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J A N U A R Y / F E B R U A R Y 2 0 2 4 | P E R S P E C T I V E 7 C O N T R I B U T O R S PA U L A U S T E R B E R R Y is best known for winning an Academy Award for Best Production Design on the film The Shape of Water, directed by Guillermo del Toro. Paul studied architecture at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Following graduation, he worked as an architect designing small commercial and residential projects before segueing into design for film. Paul has designed extensively for feature film with credits including, It: Chapter 2, starring Jessica Chastain, The Christmas Chronicles, starring Kurt Russell, 30 Days of Night, starring Josh Hartnett, Pompeii, starring Kit Harington, The Liberator, starring Edgar Ramirez, Deadfall, starring Eric Bana and Olivia Wilde, The Three Musketeers, starring Orlando Bloom and Christoph Waltz, Twilight Saga: Eclipse starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, and Death Race, starring Jason Statham. His most recent work was on DC Comics' The Flash, starring Michael Keaton and Ezra Miller, as well as the upcoming musical remake of Spielberg's The Color Purple. Along with the Academy Award, The Shape of Water also won for Best Production Design at the Critics Choice Awards and the British Academy of Film and Television Award (BAFTA). Paul also won a Canadian Screen Award (CSA) for Achievement in Art Direction/ Production Design for his work on Pompeii and was awarded a Canadian Gemini for his work designing the musical special Inspired by Bach. As a child, Paul traveled extensively with his parents, including three years living in Uganda. As film has taken him to numerous locations around the world, travel remains a constant source of inspiration. Paul is based in Toronto, Canada. C A R A B R O W E R developed a love for film while growing up in rural Kentucky. Surreal and otherworldly places were lived vicariously through the movie screen. She began designing after working as an Art Director on projects by renowned directors such as David Lynch, David Fincher, Jordan Peele, and Joel and Ethan Coen. The Marvels is her second collaboration with director Nia DaCosta—having designed Nia's previous film Candyman, an update of the '90s horror cult classic set in the notorious Chicago Cabrini-Green projects and co-written with and produced by Jordan Peele. Cara is currently collaborating with Nia on their third project together—a period adaptation of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler for Plan B and MGM. S U Z I E D AV I E S Starting her career as a model maker and sculptor, she has worked up through the Art Department and has been designing for film and TV for over 20 years. Based in London, her work has taken her all over the world on many diverse projects. In 2011, she had the opportunity to work with Mike Leigh on a short film—A Running Jump—and so began a working relationship which included Mr. Turner (2015) for which she was Oscar and BAFTA nominated, Peterloo (2017), another period-based film about the unrest and riots during 1819 and has recently wrapped on his most recent film due for release next year. Other works include the Benedict Cumberbatch-led period films The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2022), directed by Will Sharpe and The Courier (2018), directed by Dominic Cooke. She collaborated again with Dominic Cooke for the Ian McEwan adaptation On Chesil Beach (2016) with Saoirse Ronan. A pivotal project was the Jessica Chastain-led movie The Zookeeper's Wife (2016), directed by Niki Caro. She has given talks and masterclasses at various film schools, has lectured at the National Gallery on the Depiction of Colour in Film and is a mentor for Production Design winners at the Watersprite Film Festival.