Guest: William Budge/Art Director/The Iceman/Red Sonja

William Budge – art director, production designer, and concept artistWilliam Budge recently completed art direction on a Sony / Fox pilot entitled Rake. Rake was directed by Sam Mendes (Spiderman 1 – 3, The Evil Dead, Oz, The Great And Powerful), and stars Greg Kinnear. Rake will be on Fox Thursday nights starting in 2014.In 2012 William art directed the film The Iceman, (directed by Ariel Vromen and starring Michael Shannon, Wynona Ryder, Chris Evans, and James Franco. In 2011 William art directed two films starring academy award winner Nicholas Cage; Trespass(directed by Joel Schumacher and co-starring academy award winner Nicole Kidman) and Drive Angry (directed by Patrick Lussier and co-starring Amber Heard). William collaborated with producer/director Robert Rodriguez on conceptual art for a new version of the film Red Sonja that was to star Rose Mcgowan and art directed the Michael Jackson This is It tour. Worked with award winning director Wim Wenders on the filmsLand Of Plenty starring Michelle Williams and Dont Come Knocking (written by and starring Sam Shepard, with Jessica Lange, Tim Roth, and Sarah Polley) garnered a German Film Award nomination for Best Production Design as well as nominations for Best Film at Cannes and the European Film Awards. A Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Design and an International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) led William to continue his education under the tutelage of the legendary Robert F. Boyle at the prestigious American Film Institute in Hollywood, CA. He has designed stores for the Disney Stores, Inc, and created conceptual art for many commercials. He is the founder of the red5 design group, an innovative environmental design group focusing on furthering the art of production design for cinema. You can email your questions to 123filmeasy@gmail.com Link: www.123FilmEasy.com. Follow us on Twitter @123Film

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