Film School Radio interview with Production Designer Judy Becker

Production Designer JUDY BECKER is one of thousands of gifted artists who have made crucially important contributions to the most iconic films in cinema history. But their work often flies under the radar in large part because film critics and others don’t often lavish the attention they give to directors and stars on the work of a film’s production designer. But these production designer’s sometimes unheralded art consists of nothing less than building the world of a movie, and in the process do a great deal to create those distinct cinematic environments that one wants to visit again and again. PRODUCTION DESIGNER JUDY BECKER, recent recipient of a recent film retrospective at New York’s Metrograph Theatre, gave all the film lovers who attended an opportunity to better appreciate the painstaking research and crucial creative contribution that goes into the work of a production designer. Becker 25-year career as a lead production designer includes collaborations with Todd Haynes, David O. Russell, and Ang Lee. Production Designer Judy Becker (Carol, American Hustle, We Need to Talk About Kevin) joins us for a conversation on his introduction to the world of production design, the artist who’s work inspire her and how she approaches each new project with the same zeal and attention to detail she brought to her very first project. For more go to:instagram.com/beckerdesign2000