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- ↑ Grobar, Matt (August 26, 2021). "Production Designer Mark Ricker On 'Halston', 'Last Of The Mohicans' Memories, Encounters With Daniel Day-Lewis And More – Production Value". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ↑ Pattman, Elizabeth (March 25, 2021). "Ricker nominated for production design Oscar for work on 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom'". Burlington Times News . Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ↑ Grobar, Matt (August 7, 2019). "'Escape At Dannemora' Production Designer Mark Ricker On The Logistics Of Capturing Sweat's Dry Run". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ↑ "The 93rd Academy Awards (2021) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Retrieved November 3, 2021.
- ↑ "Mark Ricker". Television Academy . Retrieved November 3, 2021.
