Production Design
JEFFERSON- AN AMERICAN ILLUSION
CHAMPS SPORTS
In the fall of 2024, I was hired to be the production designer on a very fun holiday spot for Champs Sports featuring Philadelphia Phillie Trea Turner and his wife. It’s always fun to do these Philly-centric spots, especially when they involve holiday dressing (and even more so when it’s the correct season to find said holiday decorations in stores!).
LINCOLN-DIVIDED WE STAND
In January 2020 I began my job as Production Designer alongside co-designer Beau Kegler and a incredible team of co-workers. With such a small department for such a big show, this dream team group, consisting of a graphic designer, carpenter and prop assistant recreated interiors and exteriors, documents, and props to span the entire span of Abraham Lincoln’s life and early death.
By the time we wrapped the first block of shooting the world had changed forever. After many delays while we tried to figure out how to safely work and shoot during a pandemic we returned to work in July 2020, concluding our work on this Emmy award winning series.
I couldn't be more proud of what we accomplished on this series despite all the obstacles.
ARRIS SURFBOARD ROUTERS
This was my third spot for an ongoing sitcom-like Arris Surfboard wi-fi router ad campaign featuring the Whiners family, who are complaining about their lack of wi-fi, once again. This spot was a fun one involving over-populating grandma’s house with all sorts of tacky holiday decorations that had to come to life all at once…on cue. These are always fun, quirky commercials to work on.
POPE- THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN HISTORY
In the summer of 2017 I was hired along with fellow art director Beau Kegler by Glass Entertainment Group to head the art department for the CNN documentary series Pope: The Most Powerful Man In history, thus beginning the largest project I had worked on in my career.
Along with an amazing team of set dressers, graphic designers and carpenters our art department researched, built, designed, modified and collected props to span the 2000-plus year history that the series covered in its five episodes.
We created everything from chopping blocks, Roman marketplaces, a retro-fitted horse drawn wagon, and WWII-era European streets to recreating Pope John Paul II’s office. Mixed with shooting Pennsylvania locations for other countries with ancient architecture, every scene proved to be its own challenge.
The miniseries first aired in spring of 2018 and I couldn’t be more proud of the work my team pulled off over the course of two months.
I am proud to say that our production design was nominated for Outstanding Scenic Design at the 2019 News and Documentary Emmy Awards.
