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On this special episode, recorded at the 2017 Produced By: New York conference, production designers Paul Austerberry (The Shape of Water, Len and Company, Twilight Saga: Eclipse) and Santo Loquasto (Wonder Wheel, Blue Jasmine, Bullets Over Broadway) talk about how they do what they do.

About Paul Austerberry

Paul is the production designer on Guillermo del Toro\u2019s critically acclaimed feature film\xa0The Shape of Water\xa0starring Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins and Octavia Spencer. The film recently won the prestigious Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.

Paul studied Architecture at Carleton University in Ottawa. Following graduation, he worked for two years as an architect designing small commercial and residential projects before segueing into design for film. Paul has designed extensively for feature film and television most recently developing the designs for Guillermo del Toro\u2019s upcoming\xa0Fantastic Voyage. Other recent credits include\xa0Shut In\xa0starring Naomi Watts,\xa0Len and Company\xa0starring Rhys Ifans,\xa0Pompeii\xa0starring Kit Harington and Kiefer Sutherland, the international feature\xa0Libertador\xa0starring Edgar Ramirez,\xa0Deadfall\xa0starring Eric Bana and Olivia Wilde,\xa0The Three Musketeers\xa0starring Logan Lerman, Orlando Bloom and Christoph Waltz,\xa0Twilight Saga: Eclipse\xa0starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson,\xa0Amelia\xa0starring Hilary Swank and\xa0Deathrace, starring Jason Statham. His additional credits as production designer include such features as\xa030 Days of Night, starring Josh Hartnett,\xa0Take the Lead, starring Antonio Banderas,\xa0Assault on Precinct 13, starring Ethan Hawke and Lawrence Fishbourne,\xa0Resident Evil: Apocalypse, starring Milla Jovovich,\xa0Highwaymen, starring James Caviezel,\xa0The Tuxedo\xa0with Jackie Chan and Jennifer Love Hewitt,\xa0Exit Wounds, starring Steven Seagal, the Canadian feature\xa0Men With Brooms\xa0and\xa0Mercy\xa0with Ellen Barkin and Julian Sands. As art director, Austerberry\u2019s credits include\xa0X-Men, Forever Mine, The Corrupter, Half Baked, The Real Blonde, Extreme Measures, Harriet the Spy and Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy.

He was a Canadian Screen Award winner for Achievement in Art Direction / Production design for his work designing Pompeii and for television, he was awarded a Canadian Gemini for his work designing the musical special Inspired by Bach.

As a child Paul travelled extensively with his parents, including three years of living in Uganda. Travel inspires him as film has taken him to numerous locations around the world. Paul is based in Toronto.

About Santo Loquasto

Santo Loquasto \xa0a designer for theatre, film, dance and opera. He has received four Tony Awards and has been nominated 21 times. He has collaborated with Woody Allen on 30 films, including costume design for\xa0Zelig\xa0and production design for\xa0Radio Days\xa0and\xa0Bullets Over Broadway, for which he received Academy Award\xae nominations. He was nominated for awards for \u201cExcellence in Production Design\u201d from the Art Directors Guild for\xa0Caf\xe9\xa0Society\xa0and\xa0Blue Jasmine.

Loquasto\u2019s recent designs on Broadway include\xa0Hello, Dolly!,\xa0Shuffle Along,\xa0A Delicate Balance,\xa0Bullets Over Broadway,\xa0Fences,\xa0Wit, and\xa0The Assembled Parties. He received the Merritt Award for Excellence in Design and Collaboration in 2002, was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame in 2004, received the Pennsylvania Governor\u2019s Award for the Arts in 2006 and the Robert L.B. Tobin Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2007, and the Gaudium Award in 2013.

*The views, opinions, statements, advice (legal or otherwise) and/or other information expressed or otherwise shared by the podcast participants are attributable solely to the podcast participants and do not reflect the opinions, viewpoints or policies of, or any endorsement by, the Producers Guild of America.

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