Production Design:
A Life-Long Philosophy

About the Organizer:

Rick Carter won Academy Awards for the production design of James Cameron’s “Avatar” and for his historical production design of Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln.” Carter also received Oscar nominations for his work on Robert Zemeckis’ “Forrest Gump” and Steven Spielberg’s epic “War Horse.” Carter has collaborated with Spielberg on diversely set films “Munich,” “War of the Worlds,” “A.I. Artificial Intelli- gence,” and blockbusters “Jurassic Park” and “The Lost World: Jurassic Park.” Recently, he collaborated with Spielberg on “The BFG”, “The Post,” and his auto-biographical film “The Fabelmans.” Carter has also designed Zemeckis’ movies “The Polar Express,” “Cast Away,” “What Lies Beneath,” “Death Becomes Her” and “Back to the Future, Parts II and III.” More recently, Carter co-production designed “Star Wars – The Force Awakens” and “Star Wars - The Rise Of Skywalker” with director JJ Abrams.

Kalina Ivanov most recently designed the upcoming film 'The Boys In The Boat' directed by George Clooney. This is their second collaboration after the film 'The Tender Bar'. Prior to that, Ivanov designed the award-winning HBO series 'Lovecraft Country', created by Misha Green, and produced by Jordan Peele and JJ Abrams, for which she received her second Art Directors Guild Awards nomination. In addition, she earned a Primetime Emmy Award and Art Directors Guild Award for designing the HBO film Grey Gardens, directed by Michael Sucsy. Most recently, Ivanov has lent her talents to the films 'Wonder' directed by Stephen Chbosky; 'Long Shot' directed by Jonathan Levine; and the Oscar - nominated feature 'Little Miss Sunshine'. Ivanov is a co-founder of the Production Designers Collective and on the board of the Sofia Independent Film Festival. She is a Governor of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Design branch.

Astek On Air Design is the entertainment industry’s leading provider of digitally printed wallcoverings, flooring, grand-format prints, signage, window graphics, and more. The studio's diverse team is made up of the very best design and technical talents in the print and wallcovering industry. On Air is a union signatory shop and proud affiliate of IATSE Local 729 and Local 800.