Alex McDowell

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Alex McDowell was born in Borneo to parents of English origin, and he is a production designer.

McDowell wanted to become a painter and studied at the Central School of Art in London. He founded Rocking Russian Design in 1978 and started his career designing album covers for punk rock groups. During the 1980s, he designed the sets for various commercials and music videos.

Alex McDowell has worked, among others, with the directors Tim Burton, Steven Spielberg, Alex Proyas. In 2002 he won the San Diego Film Critics Society award in the Best Production Design category for his work on Minority Report and the Art Director Guild award for Excellence in Production Design for The Terminal.

[edit] Filmography

• The Lawnmower Man (1992)
• The Crow (1994)
• The Crow: City of Angels (1996)
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
• Fight Club (1999)
• Minority Report (2002)
• The Cat in the Hat (2003)
• The Terminal (2004)
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
• Corpse Bride (2005)
• Bee Movie (2006)

[edit] External links

• IMDB entry
• NY Times entry
• The Terminal Diary
• Cinefex, visual effects journal - The Terminal