John Chichester

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.