Tell us about your background.

I became a production designer about 14 years ago, sort of stumbling into it as a lot of people do.

I came from a background of art, theatre and music in college and earlier life and apprenticed with some people out here where I first found out that there was a career like this. I really enjoyed it and was offered a film to design right away, and things snowballed from there.

I went from film to film to film, realising "I now have a career, this is something that I enjoy doing." It was very creative and rewarding, something that really stimulated my creative juices. Realising that instant gratification, building things and seeing it on screen right away was something I really enjoyed.