TEACHING/MENTORING/GUEST SPEAKING
Adjunct Professor
TV and Film Production Design and Set Decoration
Columbia College Chicago
Fall and Spring Semester 2018
Lecturer
Production Design and Set Decoration in Film and how it relates to the Fine Arts
Art Institute of Chicago
DePaul University
Savannah College of Art and Design
Moore College of Art and Design
Guest Speaker
Art Basel invitation by Vanity Fair Magazine
Production Designers Role in Film and Art
FILM AND TELEVISION
Set Decoration
"The Widows"
New Regency Films
Feature film
Directed by Academy Award Winner (12 Years As A Slave film) Steve McQueen
Starring Liam Neeson, Viola Davis and Robert Duvall
"The Exorcist"
20th century Fox
Episode 9 and finale episode 10
Worked for Emmy award nominated for best art direction award production designer Charles Breen
"Empire"
20th Century Fox
Highly rated television hip hop genre series starring Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson
30 Episodes - Pilot Episode and Seasons 1 and 2
Caroline Perzan was Nominated for art directors guild award for excellence in production design in television
“Man of Steel”
Warner Brothers
Feature film starring Russell Crowe, Henry Cavill and Kevin Kostner
Worked for production designer, Alex McDowell nominated for excellence in production design by art directors award
“The Blind Side”
Warner Brothers
Feature film starring Sandra Bullock nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture
Worked for Emmy ward nominated set Decorator Susan Benjamin
“Public Enemies”
Universal Pictures
Feature film set in the 1930’s, starring Johnny Depp as John Dillinger
Worked for art directors guild excellence in production design nominated award and OFTA nominated set Decorator Rosemary Brandenburg
“Frost Nixon”
Universal Pictures
Academy Award nominated feature film for best picture directed by Ron Howard
Worked for academy award nominated production Designer Michael Corenblith
Worked for Emmy ward nominated set Decorator Susan Benjamin
“Street Kings”
20th Century Fox
Feature film starring Keanu Reeves and Forest Whitaker
Worked for Set Decorator Hilton Rosemarin recipient of Set decorators society career achievement award
“Wild Hogs”
Touchstone Pictures
Feature film starring John Travolta and Tim Allen
Worked for academy award nominated production Designer Michael Corenblith
Worked for Emmy ward nominated set Decorator Susan Benjamin
“Jumper”
20th Century Fox
Feature film starring Hayden Christensen
Worked for Set Decorator Hilton Rosemarin recipient of Set decorators society career achievement award
“Hawaii Five O”
CBS
First season permanent sets
“Marley & Me”
Sony Pictures
Feature Film
Worked for Set Decorator Hilton Rosemarin recipient of Set decorators society career achievement award
“XXX State of the Union”
Sony Pictures
Feature film starring Ice Cube
Worked for academy award nominated production designer Gavin Bocquet famous for production design for Star Wars films 1,2 and 3
“The Horse Whisperer”
Touchstone Pictures
Feature film starring and directed by Robert Redford
Worked for Set Decorator Hilton Rosemarin recipient of Set decorators society career achievement award
and Jon Hutman, winner of an Emmy for outstanding art direction
“Wing Commander IV”
Electronic Arts
Video game starring Mark Hamill
Worked for Emmy award nominated production designer Cherie baker
“Murder by Numbers”
Castle Rock Pictures
Feature film starring Sandra Bullock
Worked for production designer, Stewart Wurtzel, Acadamy Award nominee for best art direction
“Dante’s Peak”
Universal Pictures
Feature film starring Pierce Brosnan
Worked for five time academy award nominated set Decorator, Marvin March
“Vanilla Sky”
Paramount Pictures
feature film starring Tom Cruise
Worked for 3 time academy award winner production designer for best art direction Patrizia Von Brandenstein
“Disturbia”
Paramount Pictures
Feature film
“Out of Towners”
Paramount Pictures
Feature film starring Steve Martin
Worked for famous production designer Ken Adam , winner of two academy awards for production design and nominated for 3 academy awards for best art direction and famous for designing most early James Bond films and working for Stanley Kubrick
Worked for five time academy award nominated set Decorator, Marvin March
“How to Make an American Quilt”
Amblin
Feature film Produced by Steven Spielberg and starring Winona Ryder
Worked for five time academy award nominated set Decorator, Marvin March
“The Watcher”
Universal Pictures
Feature film starring Keanu Reeves
“The Rocky and Bullwinkle Movie”
Universal Pictures
Feature film starring Robert Dinero
Worked for academy award nominated production designer Gavin Bocquet famous for production design for Star Wars films 1,2 and 3
“The Addams Family Values”
Paramount Pictures-feature film Academy Award nominated for best Set Decoration -starring Angelica Huston
Worked for famous production designer Ken Adam , winner of two academy awards for production design and nominated for 3 academy awards for best art direction and famous for designing most early James Bond films and working for Stanley Kubrick
“Beverly Hills Cop III”
Paramount Pictures
Feature film starring Eddie Murphy
Worked for five time academy award nominated set Decorator, Marvin March
“The Favor”
MGM
Feature film starring Brad Pitt
“Speechless”
MGM
Feature film starring Michael Keaton & Gina Davis
Worked for five time academy award nominated set Decorator, Marvin March
“Southland Tales”
Universal Pictures
Feature film directed by Richard Kelly
“What About Brian”
ABC
Television series – Season 1
“CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”
CBS
Television series – Season 1
“House”
FOX
Television series – Season 4
“Lie to Me”
FOX
Television pilot
“Breaking Bad”
AMC
Television series starring Bryan Cranston
Responsible for permanent set of main meth lab
Worked for nominated set Decorator Emmy award for outstanding production design Brenda Meyers Ballard
VOLUNTEER WORK
Casa of Cook County
Art Therapy Projects with Foster Children in Chicago
Heartland Alliance Chicago
Taught English to Refugees and Asylum-Seekers
Sierra Club
Member and Environmental Advocate
