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Ann Harris Set Designer and Art Director Ann Harris worked as a Set Designer and Art Director for 35 years on more than 60 movie and television projects, including Edward Scissorhands, The Last Samurai and Life as a House. Retiring in 2012. She began her career as a Set Designer working at Universal Studios at a time when the studio had its own Art Department, an era long forgotten in this time of freelance work. She had little trouble finding work, with jobs at Warner Bros., Fox, MGM and CBS, and again with Universal, on Matlock. When Stephen Cannell opened his own company, she was hired as a Set Designer and Art Director, working constantly. Harris has worked with some of the industry's top directors—Ridley Scott (Someone to Watch Over Me), Tim Burton (Edward Scissorhands), Kathryn Bigelow (Point Break) and Steven Spielberg (Schindler's List). Her other notable feature credits include The Last Samurai lifetime achievement award Photo: Steven Schwartz