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M A R C H / A P R I L 2 0 2 3 | P E R S P E C T I V E 5 C O N T R I B U T O R S The Southern California native grew up drawing spaceships and alien worlds and this passion led to the creation of his first children's book, The Otherworldly Adventures of Tyler Washburn. Dylan loves being in nature with his family, whether it be plein air painting, fly fishing or hiking. www.dylancolestudio.com F L O R E N C I A M A R T I N was born in Santa Monica, CA, and grew up in both LA and Argentina. At Palisades High School, she participated in the theater and photography department, which led her to pursue a path in the arts. She received her bachelor of fine arts from Carnegie Mellon University, where she majored in theatrical set design with an interest in costume design, art history and dramaturgy. Upon graduating, Florencia began her career as an Art Department assistant, working on Mad Men, A Single Man and Parks and Recreation for the venerable Production Designer Dan Bishop. Fascinated by being on-set and building the world of a character, she turned to the set decoration department to continue learning the ropes of film production. Florencia contributed as a buyer on the films Her, The Master, Gangster Squad and Transcendence; and later as a set decorator on the television series Twin Peaks, American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace, and Feud: Bette and Joan, as well as on the feature films Manchester by the Sea, Operation Finale, Woodshock, Us and Birds of Prey. In 2019, Florencia was given the opportunity to Production Design writer/director Andrew Dominik's feature film Blonde and after reuniting with writer/ director Paul Thomas Anderson on a series of music videos for the group HAIM, she went on to Production Design his most recent feature, Licorice Pizza. She enjoys working on stage productions and commercials, having reteamed with HAIM as creative director on their One More HAIM concert tour. Florencia's latest feature film collaboration was as Production Designer on writer/director Damien Chazelle's 1920s-Hollywood epic Babylon, which won an Art Directors Guild Award for Best Period Film and a BAFTA Award. She continues to draw on her creative upbringing and theater arts background for her feature film work, focusing on the characters to develop rich visual environments anchored in the narrative. G A R E C L I N E grew up in a Northern California town that had very little culture. The only way he could see movies that were outside the mainstream was to drive two hours to San Francisco. He did this almost every two weeks throughout his later high school years. It's there that Gare discovered foreign films and fell in love with them. Directors like Fellini, Polanski, Herzog and Weir became inspiration to be a filmmaker. And especially Kubrick. Today, Gare is a small filmmaker and visual designer. He's worked with a number of companies and directors, including Sony Pictures, The China Film Studio, Brian Yuzna and Volker Von Schlondorf. Gare has been in this business for over 25 years. Ten years of it as a lighting designer where he's worked on over ninety commercials and features, including Amityville Horror and Society. He's done a lot of horror. His checkered career includes a brief shift as a foreign correspondent for the Belgium magazine, Cine-Tele- Revue. Even a fleeting stint in stage where he was the assistant director for the Armory for the Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the lighting assistant on the U.S. premiere of Sam Shepard's Fool for Love at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco. Gare's education includes studying cinematography at the American Film Institute and editing at the Film School of Half Moon Bay. He can safely say, he knows a lot about filmmaking, and loves the art form. D Y L A N C O L E is the Co-Production Designer on the Avatar sequels, with Avatar: The Way of Water the first to be released in December 2022. He oversees design for the moon of Pandora, including all its environments, creatures, characters and cultures. An industry veteran for over 20 years, he has contributed art to over 60 films. Notable credits include Senior Matte Painter on Return of the King, Concept Art Director on Avatar and Production Designer for Maleficent.