Born in Los Angeles, CA.; educated at San Francisco State University. Production designer who entered American film with Robert Altman's COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN (1982). Other notable production design credits include O.C. AND STIGGS and KEY EXCHANGE (both 1985), HOME OF THE BRAVE: A FILM BY LAURIE ANDERSON (1986), CAMPUS MAN and SWEET LORRAINE (both 1987), MILES FROM HOME (1988), SLAVES OF NEW YORK (1989), MR. & MRS. BRIDGE (1990), ONCE AROUND (1991), THE CUTTING EDGE and OF MICE AND MEN (both 1992), SEARCHING FOR BOBBY FISCHER (1993), NOBODY'S FOOL (1994), A WALK IN THE CLOUDS and WAITING TO EXHALE (both 1995), MARVIN'S ROOM and ONE FINE DAY (both 1996), TWILIGHT and A CIVIL ACTION (both 1998), THE CIDER HOUSE RULES (1999), CENTER STAGE and CHOCOLAT (both 2000), THE SHIPPING NEWS (2001), THE HUMAN STAIN (2003), AN UNFINISHED LIFE and CASANOVA (both 2005), LITTLE CHILDREN (2006), HAIRSPRAY (2007), and DOUBT and OLD DOGS (both scheduled for release in 2008).  Nominated for Achievement in Art Direction 1999: THE CIDER HOUSE RULES - Art Direction 1 nomination