Guests: Mark Steel (The Boys, The Umbrella Academy, Locke & Key), Rocco Matteo (Rabbit Hole, The Lost Symbol, Condor), and Naz Goshtasbpour (Reacher, Supergirl)
“Production Design in Action: Creating for Television’s Most Demanding Sequences” brings together leading art department voices behind some of television’s most technically complex and visually ambitious series, including Mark Steel (The Boys, The Umbrella Academy), Naz Goshtasbpour (Reacher, Supergirl), and Rocco Matteo (Rabbit Hole, The Lost Symbol).
From explosive superhero spectacle to grounded, high-stakes realism, this panel explores how production designers approach the creative, technical, and logistical challenges of designing for action-driven television. The conversation highlights the intricate coordination required between departments, including stunts, special effects, and visual effects – and how production design supports clarity, safety, and storytelling in the most demanding on-set environments.
Designed for art department professionals, students, and enthusiasts alike, this session offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at the collaboration, craft, and ingenuity that define today’s most dynamic television design work.
About the Organizer:
The Canadian Production Design Association (CPD) is dedicated to elevating the art and craft of production design, uniting and empowering production designers, art directors, set decorators, and their art departments to shape the visual stories that captivate the world.
