2 0 1 8 C O N T R I B U T O R S J O H N N Y B R E E D T completed a four-year course in theatre and stage design and with distinction (N Dip Tech), at Tshwane University in Pretoria, South Africa. Thereafter, he held various positions within the Art Department on both local and international films, including Anna and the King and The Ghost and the Darkness, I Dreamed of Africa, The Grey Zone and Chronicle. His was the Production Designer for Paljas, for which he received an MNET All-Africa Award nomination for Best Art Direction. Paljas was the first South African film entered into the Best Foreign Film category for an Academy Award. He also designed Hotel Rwanda, Catch a Fire, Duma and Primeval. For Catch a Fire, he was nominated for a South African Film and Television Award (SAFTA). He then designed the bio-pic Mandela: The Long Walk to Freedom. For this, he was awarded the SAFTA for Best Production Design. In Puerto Rico, he worked on the soon-to-be- released Keanu Reeves film Replicas. Most recently, he completed the pilot and first season of the Shondaland/ABC show, For the People. A L B U L L O C K is originally from a fine art background in the UK, and then having thrived on the experience of working in an Australian TV drama series Art Department whilst traveling abroad, Al took a postgraduate film and TV design course when back in the UK. Through this course, he gained an intern position on the Richard Attenborough film In Love and War at Shepperton Studios in 1995, with Stuart Craig as Production Designer and Neil Lamont as Supervising Art Director. Al counts himself lucky to have been able to also join Stuart and Neil on the Harry Potter series of films and now as Supervising Art Director for Neil as he steps into the Production Designer position for the ongoing journey through the Star Wars canon. This career path has also seen him turn from young Art Department hopeful into a family-man father of three in his home life. The notion of an "Art Department family" is also something he holds dear and always tries to create within the team over the years. G L E N H A L L was born and raised in Ontario, Canada. Growing up the son of a homebuilder, his passion for design and architecture began as a teenager while working alongside his father drafting and building houses. After earning his degree in marketing and graphic design at Roberts Wesleyan College (NY), he began his design career as an Art Director working at the firms Saatchi & Saatchi and Grey Advertising in New York City. After working on commercials for several years, Glen's interests shifted from the ad agency side to the production side, so in 2004, he left advertising and began working in Art Departments for commercials and music videos in Toronto. In 2005, Glen moved to Los Angeles, where he utilized his building experience to start out working as a set carpenter. After working his way up the Art Department ladder, Glen is now an Art Director and Set Designer for film and television. Most recently, Glen has been Art Director on Netflix's Best. Worst. Weekend. Ever., Assistant Art Director for the Seth MacFarlane comedy The Orville and Set Designer on Fox's Lethal Weapon. N E I L L A M O N T is the son of Peter Lamont, Production Designer. Neil grew up a stone's throw from Pinewood Studios, UK. He joined his dad as Art Department Assistant on For Your Eyes Only in 1980. His second movie was Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi in 1981. Since then, he has worked in all levels of the Art Department, working with Wolf Kroeger – Enemy at the Gates, Stuart Craig – The English Patient and all the Harry Potter films. Neil met Rick Carter in 2010, working on War Horse, and reuniting again in 2013 on Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens. Neil was asked to co-production design Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in October 2014, having a successful collaboration with Doug Chiang. Solo: A Star Wars Story followed in 2016.