Judy Becker

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Judy Becker
Occupation production designer
Years active 1989-present
Spouse(s) Michael Taylor (?-present)

Judy Becker is a production designer. Becker, along with set decorator Heather Loeffler, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Production Design for the 2013 film American Hustle . [1]

In film and television, a production designer (PD) is the person responsible for the overall visual look of the production. Production designers have a key creative role in the creation of motion pictures and television. Working directly with the director, cinematographer, and producer, they must select the settings and style to visually tell the story. The term production designer was coined by William Cameron Menzies while he was working on the film Gone with the Wind. Previously the people with the same responsibilities were called art directors. It is sometimes also described as scenic design or set design.

The set decorator is the head of the set decoration department in the film and television industry, responsible for selecting, designing, fabricating, and sourcing the "set dressing" elements of each set in a Feature Film, Television, or New Media episode or commercial, in support the story and characters of the script. The set decorator is responsible for each décor element inside the sets, from practical lighting, technology, art, furniture, drapery, floor coverings, books, collectables, to exterior furnishings such as satellite dishes, Old West water troughs, streetlamps, traffic lights, garden furniture and sculptures.

Heather Loeffler is a set decorator. Loeffler, along with production designer Judy Becker, is nominated for an Academy Award for Best Production Design for the 2013 film American Hustle.

Her husband Michael Taylor is a film editor and a script supervisor.

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References

  1. "The 86th Academy Awards (2013) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Archived from the original on 1 October 2014. Retrieved August 27, 2014.