J. Michael Riva

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J Michael Riva (born in New York, New York on June 28, 1948) is a motion picture production designer.


  • Michael Riva's father is William Riva, who was a set designer for Broadway. His mother Maria Riva played Catherine the Great as a child in The Scarlett Empress, one of the classic films Dietrich made with associate filmmaker Josef Von Sternberg. Maria Riva wrote a best selling biography of her mother. Michael Riva has followed in his father's footsteps as a set designer and artistic director, and has won recognition for his contributions to many familiar Hollywood films.

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  • Iron Man (Marvel) - ( Production Designer / 2008 / Lensing/Awaiting Release / )
  • Spider-Man 3 - ( Production Designer / 2007 / Released / )
  • The Pursuit of Happyness - ( Production Designer / 2006 / Released / )
  • Stealth - ( Production Designer / 2005 / Released / )
  • Zathura - ( Production Designer / 2005 / Released / )
  • Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle - ( Production Designer / 2003 / Released / )
  • Cradle 2 the Grave - ( Consultant(- Production Design Consultant) / 2003 / Released / )
  • Evolution - ( Production Designer / 2001 / Released / )
  • Charlie's Angels - ( Production Designer / 2000 / Released / )
  • Romeo Must Die - ( Consultant(- visual consultant) / 2000 / Released / )
  • Hard Rain - ( Production Designer / 1998 / Released / Toho-Towa Company )
  • Lethal Weapon 4 - ( Production Designer / 1998 / Released / )
  • Six Days, Seven Nights - ( Production Designer / 1998 / Released / )
  • Congo - ( Production Designer / 1995 / Released / )
  • North - ( Production Designer / 1994 / Released / )
  • Dave - ( Production Designer / 1993 / Released / )
  • A Few Good Men - ( Production Designer / 1992 / Released / )
  • Radio Flyer - ( Director(- 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)) / 1992 / Released / )
  • Radio Flyer - ( Production Designer / 1992 / Released / )
  • Lethal Weapon 2 - ( Production Designer / 1989 / Released / Hoyts Distribution )
  • Tango & Cash - ( Production Designer / 1989 / Released / Greater Union Distributors )
  • Scrooged - ( Production Designer / 1988 / Released / )
  • Lethal Weapon - ( Production Designer / 1987 / Released / )
  • The Golden Child - ( Production Designer / 1986 / Released / )
  • The Color Purple - ( Production Designer / 1985 / Released / )
  • The Goonies - ( Production Designer / 1985 / Released / )
  • The Slugger's Wife - ( Production Designer / 1985 / Released / )
  • Stranger's Kiss - ( Production Designer / 1984 / Released / Enterprise Pictures Ltd )
  • Stranger's Kiss - ( Consultant(- visual consultant) / 1984 / Released / Enterprise Pictures Ltd )
  • The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th Dimension - ( Production Designer / 1984 / Released / )
  • Bad Boys - ( Production Designer / 1983 / Released / Associated Film Distribution )
  • Halloween II - ( Production Designer / 1981 / Released / )
  • The Hand - (Production Designer / 1981 / Released / )
  • Brubaker - (Art Director(- art direction) / 1980 / Released / )
  • Ordinary People.. - ( Art Director(- art direction) / 1980 / Released / Paramount Pictures )
  • Bare Knuckles - ( Production Designer / 1978 / Released / Intercontinental )
  • Fast Charlie - The Moonbeam Rider - ( Art Director(- art direction) / 1978 / Released / )
  • Ilse, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks - ( Art Director(- art direction) / 1975 / Released / Cambist Films )
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