- Gary Frutkoff
Gary Frutkoff (b. 1951) is an American
production designer .Biography
Gary Frutkoff was born into the suburbs of
Long Island in 1951. Shortly after graduatingNassau Community College , he began exploring the field of comic book art which eventually led to settling in Marin County to work with artists of theunderground comix movement that included Dave Sheridan,Gilbert Shelton , Kelly & Mouse. From there, Frutkoff migrated to an eclectic array of artistic pursuits that included graphic design & illustration, carpentry, and glass etching.Using his artistic talents and background, he entered the motion picture field by designing and illustrating the imaginary characters that populated
Walter Murch 's directorial debut "Return To Oz ". From there, it was on to art directing and Los Angeles. Frutkoff went on to production designing for such emerging directors asSteven Soderbergh ("Out Of Sight ") [cite news |first=Janet |last=Maslin |title=He's a Thief, She's a Marshal, They're an Item |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B05E5DB103AF935A15755C0A96E958260 |work=New York Times |date=1998-06-26 |quote="Out of Sight" relies on top-flight technical contributions from the production designer Gary Frutkoff (who did "Devil in a Blue Dress") ] ,Quentin Tarantino ("Four Rooms "),Carl Franklin ("Devil In A Blue Dress"), andTom Hanks ("Fallen Angels").Marriage and children
Frutkoff lives in
Venice, Los Angeles, California with his wife, Lynne Hinz and daughter, Amaya.References
External links
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* [http://web.mac.com/gfrutkoff/website/HOME.html Gary Frutkoff] official website
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