J. Michael Riva

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

• Son of William and Maria Riva. Grandson of Marlene Dietrich.

• 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 Scarlet 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.
• http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/J_Michael_Riva/187337

Filmography

• 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 )