Episode 11: Alex McDowell on "Ready Player One," World Building and Production Design

Alex McDowell joins Henry to discuss "Ready Player One," production design for Steven Spielberg films, and world building.

Bio:

Alex McDowell RDI is an award-winning designer and storyteller working
at the intersection of emergent technologies and experiential media.
McDowell was a production designer with 30 years experience in feature
films, working with directors David Fincher, Steven Spielberg, Terry
Gilliam and Anthony Minghelia amongst others. He was the production
designer for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Man of Steel, The
Watchmen, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Fight Club and Minority
Report. His production design work on Minority Report is considered
seminal both for its vision of near future technology and its
integration with people’s behavior, and is believed to have resulted
in nearly 100 patents for new technologies.

He is now a Professor of Practice in Media Arts + Practice at USC
School of Cinematic Arts, where he teaches world building.

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