Gary Kordan is an American production designer and television producer. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on the fifth and final season of Key & Peele. [1]
In 2016, Kordan won an Art Directors Guild Award and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for his work on the hit series Key & Peele starring Keegan Michael-Key and Jordan Peele. [2] Additionally, he was the first Production Designer on the West Coast to design an Amazon series Betas and the second designer overall for Amazon Studios.
In addition to the entire 54-episode run of the Emmy and Peabody Award winning Key & Peele, some of Kordan's production design credits include: The Prank Panel starring Johnny Knoxville, Eric André and Gabourey Sidibe (ABC), Kenan starring Kenan Thompson and Don Johnson (NBC), Miracle Workers starring Daniel Radcliffe and Steve Buscemi (Max), Downward Dog (ABC), Ghosted starring Adam Scott and Craig Robinson (FOX), [3] Jordan Peele's Weird City (YouTube), Crank Yankers (Comedy Central), Time Traveling Bong starring Broad City's Ilana Glazer (Comedy Central), [4] The Meltdown with Jonah & Kumail (Comedy Central), @midnight (Comedy Central), Workaholics starring Blake Anderson, Adam Devine and Anders Holm, [5] Reggie Watts: Spatial (Netflix), Fred Armisen's Netflix special "For Drummers Only", [6] The New Negroes with Baron Vaughn & Open Mike Eagle (Comedy Central), Melissa McCarthy's Nobodies, [7] the feature film What Now? starring Kevin Hart (Universal), Just Add Magic, [8] Betas (Amazon Prime), Patton Oswalt: Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time (Epix), Teachers (TV Land), Those Who Can't (TruTV), Just Add Magic: Mystery City (Amazon Prime), For The Cultura (Quibi) and 2022 Emmy Nominee for Outstanding Art Direction, The Barbarian and the Troll (Nickelodeon).
He also co-created and executive produced E!'s Number 1 Single with Lisa Loeb (E! Entertainment), directed two music videos for the alternative rock band Veruca Salt and wrote jokes for Joan Rivers, one of his many professional and personal collaborations with the comedy legend. Gary spent the fall and winter of 2002 in Paris as a writer for the massive reality hit Fox's dating show Joe Millionaire (FOX), its finale beating the Super Bowl ratings with 42.6 million viewers. In 2017 he followed Ike Turner with a camera, documenting his life, which led to an unlikely friendship that lasted until Ike's death and resulted in a box of unused, yet fascinating footage.
In front of the camera, Kordan produced and hosted two public access shows on Manhattan Neighborhood Network, both resulting in a cult following, co-hosted Treasures In Your Home, a nightly live eBay style talk show that very often beat Late Night with David Letterman in many markets, and hosted the red carpet arrivals of the first X-Men film on Ellis Island.
Kordan's life in art and comedy began at a very early age, drawing portraits and caricatures of everyone he knew and working as a doorman at the legendary Catch A Rising Star comedy club. He went on to study Fine Arts and Illustration at School of Visual Arts in New York City, and during his junior year landed full-time job working for Joan Rivers on her daytime talk show, CBS's The Joan Rivers Show. [9] It was there, and because of Joan's encouragement, Gary began his career in the art department. [10]
Kordan is a member of the Art Directors Guild Local 800, a Daytime Emmy Judge, a member of the Television Academy Peer Group Executive Committee and resides in Los Angeles with his photographer wife, Justine Ungaro. Together they own a creative soundstage called Stu., live with two dogs, Simon & Daphne (named prior to Bridgerton) and have a closet full of black clothes.
In 2015, Kordan was nominated for an Art Directors Guild Award for his work on Key & Peele. In 2016, he was nominated once again for Key & Peele and won. [2] In 2016 Kordan was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on the final season of Key & Peele. Most recently, Gary was nominated for a 2022 Emmy Award for The Barbarian and the Troll for Outstanding Art Direction.
Year | Title | Notes |
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2023 | Miracle Workers | Production designer |
2023 | The Prank Panel | Production designer |
2022 | Atsuko Okatsuka: The Intruder | Production designer |
2021 | The Barbarian and The Troll | Production designer |
2021 | Kenan | Production designer |
2020 | Let's Go, Atsuko! | Production designer |
2020 | Just Add Magic: Mystery City | Production designer |
2019-2021 | Crank Yankers | Production designer, Co-Producer |
2019 | Comedy Central Roast: Alec Baldwin | Segment Production designer |
2019 | The New Negroes | Production designer |
2019 | Weird City | Production designer |
2017 | Ghosted | Production designer |
2017 | Truth & Iliza | Post-production, Production designer |
2017 | Downward Dog | Post-production, Production designer |
2017 | Nobodies | Post-production, Production designer |
2016 | Untitled Weeks/Mackay Project | Pre-production, Production designer |
2016 | Reggie Watts: Spatial | Post-production, Production designer |
2016 | Kevin Hart: What Now? | Production designer |
2016 | Time Traveling Bong | Production designer |
2016 | Those Who Can't | Production designer |
2016-20117 | Teachers | Production designer |
2016 | Idiot Sitter | Production designer |
2015-2016 | Just Add Magic | Production designer |
2012-2015 | Key & Peele | Production designer |
2014-2016 | The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail | Production designer |
2013-2015 | @midnight | Production designer |
2015 | Salem Rogers | Production designer |
2014 | Gettin' Some Strange with Kurt Braunohler | Production designer |
2013-2014 | Quick Draw | Production designer |
2013-2014 | Betas | Production designer |
2014 | Patton Oswalt: Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time | Production designer |
2009-2014 | Shark Tank | Art director |
2013 | Adam DeVine's House Party | Production designer |
2011-2013 | Workaholics | Production designer |
2012 | Megawinner | Production designer |
2012 | Workaholics: The Other Cubicle | Production designer |
2011 | Shredd | Production designer |
2011 | Sports Show with Norm Macdonald | Art director |
2011 | JailBait | Production designer |
2011 | The Boys and Girls Guide to Getting Down | Production designer |
2010 | Alabama | Production designer |
2010 | Back Nine | Production designer |
2010 | Savage Love | Production designer |
2010 | Thintervention with Jackie Warner | Production designer |
2010 | Instant Recall | Production designer |
2010 | Curb: The Discussion | Production designer |
2010 | Untitled Burr and Hart Project | Production designer |
2009 | The League | Production designer |
2009 | Dogg After Dark | Production designer |
2009 | Top Chef Masters | Art director |
2008 | Chocolate News | Art director |
2008 | Man Stroke Woman | Art director |
2008 | Cheech & Chong: Roasted | Art director |
2008 | Root of All Evil | Art director |
2008 | The McCaingels | Art director |
2008 | Scream Queens | Production designer |
2008 | Dan's Detour to Life | Production designer |
2008 | Guinness World Records Live: Top 100 | Production designer |
2005-2008 | Mind of Mencia | Art director |
2007 | Temptation | Art director |
2007 | Talkshow with Spike Feresten | Art director |
2006 | Number 1 Single | Producer |
2006 | VIP Passport | Art director |
2003 | Shock Video 2004: Too Hot for the Box | Production designer |
2003 | Joe Millionaire | Host writer |
2003 | House of Clues | Props department |
1999 | Door Knock Dinners | Art director |
1997 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Tattoo artist |
1995 | Can We Shop? | Set dresser |
1989-1993 | The Joan Rivers Show | Production assistant |
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