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M AY / J U N E 2 0 2 4 | P E R S P E C T I V E 1 3 C O N T R I B U T O R S B R A N D O N T O N N E R - C O N N O L L Y is a New York-based Production Designer with a deep love of film, sparked by a childhood spent in dark movie theaters and living rooms. His credits include Taika Waititi/Sterlin Harjo's Peabody Award- winning Reservation Dogs, The Big Sick (Sundance 2017), Brigsby Bear (Cannes 2017), The Bad Batch (Venice 2016) and Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (Venice 2021). He most recently designed Jane Schoenbrun's I Saw the TV Glow for A24 and David Gordon Green's The Exorcist: Believer. He also enjoys writing about the movies he's obsessed with and how they relate to his own work, most recently in an article for Filmmaker Magazine about Andrzej Żuławski's Possession and the intimate experience of watching a movie after helping to create it. His Filmmaker article "The Seven Arts of Working in Film" has been read over 500,000 times since its publication and is part of the syllabus of Martin Scorsese's masterclass program. He dreams his travels for film will lead him to the perfect location for the sandwich shop that is his post-production design ambition. M I C H A E L W Y L I E Growing up, Michael Wylie didn't find Flint, Michigan, to be exactly fertile soil for becoming a Production Designer in the movie business. But then again, why not? When Universal Studios came to the tiny resort of Mackinac Island in the late 1970s to shoot portions of the wildly romantic classic Somewhere in Time, Wylie was awed by the designer Seymour Klate's ability to transform the gigantic Grand Hotel from 1976 to 1900 to 1965 all in a matter of weeks. He was hooked. After disastrous stints at numerous major and minor institutions of higher learning, he thought it was time to give show business a try. He worked his way up from a floor sweeper (otherwise known as the worst PA in history) through the Art Department on great projects and really bad projects, with wonderful people who taught and shared and gave a hand up, and he is now a full-fledged Hollywood-type designer. His credits include Men in Black 2, Legion, Masters of Sex, The Mysterious Benedict Society, Pushing Daisies (for which he was awarded a primetime Emmy) and, most recently, Avatar The Last Airbender. With Belbien Architectural Finishes SHORT LEAD TIMES 700+ FINISHES EASY TO INSTALL LOW COST Request your free catalog today! Email info@idsfinishes.com and mention 'IDS Supports ADG' for a discounted price list on your next project. Dream it, Build it B E F O R E A F T E R 1-866-953-4662 • info@idsfinishes.com • belbienusa.com Achieve the look of warm woodgrain, prestigious marble, or contemporary metal on a set with ease Adhesive backed material ready to install out of the box with no cure time 2-5 business day lead time Currently being utilized on numerous award-winning shows and sets