Roy Christopher

On his early life and influences; on building sets for plays in high school, and on early sets he built; on making art direction his career

On becoming an assistant art director on The Dean Martin Show; on working on The Dean Martin Show, and on working with the crew of the show

On working with Dean Martin on The Dean Martin Show; on doing art direction for The Pat Boone Show

On the influence of pop art on the art direction on television; on the addition of "production designer" as a title in television and what the profession entails; on how production design has changed since he started, and on how computers have impacted the job

On how lighting has changed over the years; on the limitations of color shades when he started in the 1960s and 1970s; on doing production design for Chico and the Man, and on his decision to work on sitcoms; on working with producers on production design for shows like Chico and the Man, Murphy Brown, and Frasier

On his process for creating sets for Chico and the Man; on the death of Freddie Prinze, and on working with the cast of Chico and the Man; on doing production design for Welcome Back, Kotter

On working with James Komack on shows like Welcome Back, Kotter; on doing production design for Hollywood Television Theatre; on doing production design for the 1977 production of Our Town

On doing production design for The Richard Pryor Show; on dealing with changing fashions and styles over the years in production design; on doing production design for Midnight Special

On doing production design for the 1978 made-for-television movie Fame; on doing production design for All the Way Home

On doing production design for Growing Pains, and for American Playhouse; on doing production design for My Sister Sam, and working with Diane English on that show

On doing production design for Murphy Brown, produced by Diane English and starring Candice Bergen, and on designing "Murphy's" apartment; on styles in the then-present (2006)

On doing production design for Wings; on doing production design for The Carol Burnett Show (1991), and on working with Carol and Lucille Ball; on how he came to do production design for Frasier

On the budget he had to design Frasier, and on selecting the furniture and artwork for "Frasier Crane's" apartment; on designing different permanent sets for Frasier; on working with Kelsey Grammer on the show

On his biggest challenges in doing production design for Frasier; on staying with Frasier for its entire eleven-year run, on the end of the show, and on its popularity; on doing production design for NewsRadio and Just Shoot Me!

On doing production design for Becker, starring Ted Danson; on doing production design for Freddie, starring Freddie Prinze, Jr.; on how he came to do production design for the Academy Awards, and on the first one he worked on, directed by Marty Pasetta

On the process of designing the sets for the Academy Awards; on the challenge of keeping the Academy Awards fresh year after year

On how the Academy Awards have changed over the years, and on how it compares with production designing the Emmy Awards; on doing production design for the Grammys; on then-current projects

On his wife, Dorothy; on career highlights and regrets and on advice to aspiring production designers; on how he'd like to be remembered

On B-roll pictures from his career: his first Academy Awards set; 1981 Academy Awards set; 1984 Academy Awards set; 1987 Academy Awards set; 1990 Academy Awards set; 1992 Academy Awards set; 1994 Academy Awards set; 1995 Academy Awards set; 1997 Academy Awards set; 1999 Academy Awards set; 2000 Academy Awards set

On B-roll pictures from his career- 2003 Academy Awards set; 2004 Academy Awards set; 2005 Academy Awards set; 2006 Academy Awards set; 2006 Academy Awards with Gil Cates; working on a sketch with his assistant; with Gil Cates; with producer Gary Smith; at a drawing table; on the set of The Jonathan Winters Show; with art director Henry Bumstead; with Karl Malden at the Motion Picture Academy; winning an Emmy Award; 1981 Emmy Awards set; Emmy Award set, 1981; set of The Richard Pryor Show; set of 1977 Our Town; The Midnight Special set; The Dean Martin Show set; set of Chico and the Man with Freddie Prinze and Jack Albertson; wide shot of Chico and the Man set; Make Your Own Kind of Music set; set of The David Steinberg Show; set of Frasier; with Ron Olsen on the set of Frasier; Murphy Brown set; with agent Larry Grossman; with his wife Dorothy Christopher; model of the Frasierset