We arrive on Mars in Jonn’s sweet ride

Posted on March 13, 2020January 28, 2020 Posted in art direction, classic cars, Fantasy, film making, Supergirl, television

In the digital age, a spaceship can look like anything. To reimagine it as a 1952 Chevy DeLuxe was a lot of fun. #Supergirl

Finding the barn for the barn find of all time…

Posted on March 6, 2020January 28, 2020 Posted in art direction, film making, production design, Supergirl, television

Kara Zor El’s ship is discovered after many years in hiding. Another case of “found” production design, where we started with a near-perfect location #Supergirl

An epic combination of art direction, stunts and special effects on Star Trek Beyond

Posted on February 14, 2020January 28, 2020 Posted in art direction, science fiction

I’ve seen a lot in this business and even I was blown away with what we accomplished. Sets pitched, rolled, tilted and turned upside down, all on camera. We blasted spaceships through other spaceships and slid stunt performers 70′ down the crashed Enterprise’s hull. #startrek

African Veldt in the Fraser Valley

Posted on January 27, 2020January 23, 2020 Posted in art direction, film making, production designLeave a comment

For the film “Tomorrowland” I was given generous latitude by Production Designer Scott Chamblis when creating the vignettes at the end of the film. Since each vignette was it’s own encapuslated story, visual design was essential.

Tomorrowland_10 — South African Game Park

M’yrnn’s last stand for Earth

Posted on January 20, 2020January 20, 2020 Posted in art direction, art, collage, mixed media, concept art, Fantasy, film making, production design, television

Good film scenery always looks real. Sometimes it is real. For our climactic “San Andreas fault” scene in Season 3, we filmed in a quarry using very real, very heavy rocks and boulders.