Decorating Pages: TV and Film Design

In this part two of my interview with Jeannine Oppewall we talk about her ADG lifetime achievement award, how she picks her projects, how she dreams of wallpaper, working with producers and budgets, and her interaction with writers on projects.

In this episode I speak with the Production Design Queen of Period Film: Jeannine Oppewall. Her films include Catch Me If You Can, Seabiscuit, LA Confidential, Pleasantville, The Good Shepherd, The Bridges of Madison County. In this first of two episodes she talks about her beginnings of working beside Charles Eames and how she started in films.

This is part two of my interview with Dave Mandel. We talk about how the dialogue of Curb Your Enthusiasm morphs itself from an outline to the hilarious show that you see. What his favorite episode of Seinfeld is, BONUS! He has two! How they got the Curb/Seinfeld reunion together, his time at SNL and how it schooled him in show running. His feature Eurotrip, the VEEP finale, and how sad I really thought it was, writing for the whimsical The Cat in the Hat, an amazing story about Yoda, his co authoring of the book the design of Star Wars… I mean, I geek out with this man!

In this episode I speak with On-Set Dresser Jordan Steinberg. Jordan has worked on films such as Flightplan, Evan Almightly, A Single Man, and Transformers. His television work includes shows such as Mad Men, Parks and Rec, LOVE, VEEP, The Good Place and upcoming Sunnyside.

On this epiosde I’m joined by Set Decorator Lydia Marks. Being from New York City she certainly has made a mark on some recent films that burst with #NYC (https://www.wix.com/dashboard/f57a3731-9497-42e0-96a4-e3ae9ae5a7c2/blog/search/.hash.nyc?referralInfo=sidebar) design. WIth a background in photography and art history you can see in her sets how she works in he details to the frame. I talk to her about #FosseVerdon (https://www.wix.com/dashboard/f57a3731-9497-42e0-96a4-e3ae9ae5a7c2/blog/search/.hash.fosseverdon?referralInfo=sidebar) and the detailss and research it took to bring their lives to the screen. I asked about the influence New York City has on her films and about working woth femail directors. Lydia’s fims include You can Count on Me, Broken Flowers, The Namesake, #TheDevilWearsPrada (https://www.wix.com/dashboard/f57a3731-9497-42e0-96a4-e3ae9ae5a7c2/blog/search/.hash.thedevilwearsprada?referralInfo=sidebar), #SexandtheCity (https://www.wix.com/dashboard/f57a3731-9497-42e0-96a4-e3ae9ae5a7c2/blog/search/.hash.sexandthecity?referralInfo=sidebar) 1 and 2, Away We go, Synecdoche: New York, The Brave One, Money Monster, and the #Netflix (https://www.wix.com/dashboard/f57a3731-9497-42e0-96a4-e3ae9ae5a7c2/blog/search/.hash.netflix?referralInfo=sidebar) show #Maniac (https://www.wix.com/dashboard/f57a3731-9497-42e0-96a4-e3ae9ae5a7c2/blog/search/.hash.maniac?referralInfo=sidebar). She’s also worked with great directors such as Jim Jermush, Jodi Foster, Sam Mendes, and Charlie Kaufman.

I am joined on this bonus episode by show runner, writer, director, editor, #StarWars super fan, Dave Mandel. A career that starts with the Harvard Lampoon and drifts to #SNL, #Seinfeld, #CurbYourEnthusiasm, #VEEP and films including #Eurotrip and #TheDictator. He's talking about it all in this 2 part bonus episode!

This epeisode is all about the final season of #VEEP. Production Designer Jim Gloster talks about his run on #VEEP, how he took over the show, moving VEEP from Maryland to Los Angeles, the finale of the show, and obviously how much he loves working with me. I think one thing that's interesting is we describe what happens when a set goes wrong. What went wrong and how we fixed it in top speed!

Joining me on this episode is Prop Master Gay Perillo. Her range of talents span from creating Leslie Knope's massive amount of detailed scrapbooks on Parks and Recreation to filling Gary’s Leviatian on VEEP. She has a career of being a Prop Master with long running shows like Crossing Jordan, Mad Men, Parks and Rec, VEEP and The Good Place. Gay's feature films include A Single Man, Sex and the City, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Gloria Bell and just released on Netflix, Wine Country.

Joining me on this episode is Prop Master Gay Perillo. Her range of talents span from creating Leslie Knope's massive amount of detailed scrapbooks on Parks and Recreation to filling Gary’s Leviatian on VEEP. She has a career of being a Prop Master with long running shows like Crossing Jordan, Mad Men, Parks and Rec, VEEP and The Good Place. Gay's feature films include A Single Man, Sex and the City, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Gloria Bell and just released on Netflix, Wine Country.

In part two of this interview with Location Manger Caleb Duffy he talks about hiking a mountain with Sean Peen, the locations of Behind the Candelabra and the Netflix movie Wine Country and much more.