ADG Perspective

September-October 2026

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1 0 P E R S P E C T I V E | S E P T E M B E R / O C T O B E R 2 0 2 6 Kaleena is an L.A.-based Production Designer from New York with a love for telling stories and capturing details through extensive design processes, from conceptualization to delivery. Following her graduation from NYU: Tisch, she worked on various narrative projects before moving to Los Angeles to earn an MFA in Production Design at AFI. Kaleena has since worked across a variety of genres with an emphasis on technical skills, such as Rhino, Vectorworks, Twinmotion, Adobe Creative Cloud and more. Nathan is a versatile and organized member of the Art Department, with an aptitude for storytelling through detailed environments. A graduate of Loyola Marymount with an emphasis in Art Direction, he has worked on independent features, pilots and short films as a designer and Art Director. Whether building scale models, designing multicam stage sets or rendering crucial scene environments, Nathan's goal is to keep improving on both his skills as a designer and collaborator. Olivia is a designer whose worlds do not just frame stories, but add underlying substance and dimension to them. With a professional background in architecture, transitioning into film has allowed her to hone in on this ideal of story-driven design while receiving her MFA in Production Design at Chapman University. Now that she finds herself at the end of her studies, she has solidified her creative voice to become an impactful designer for film and television. K A L E E N A P e r e z O L I V I A L i g h t f o o t N A T H A N M a l e n k e Shannon is a creative director with over 10 years of experience leading Production Design and Art Direction for large-scale immersive experiences, retail environments and touring attractions for major entertainment brands. At Netflix, she served as the primary creative liaison between studio stakeholders and outside design and fabrication partners, overseeing everything from blue sky concept through construction drawing review and installation. S H A N N O N K n o x LOST MANOR HEARTH. ANALOG MODEL. PANOPTICON PRISON. DIGITAL MODEL. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. DIGITAL MODEL. THEORETICAL LIVE EXPERIENCE. DIGITAL MODEL.

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