Production Designer

Roy Christopher on the addition of "production designer" as a title in television and what the profession entails

Roy Christopher on the limitations of color shades when he started in the 1960s and 1970s

Roy Christopher on dealing with changing fashions and styles over the years in production design

Roy Christopher on styles in the then-present (2006)

Roy Christopher on his style

Roy Christopher on advice to aspiring production designers

Joe DeTullio on forming his design aesthetic

Joe DeTullio on learning to do production design within a certain budget

Joe DeTullio on overseeing the construction of the sets for Saturday Night Live

Joe DeTullio on the challenge of making the art design as true to the original thing it's based on as possible with time restraints on Saturday Night Live

Joe DeTullio on the great pressures and challenges of the Saturday Night Live art department, and on trying to accommodate all needs and requests from the creative team

Joe DeTullio on what he enjoys about production designing for Saturday Night Live

Joe DeTullio on making sure the sets he designs are safe

Joe DeTullio on the basic tools and material he uses in the craft of production design

Joe DeTullio on monitoring costs of materials and labor in production design for Saturday Night Live

Joe DeTullio on production design being both an art form and a technical craft

Joe DeTullio on building models of the sets he wants to create

Joe DeTullio on not using technology when designing, and drafting by hand

Joe DeTullio on how he has evolved as a designer since he started

Joe DeTullio on his design style

Joe DeTullio on his favorite design period

Joe DeTullio on the importance of teamwork in production design

Joe DeTullio on advice to aspiring television production designers

Garvin Eddy on the role and responsibilities of a production designer or art director

Garvin Eddy on the importance of doing research as a production designer

Garvin Eddy on making sets look unique and non-generic

Garvin Eddy on the significance of the production designer in television

Garvin Eddy on the logistics and budgets on production designing for sitcoms in the 1970s

Garvin Eddy on collaborating with the creative team on his production design of a show, using The Cosby Show as an example

Garvin Eddy on the evolution of the title from art director to production designer

Garvin Eddy on dealing with product placement as a production designer

Garvin Eddy on what a producer needs to know about a given production designer, and on their collaboration

Garvin Eddy on the most important developments in the technology or technique of production design

Garvin Eddy on the essential elements that make a production design work

Garvin Eddy on the importance of a production designer understanding what the camera sees, and on the challenge HDTV presented

Garvin Eddy on advice to aspiring production designers

Albert Heschong on art directors location scouting

Suzuki Ingerslev on her path from physics major at Berkeley, to architect, to production designer

Suzuki Ingerslev on how she preps for a job interview and for a script, as a production designer

Suzuki Ingerslev on hidden touches on sets -- Love & Death and True Blood

Suzuki Ingerslev on what makes a good relationship between a production designer and a director

Suzuki Ingerslev on her involvement in choosing between shooting on location for shows versus building sets, as a production designer

Suzuki Ingerslev on how actors' physical appearances impact her work as a production designer, particularly with the actors and spaces on True Blood

Suzuki Ingerslev on what she enjoys most about production design

Suzuki Ingerslev on her signature style and how her architecture background impacts her work

Suzuki Ingerslev on what she does when she's blocked on a design and on the basic tools of a production designer

Suzuki Ingerslev on how special effects have impacted production design

Suzuki Ingerslev on how artificial intelligence may impact production design

Suzuki Ingerslev on working within a budget

Suzuki Ingerslev on how the television industry has changed since she first started in the business

Suzuki Ingerslev on how opportunities have changed since she first started in the business

Suzuki Ingerslev on being a woman in production design

Suzuki Ingerslev on her proudest career achievement and career regrets

Suzuki Ingerslev on advice to an aspiring production designer

Joseph Jennings on the difference between a production designer and an art director

Eugene Lee on why his temperament is well-suited for being a production designer on Saturday Night Live

Eugene Lee on the role of a television production designer

Eugene Lee on his comfort zone for designing

Eugene Lee on whether he prefers designing for one medium over another

Eugene Lee on whether or not his process changes when he designs for different mediums

Eugene Lee on whether or not he has a signature style; on his aesthetic and his love of architectural models; on the book he's written about his work

Eugene Lee on his drawings

Eugene Lee on his mentors and mentoring others

Eugene Lee on advice to aspiring production designers

Eugene Lee on what he would have said to his sons if they had wanted to be production designers and on Saturday Night Live having several generations of families working there

Charles Lisanby on his approach to production design

Charles Lisanby on his advice to aspiring art directors and production designers

John J. Lloyd on his production design style

Bob Mackie on production design for the Academy Awards

Keith Raywood on ways in which he presents music on television, including the Eagles Hell Freezes Over special on MTV

Keith Raywood on how the production design department works with other departments

Keith Raywood on the tools he uses in his work as a production designer

Keith Raywood on working within a budget

Keith Raywood on considering different shooting formats when planning a production design

Keith Raywood on what has changed about being a production designer since he started, and on the advancing technology

Keith Raywood on what he enjoys about production design

Keith Raywood on his signature style

Keith Raywood on advice to aspiring production designers

Glenda Rovello on working with Bruce Ryan and on the role of a production designer for variety shows

Glenda Rovello on the design process of working on talk shows versus variety shows

Glenda Rovello on her responsibilities as production designer of Will & Grace, and on how she assembles her team

Glenda Rovello on the craft of production design and what she enjoys about her work

Glenda Rovello on how production design helps an audience understand a character better

Glenda Rovello on how the tools of production design have changed over the years

Glenda Rovello on her design style

Glenda Rovello on how she deals with creative block

Glenda Rovello on working within a budget

Glenda Rovello on how evolving camera technology impacts her work

Glenda Rovello on how production design has changed since she first started

Glenda Rovello on how opportunities have changed since she first started in the industry

Glenda Rovello on her biggest mentors throughout her career

Glenda Rovello on advice to an aspiring production designer

Jan Scott on being involved with location scouting

Jan Scott on working with cinematographers

Jan Scott on how she selects projects to work on

Jan Scott on how digital technology impacted her work as a production designer

Jan Scott on her involvement with the production designer's union, and with the Television Academy

Jan Scott on the biggest changes in production design that happened during her career, and technological advancements in the field

Jan Scott on her style as a production designer

Jan Scott on the the then-future of production design

Jan Scott on advice to aspiring production designers

Jac Venza on re-designing the news set for CBS news

Leo Yoshimura on making the transition from doing production design for theater to doing production design for television, and on finding work early in his career

Leo Yoshimura on his own and Eugene Lee's points of view and style of production design, and on his relationship with Lee

Leo Yoshimura on advice to aspiring production designers

SNL Production Design Team on how the team functions together, and on a typical work week for the team

SNL Production Design Team on their process of collaborating with each other on Saturday Night Live

SNL Production Design Team on their interaction with various other departments on Saturday Night Live

SNL Production Design Team on dealing with last minute issues on Saturday Night Live, and on mishaps live on air