John Chichester
Professor
Film and Media Arts, Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts
Expertise: Production Design Feature Films; Production Design TV
Office Location: Marion Knott Studios, 2nd floor
- Education:
- San Francisco State University, Bachelor of Arts
New York University, Master of Fine Arts
Biography
If you have gone to the movies a couple of times in the last three decades you've
seen John Chichester's work: his set designs on Get Him to the Greek or Star Trek: Nemesis; his art direction on Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides or House Bunny; his production designs on the acclaimed dramatic TV series American Family or the gritty independent film Prey for Rock and Roll. Chichester’s professional career as a designer for motion pictures spans more than
30 years. Tropic Thunder and Team America are but two of his favorites. It's an exciting time for production design in filmmaking;
the possibilities of production design are ever expanding and constantly being redefined
by our society and technological innovation, and yet with this constant change, the
basic approach will always remain the same: telling a good story in the best way possible.
Chichester’s goals in teaching are to impart to the students the foundation of esthetic
and practical knowledge to launch their professional careers in production design,
and to enable them to make the bold strong design choices needed for today's films.
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Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications
- Nomination for an Art Directors Guild (IASTE Local #800) Outstanding Achievement Award in Production Design for my contributions to the Disney feature film: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, ON STRANGER TIDES.
- Nominated the life time achievement award of the Art Directors Guild ( IASTE Local #800) to design colleague Luis Hoyos. I presented the life time achievement award to Mr. Hoyos at the 27th annual Art Directors Guild awards show.
- Nomination for an Art Directors Guild Outstanding Achievement Award in Production Design for my contributions to the paramount feature film: STAR TREK, INTO DARKNESS.