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6 P E R S P E C T I V E | J A N U A R Y / F E B R U A R Y 2 0 2 3 C O N T R I B U T O R S H U N T E R B R O W N started his career in film getting paid in popcorn and soda to rip tickets at The Capri, a local movie theater in Montgomery, Alabama, when he was a teenager. He studied theatrical design in New York and spent many years building houses during the day and doing set changeovers in the Alabama Shakespeare Festival at night. One day he decided to drive cross- country and make his way into the film world. With one contact's phone number in hand, he managed to secure his first job in the industry, as long as he was willing to drive back to his hometown. That movie was Tim Burton's Big Fish. A big thanks to Richard Johnson and Jeff Passanante for giving him the chance! Between Tim Burton's imagination and For Stars Catering, he was forever hooked. He followed the circus back to L.A. and for the last twenty years or so, he's been trying to get back on a Tim Burton project. Along the way, he's thrown leaves at Ewan MacGregor, served agent Dale Cooper a slice of cherry pie, met President Bartlett, cleaned Seinfeld's apartment, handed Ponch his helmet, made whiskey for Westworld, helped Bluntman and Chronic reboot themselves, tried to bring back the Goonies, got Whiplash, and collected Dirt on Motley Crue. ...So Mr. Burton, if you're reading this, I think I'm ready. D A N B U T T S After graduating from Boston University's film program, Dan worked as an Art PA, set dresser and Assistant Art Director for such directors as David Fincher, Michael Bay and Wes Craven. Dan has since designed numerous television shows, commercials and films, most often in the comedy genre. Some recent projects are the pilot for Showtime's I Love That for You, Apple TV's children's show Hello, Jack! and the independent feature Press Play. Other credits include Arrested Development (ADG Award nomination), HBO's Flight of the Conchords (ADG Award nomination), Mr. Show with Bob & David, Netflix series Lady Dynamite, Showtime's Tracey Ullman's State of the Union (ADG Award nomination) and the Netflix feature Pee-wee's Big Holiday H A N N A H B E A C H L E R made history as the first African American to be nominated for and win an Academy Award in Production Design for her work on Marvel's Black Panther, directed by frequent collaborator Ryan Coogler. Black Panther box-office receipts grossed over $1.3 billion worldwide. She returned for its highly anticipated sequel, Marvel's Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Beachler is the first-ever female Production Designer of a Marvel film franchise and oversaw multimillion-dollar art budgets and crews of several hundred people. She previously collaborated with Coogler on Creed, the spinoff from the Rocky film series, starring Sylvester Stallone and his directorial debut Fruitvale Station, starring Michael B. Jordan, the Sundance Film Festival winner of The Grand Jury and Audience Award. The film also won the Prix de L'Avenir in the Un Certain Regard competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Director Barry Jenkins chose Beachler to design the production sets for his Best Picture Oscar-winning film Moonlight, a coming-of-age tale that transcends traditional genre boundaries. The film was named one of the top 25 movies of the 21st century by The New York Times. Multi-hyphenate global icon Beyonce called on Beachler to be the Production Designer on her highly- acclaimed visuals for her musical film Black Is King, mega successful OTR II Tour and her stunning visual concept album Lemonade. Her many credits also include Academy Award- winning director Steven Soderbergh's No Sudden Move, Todd Haynes' docu-narrative feature film Dark Waters and The Collaboration, directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah, which she designed both the feature film and the play at London's Young Vic. Beachler grew up in Centerville, Ohio, and graduated from the University of Cincinnati where she studied fashion design. She also attended Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, where she studied film. She lives in New Orleans.