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8 P E R S P E C T I V E | J U L Y / A U G U S T 2 0 2 6 C O N T R I B U T O R S photo credit: "Abbott Elementary" A N D Y WA L M S L E Y has designed many Broadway and West End Theater musicals, including Blood Brothers and Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story. When Buddy moved to New York, Andy became the youngest designer ever to work on Broadway at age 22. Andy designed set and costumes for the musical Blood Brothers on Broadway and touring worldwide. The UK tour of Blood Brothers is the longest running theatrical tour in world history (currently in its 28th year). Andy has designed some of the biggest shows on television, including American Idol, America's Got Talent, So You Think You Can Dance, the American Music Awards, the Academy of Country Music Awards and Who Wants to be a Millionaire, which has been replicated identically in 108 countries making it the most duplicated scenic design in history. In 2003, Andy achieved a long-standing ambition of immigrating to America thanks to an invitation by Simon Cowell to move to Hollywood to design American Idol. The show became the most watched show in the history of American television and Andy's set was replicated in over 50 countries. Andy received three Emmy nominations and an Emmy win for Outstanding Art Direction. M A R T H A S PA R R O W creates visually rich, emotionally resonant environments that shape contemporary film and television storytelling. Educated in architecture, philosophy and film, she has long been fascinated by imagined and narrative spaces—a fascination that led her to a career in production design. She holds a master of architecture from the University of Toronto. Born in London, England, and now based in Toronto, Martha has worked internationally as a Production Designer, Art Director, and Set Designer across Canada and the U.S. Over a 25-year career, she has collaborated with acclaimed filmmakers, including Denis Villeneuve, Brian De Palma, Rian Johnson and Atom Egoyan. She is a member of the ADG (Los Angeles) and the Directors Guild of Canada. Martha's long-standing collaborations include work with producer Warren Littlefield on the Margaret Atwood adaptations The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments, as well as Fargo. As Supervising Art Director on The Handmaid's Tale and Shining Girls, she collaborated closely with actor, producer and director Elisabeth Moss, earning three Primetime Emmy Awards, an ADG Award and multiple additional nominations. In 2023, she received further Emmy and ADG Award nominations for her work on the Poker Face episode "The Orpheus Syndrome," starring and produced by Natasha Lyonne. Her work and commentary have been featured in Architectural Digest, Variety, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Decorating Pages Podcast, Inside the Set, The Credits, Wider Lens, Awards Daily and PERSPECTIVE magazine. Martha is currently designing the upcoming second season of The Testaments for Hulu and Disney. A N D Y N I C H O L S O N Andy's most notable collaboration was with director Alfonso Cuarón on Gravity, receiving Oscar ® and BAFTA nominations and winning the ADG Award for fantasy film. Nicholson's other feature film design credits include The School for Good and Evil, Red Notice, Captain Marvel and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. He also served as the Production Designer on Assassin's Creed, the science fiction action drama Divergent and sci-fi thriller The Host. Additionally, he designed the television series Constellation for showrunner and director Michelle MacLaren. Nicholson has worked with director Tim Burton multiple times, starting in 1999 as an Art Director on Sleepy Hollow, for which he won an ADG Award. He earned another ADG Award nomination for his work as an Art Director on Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Subsequently, he collaborated with the director as a Supervising Art Director on Alice in Wonderland and as a Visual Development Art Director on Frankenweenie. Nicholson won another ADG Award for his work on The Golden Compass and received nominations for The Bourne Ultimatum and Captain America: The First Avenger.