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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 2 3 C O N T R I B U T O R S K E I T H R AY W O O D was born and raised in New York City. While in high school, he studied painting at the Art Students League of New York and entered university as a fine arts major. During his freshman year, Raywood transferred his interests to architecture and attended the Architectural Association in London and Cornell University for his degree. While still in school he formed a band, releasing two EPs under the name Symbols. His lifetime love of music would play an influential part in his career as a Set Designer. Raywood began working at Saturday Night Live in 1985 and remains a Production Designer on the show today. Additional credits include HBO's Russell Simmons presents Def Comedy Jam and Def Poetry Jam, Lip Sync Battle, VH1 Divas and Divas Duets, Vogue Fashion Awards, Hip Hop Honors, VH1 Rock Honors: The Who, MTV Video Music Awards, MTV Movie Awards, MTV Unplugged, VH1 Storytellers, The Eagles: Hell Freezes Over, American Comedy Awards, Primetime Emmy Awards, 30 Rock, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and The Concert for New York City at Madison Square Garden. Raywood's music video and concert work has featured artists including Iggy Pop, Paul Simon, Beck, Cindy Lauper, Jay-Z, Bruce Springsteen, Salt-n-Pepa (featuring Sheryl Crow), the Rolling Stones, Elvis Costello, Justin Timberlake and Drake. Raywood has received seven Primetime Emmy Awards and six Art Directors Guild Awards for his work in Production Design. B R I A N G R E G O is a Los Angeles- based Art Director and designer. Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, Brian studied Set Design for theatre at Carnegie Mellon University, where he took particular interest in architectural history and arts management. He has worked professionally in theatre in Pittsburgh, New York, London and Los Angeles. As the Supervising Art Director on Daisy Jones & The Six, Brian oversaw the execution of nearly 300 period sets and locations, all of which were facilitated by two separate crews in Los Angeles and New Orleans. His experience in theatre and live events (and his personal love of mid-century design) played pivotal roles in the success of the project. Though Brian works primarily as an Art Director for TV and film, he is also proud to hold union cards in the ADG as a Set Designer and Graphic Designer. He enjoys projects where he is able to use his skills in traditional theatrical stagecraft, alongside modern skills, such as digital modeling and 3D printing. Brian is a two-time ADG Award nominee, receiving recognition for his work on Little Fires Everywhere and Future Man, and an Emmy nominee for Daisy Jones & The Six. J O N A H M A R K O W I T Z is an award-winning Production Designer, writer and director. He is known for the series George & Tammy, HBO's Room 104 and Generation, as well as for the feature films Diary of a Teenage Girl, Mapplethorpe, A Futile and Stupid Gesture and Quinceañera. His writing and directing work includes Room 104, Shelter and Political Animals. Markowitz studied film at Emerson College, as well as art history and film theory at the FAMU Institute in Prague.