![]() As if by destiny, the week my hardware and software arrive in the mail, I also landed a huge job and didn’t have the time to learn how to make the leap from a drafting table and pencil to digital tools. I initially invested in a full Mac set up in the 90’s. ![]() I was nominated for three Emmys for that show and won the Emmy for ‘Outstanding Art Direction.’ I’ve worked on America’s Got Talent, So You Think You Can Dance, and a bunch of other well-known TV projects.Ī concept design for an "extreme musical chairs" variety show How long have you worked with 3D modeling software? I designed for American Idol which is often considered the most successful show in the history of American television. That set was also used in the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire. My original design for that show is the most duplicated scenic design in history, as the set has been built to every identical detail in 108 countries around the world. Most famously, I designed Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (before I started using SketchUp). Have you worked on any projects that folks might have heard about? The models got more and more elaborate, and one day a family friend, magician Paul Daniels (the UK’s David Copperfield) saw my models and said, “You know, people actually do this for a living.“ I owe a lot to Paul and even more to Lego. For a while I wanted to be a TV cameraman, so my mom bought me a little Lego TV camera crew and I built Lego TV sets and had my little plastic crew shoot my masterpieces. ![]() So I grew up backstage in Vaudeville theaters, TV studios and the circus. My great grandfather was a very famous British comedian my grandmother was a silent movie piano player my grandfather a big band bass player my dad was a famous comedian and my mom a fire eater (yes, a fire eater). ![]() ![]() The production design for the Tennis Channel's Wimbledon Primetime How did you get into set and production design as a career? ![]()
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