A presentation by Joseph T. Garrity, Production Designer and Senior Filmmaker-in-Residence, AFI Conservatory Friday, November 6th 11:00am–12:30pm Harvill 305.

AFI graduate, Joe Garrity is Head of the Production Design program at the American Film Institute Conservatory in Los Angeles.  A working production designer who started in the business in the early 1980s, Joe has designed many feature films.  He met Christopher Guest in 1988 and was chosen to design his directorial debut feature THE BIG PICTURE and has designed all his films since including: WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, BEST IN SHOW, A MIGHTY WIND and FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.  Recently Joe designed SUNSHINE CLEANING and the upcoming feature films THE SIX WIVES OF HENRY LEFAY and FATHER OF INVENTION in New Orleans starring Kevin Spacey.

Production designers have one of the key creative roles in the creation of movies. Working directly with the director and producer, they must select the settings and style to visually tell the story.  Come hear about how production designers create a believable and realistic world on screen.  If you are in the field of architecture, interior design, theater arts, film, or another related field, this presentation is an introduction to the creative process of visually and physically developing an environment that becomes an essential component of the storytelling process.

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