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Production Designer

David Gropman

Bio

DAVID GROPMAN was nominated for an Academy Award® for his work on Lasse Hallstrom’s “The Cider House Rules.â€� His work was most recently seen in John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubtâ€� and Ang Lee’s “Taking Woodstock.â€�

Gropman’s numerous other credits include “Hairspray,â€� “Little Children,â€� “Casanova,â€� “The Human Stain,â€� “The Shipping News,â€� “Chocolat,â€� “A Civil Action,â€� “Waiting to Exhale,â€� “A Walk in the Clouds,â€� “Searching for Bobby Fischer,â€� “Nobody’s Fool,â€� “Of Mice and Men,â€� “Mr. & Mrs. Bridgeâ€� and “Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean.â€�

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.