“Black Panther” Courtesy Marvel Studios. Production design is the art of creating a film’s aesthetic through its set—and production designers are the architects of a film’s setting.

The set is passed off to the director for production. “Most of the time, you design, you build, and you deliver the set on the morning of the first day of shooting.

The Hollywood Reporter consulted with top production design educators and professionals to come up with the leading (unranked) programs, from AFI to Chapman Dodge. By Cathy Whitlock "Designing a ...

Forget what the movie musical “Wicked” sounded like, what about how it looked? The Academy awarded the film the Oscar for ...

"Superman" production designer Beth Mickle spent six months designing Superman’s home, the Fortress of Solitude, and a further 16 weeks building the set. James Gunn wanted a practical set for the ...

The Oscar winners behind the massive set, built at London’s Shepperton Studios, are production designer Dante Ferretti and set decorator Francesca Lo Schiavo, who have each worked on several of ...

She was a production designer for the movie 2067; art director in Alien: Covenant, Mad Max: Fury Road, and Pacific Rim: Uprising; assistant art director in Star Wars: Episode II-III; and set ...

The 95th Academy Awards are going to be a nailbiter above and below the line. Nominated for Best Production Design are “Babylon,” “Elvis,” “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Avatar ...

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Susie Mancini, production designer on “Wilderness,” praised the clarity of the set’s design both for viewers and for the more technical demands of shooting.