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Academy Award for Best Production Design
Academy Award for Best Production Design, formerly Best Art Direction, an annual Oscar honoring a film's visual environment, shared by the production designer and set decorator; renamed in 2012, first won by William Cameron Menzies in 1927-28.
J. Michael Riva
J. Michael Riva (John Michael Riva, 1948–2012) was an American production designer, grandson of Marlene Dietrich, Oscar-nominated for The Color Purple and Emmy-winning for the 79th Academy Awards, known for The Goonies, Lethal Weapon, Iron Man, and Django Unchained.
Jack Fisk
Jack Fisk (born 1945, Canton, Illinois) is an American production designer known for building full-scale, 360-degree-shootable sets for Terrence Malick, David Lynch, Paul Thomas Anderson, Scorsese, and Iñárritu; four-time Oscar nominee, married to Sissy Spacek.
Nitin Chandrakant Desai (नितिन चंद्रकांत देसाई)
Nitin Chandrakant Desai (नितिन चंद्रकांत देसाई, 1965–2023), Indian art director and production designer of Lagaan, Devdas, Jodhaa Akbar, and Kaun Banega Crorepati; four National Film Awards; founder of ND Studios, Karjat.
Production designer
A production designer is the head of the art department on a film or television production, responsible for the overall visual appearance, including sets, locations, and props.