"Production Designers are major heads of department on film crews, and are responsible for the entire art department. They help Directors to define and achieve the look and feel of a film. Filming locations may range from a Victorian parlour, to a late-night café, to the interior of an alien space ship. The look of a set or location is vital in drawing the audience into the story and making a film convincing. A great deal of work and imagination goes into constructing the backdrop to any story and choosing or building locations and/or sets."
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- Creative Skill Set
About Michael Shaw
The American Production Designer Michael Shaw has been working in Production Design for over twenty years, and has since been credited in eight films, three television series and over seventy-five commercials. He has worked on television productions from Showtime to Netflix.
Production Design Work
Television:
39 Episodes
Orange is the New Black (2013-2015)
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35 Episodes
The Big C (2010-2012)
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12 Episodes
Billions (2016)
Film:
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
You Can Count on Me (2000)
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Home at the End of the World (2004)
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The Night Listener (2006)
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August Rush (2007)
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Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
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Cop Out (2010)
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The English Teacher (2013)
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Portfolio
This British bar represents Shaw's talent and capability in creating English settings, which would be heavily required for all London scenes.
An example of Shaw's work on hotel settings, which would be very useful in creating a London hotel setting for Lauren and Ethan.
An example of Shaw's work on retro/vintage sets from decades ago, which would work extremely well in the 1989 scenes of The Identity.
A warm, young adult female bedroom set that captures the type of feel that would suit Lauren's Philadelphia bedroom.
An example of Shaw's cold, modern, slick home settings that work as an example for the Porter's cold but pristine London home.
An example of Shaw's impressive capability to transform empty spaces into highly believably homes.
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Shaw's Production Design work is incredibly varied, from working on all episodes of Orange is the New Black, of The Big C, and of Billions, along with numerous film work, Shaw's work history proves this. He has been selected for the his role in The Identity not only due to production and project suitability, but for the extensive examples of his work below.