Dear Design Showcase West Community,
As we all navigate these unprecedented times, and for the first time in its 18-year history, Design Showcase West this year will be featuring The Design Showcase West Student Gallery — Class of 2020, a digital exhibition of outstanding student work. We will be featuring high-caliber graduate student work from the same partner schools with whom we have previously collaborated — including NYU Tisch School of the Arts, California Institute of the Arts and American Film Institute, among others.
Design Showcase West has a long history of studio executives, film and television producers, theater artistic directors and professional designers attending to meet the fresh rising stars in the field of theatrical design. With exhibits ranging from costume design to scenic, sound, lighting and production design, this exciting experience will be translated to the digital space to connect you to remarkable emerging talent, just as the event has done in the past.
Additionally, a live event featuring our industry partners will also be presented as part of the Design Showcase West festivities. More information on this event will be announced soon.
As you know, Design Showcase West is the only national entertainment design showcase on the West Coast featuring the work of graduate students from the nation’s top university design programs. Even though we cannot be together at this excellent event in person this year, I am very happy that we are able to continue this longstanding tradition of presenting the finest work from the future leaders in the industry.
While we intend to be back live for another outstanding edition in 2021 for Design Showcase West’s 19th anniversary, we hope to see you online in June for this digital presentation to our artistic community.
Cordially,
DSW, created by the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, is the only national entertainment design showcase on the West Coast featuring the work of graduate students from the nation's top university design programs. Exhibits range from costume design to scenic, sound, lighting and production design. Studio executives, film and television producers, theater artistic directors and professional designers attend DSW to meet the industry's fresh rising stars.
Design Showcase West is presented by the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television’s Department of Theater
See the 2019 Design Showcase West Program for a directory of 2019 Student Exhibitors.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
2019 — Mark Worthington, production designer, American Horror Story
2018 — Paul Tazewell, costume designer, Hamilton
2017 — Deborah Riley, production designer, Game of Thrones
2016 — Quentin Tarantino, filmmaker, Django Unchained
2015 — Bill Prady, producer, The Big Bang Theory
2014 — Ellen Mirojnick, costume designer, The Knick
2013 — Rod Holcomb, director, ER
2012 — Judith Dolan, costume designer, Candide
2011 — Guillermo del Toro, director, Pan’s Labyrinth
2010 — Randall Kleiser, director, Grease
2009 — Roy Christopher, production designer, Frasier
2019 Participants |
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American Film Institute
California Institute of the Arts
California State University, Long Beach
Carnegie Mellon University
Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts Northwestern University
NYU Tisch School of the Arts Ohio University Penn State University |
San Diego State University UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television University of California, Davis University of California, Irvine University of California, San Diego University of Georgia University of Missouri-Kansas City The University of Texas at Austin University of Washington |
