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RUTH AMMON Production Designer Ruthammon.Com RUTH AMMON Production Designer ruthammon.com PROJECTS Partial List DIRECTORS STUDIOS/PRODUCERS STATION ELEVEN Hiro Murai PARAMOUNT TV / HBO MAX Season 1 Jeremy Podeswa David Nicksay, Patrick Somerville SOLOS Sam Taylor Johnson AMAZON Season 1 David Weil David Weil THE ALIENEST: David Caffrey PARAMOUNT TV / TNT ANGEL OF DARKNESS Claire Kilner Pavlina Hatoupis, Matthew Carlisle Season 2 Nominee, Excellence in Production Design — Art Directors Guild DIRTY JOHN Jeffrey Reiner UNIVERSAL CABLE PRODUCTIONS Pilot & Series BRAVO / Richard Suckle VIDA Alonso Ruizpalacios STARZ Pilot & Season 1 Erin Keating, Dan Pasternack, Tanya Saracho JACK RYAN Morton Tyldum PARAMOUNT / AMAZON Season 1 Dan Sackheim José Luis Escolar, Lindsey Springer I’M DYING UP HERE Jonathan Levine ENDEMOL / SHOWTIME Pilot & Season 1 Matthew Carlisle, Aida Rodgers Dave Flebotte POWERLESS Michael Patrick Jann WARNER BROS. TV / NBC Pilot Craig Wyrick-Solari, Ben Queen MANHATTAN Thomas Schlamme LIONSGATE Pilot & Seasons 1 - 2 Iain Paterson, Jerry Kupfer Thomas Schlamme 12 MONKEYS Jeffery Reiner UNIVERSAL TV / SYFY Pilot Patty Long, Craig McNeil, Richard Suckle LOW WINTER SUN Ernest Dickerson AMC Pilot & Series Charles Carroll, Jeremy Gold SMASH Michael Morris DREAMWORKS TV Season 2 Tricia Brock Jim Chory, Craig Zadan, Neil Meron Roxann Dawson Joshua Safran THE FOLLOWING Marcos Siega WARNER BROS. / FOX Pilot Hilton Smith, Kevin Williamson THE EVENT Jeffery Reiner UNIVERSAL Pilot Jim Chory, Steve Stark, Nick Wauters HEROES Seasons 1 - 4 Greg Beeman UNIVERSAL Nominee x3, Outstanding Art Direction Allan Arkush Jim Chory, Dennis Hammer, Tim Kring Emmy Awards Jeannot Szwarc Nominee x2, Excellence in Production Adam Kane Design — Art Directors Guild THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD Darnell Martin HARPO / ABC MOW Matthew Carlisle, Kate Forte WEEDS Brian Dannelly LIONSGATE TV Pilot Mark Burley, Jenji Kohan CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Rob Schmidt UA IN SUBURBIA Feature Film Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler Official Selection — Sundance Film Festival Dara Weintraub DROP DEAD GORGEOUS Michael Patrick Jann NEW LINE CINEMA Feature Film Gavin Polone MONUMENT AVENUE Ted Demme LIONSGATE / TRIBECA Feature Film Jim Serpico, Joel Stillerman Ms. Ammon holds both US and Irish passports. INNOVATIVE-PRODUCTION.COM | 310.656.5151 .
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