Table of Contents

Introduction
Robert Boyle
Ted Haworth
Ken Adam
Richard Sylbert
Richard MacDonald
Paul Sylbert
Albert Brenner
Mel Bourne
Tony Walton
Terence Marsh
Ferdinando Scarfiotti
Polly Platt
Lawrence G. Paull
Patrizia Von Brandenstein
Stuart Wurtzel
Norman Garwood
Jane Musky
Wynn Thomas
Kristi Zea
Bruno Rubeo
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

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Twenty prominent feature film designers talk about their careers, their relationships with Hollywood directors, and how they formulated and executed the technical and aesthetic designs of their film projects.

About the Author

VINCENT LOBRUTTO is a freelance film editor and author of Selected Takes: Film Editors on Editing (Praeger, 1991). He has worked as a production coordinator for ABC Film Services and as a film editor for FOX and HBO.

Reviews

"A treasure trove of invaluable information about the art of production design, told in the voices of those who make movie magic. An essential resource for anyone interested in production design as well as for film buffs who want to know why their favorite movies look the way they do. An outstanding achievement."-Jean Picker Firstenberg Director of the American Film Institute

?BY DESIGN: INTERVIEWS WITH FILM PRODUCTION DESIGNERRS is absolutely fascinating, 20 substantial interviews with some of the best production designers in the world. This is an excellent book about some of the most creative people in Hollywood/London/the World and deserves a long life in print. Very well done.?-The Coast Book Review Service u

"BY DESIGN: INTERVIEWS WITH FILM PRODUCTION DESIGNERRS is absolutely fascinating, 20 substantial interviews with some of the best production designers in the world. This is an excellent book about some of the most creative people in Hollywood/London/the World and deserves a long life in print. Very well done."-The Coast Book Review Service u