Designed sets and managed art departments for 700+
episodes in over 20 television programs in a variety of genres. Also
designed On-Air
Promos for various programs.
Most prominent was as Production Designer for the
1992 short-lived Fox detective drama Likely
Suspects with veteran actor Sam McMurray as Lt. Marshak
and guest stars including Corbin Bernsen and Lorraine Newmann. Regular
sets on the soundstage
included the precinct bullpen and Marshak’s mission style
apartment. Each weekly episode had several location sets to be
dressed, including
a beach volleyball tournament and a psychic convention, as well
as several soundstage swing sets for various interiors.
Art Direction for the game show Fun House involved
the creation and seasonal re-invention of the main set, including making
it over
for the post Monday Night Football
spin-off, College Mad House, and Fun
House Fitness videos with
Jane Fonda. Inspired by Nickelodeon’s slime-fest, Double
Dare,
each episode involved scoring points through new front games and races – four
each per episode with six episodes shot per day, three days per week – and
a run through the massive end-game set. I was awarded the Emmy for
Outstanding Art Direction in 1989 and nominated again in 1990 for this
show, as well
as a nomination for Supermarket Sweep in
1992.
Extensive talk show work, including Soap Talk, Leeza and Marilu involved the decoration and constant massaging
of the main set as well as providing
props and set
dressing
for
special
themes and segments.
As Production Designer for the PBS children’s show, Reading
Rainbow,
provided wrap-around home sets for host LeVar Burton, which varied
depending on the book being
featured. Most challenging were blue-screen special effects shots depicting
LeVar’s dreams of being shrunk to a height of 6” and recreation
of a 1950’s home and school for a flashback to LeVar’s
childhood.
Also on PBS, Lamb
Chop’s Play Along involved
shooting master shots with Shari Lewis and pals in a backyard location
complete with a kid-sized
barn, tree and rock formation, all fabricated to house the needs
of puppeteers. The location was then reproduced with backings and the
major elements on
a sound stage in Vancouver, BC for close-up shots.
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