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Production Designer

David Brisbin

Bio

DAVID BRISBIN counts among his production design credits The Day the Earth Stood Still and The Exorcism of Emily Rose for Scott Derrickson, The Lookout for Scott Frank, Drugstore Cowboy and My Own Private Idaho for Gus Van Sant, City of Ghosts for Matt Dillon, After Dark, My Sweet for James Foley and In the Cut for Jane Campion.

Trained initially as an architect (B.F.A., Rice University) and interning under noted American architect Robert Venturi, Brisbin also studied filmmaking (M.F.A., Cal-Arts) under the late director Alexander Mackendrick. After receiving the Henry Luce Scholars grant, he worked as a television news reporter in Manila, where he covered the fall of the Marcos regime.

In recent years, Brisbin has pursued his related interests in new media as a resident at the Habitat New Media Lab of the Canadian Film Centre and in documentary film as director and producer of Nice Hat! 5 Enigmas in the Life of Cambodia.

Production Designer- Job Description

The PD is engaged when the scale of, or the approach to, the production requires special coordination between several departments. The PD's duties include: (a) generating set design sketches and renderings, location selections and treatments; and design concepts relating to the set decoration, properties, special effects, lighting, costuming, make-up and hair; (b) collaborating with the Producer, Director and DOP to realize these elements on film; (c) working with the Director and DOP to determine key shots; (d) establishing production budgets and schedules in conjunction with the Producer and Director; (working the the Art Director and the applicable departments to achieve the style of a motion picture production.