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2 8 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 4 N E W S Art Direction Craft Winner: Wynn P. Thomas A D G L I F E T I M E A C H I E V E M E N T AWA R D W Y N N P. T H O M A S A. WYNN THOMAS. B. SAL'S PIZZERIA FROM DO THE RIGHT THING. (1989) C. & D. STREET SCENES FROM MALCOLM X. (1992) E. THOMAS WITH ROBERT DE NIRO ON A BRONX TALE. (1993) F. TENEMENT EXTERIOR FROM CINDERELLA MAN. (2006) Wynn Thomas is a graduate of Boston University, graduating with a BFA in theater design. He started his career designing sets for the theater. He was the resident designer for the world- famous Negro Ensemble Company, and he also designed sets for Joe Papp's Public Theater, Arena Stage in Washington, DC, the Great Lakes Shakespeare Company in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven. Wynn is the first African American Production Designer in the history of film. As an Assistant Art Director, he worked with distinguished Production Designers Richard Sylbert on The Cotton Club, Patrizia Von Brandenstein on Beat Street and The Money Pit, and Stuart Wurtzel on Brighton Beach Memoirs. As a Production Designer, Wynn has worked with some of the leading film directors of the 20th century. For director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer, he designed A Beautiful Mind, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and designed the critically acclaimed Cinderella Man, both starring Russell Crowe. Wynn was the in-house designer for Robert De Niro's Tribeca Productions, where he designed A Bronx Tale, directed by Robert De Niro, Wag the Dog, directed by Barry Levinson starring Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman. He also designed Analyze This and Analyze That, directed by Harold Ramis and starring De Niro and Billy Crystal. For director Tim Burton, he designed the cult classic Mars Attacks!. A B D C