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Brazilian Designer Takes Hollywood
(March,
2017, Los Angeles, CA) If you work in the entertainment industry you
probably already heard her name, if you haven't, you
will! In this
awards season, we are all eyes on production designer and costume
designer Carolina
Inoue. She won the
Best
Production Design
award with Kumal
at the HIMPFF
and is a nominee for W.
I. F. F. for the
same category. But that doesn't mean she stopped working to attend
the events and Red Carpets. Carolina Inoue is one of the most
requested non-union designers at the moment. Producers book her
months and sometimes years ahead to make sure she will be available
for their production.
Last year she worked on The Gliksmans, directed by M. Skolnick, starring the legendary actors Edward Asner and Cloris Leachman; The Open House, directed by Matt Angel and Suzzane Coote, and starring teen star Dylan Minnette.
She's being asked by big
studios like Warner
Bros., to join the
union, but according to Inoue she's in a better place outside of the
union right now: "I have been able to work in both union and non
union productions and be paid union rates, so I'm not looking to join
the union yet, but eventually I will," she said. Currently
working in a non-union production, her following show is a union
show. "The industry doesn't have enough union designers, so
studios are allowed to get an excuse from the union to hire non union
professionals" she explains.
That gives her a tremendous
advantage, because she's being making a name in the independent movies
industry and already established great relationships in the main
studios in Hollywood. The future of her career is in her hands. With
dozens of titles as Production
Designer and
Costume
Designer, only in
the United States where she's been living for less than five years,
she says she would never pick one over the other.
"Production Design and Costume Design are tightly connected. One of the most often comments I most frequently receive is people wanting me to overlook both departments, even when we have separate professionals taking good care of each. That's because they trust my work in both. So why should I choose one or the other if dominating both is what makes me unique?”
She has worked with Netflix, Disney, Universal NBC, Warner Bros, CBS, just to mention a few. Her talent and charismatic personality are the keys for getting into several productions, for which she's always being referred by someone she previously worked with. She has already lined up projects for the next four years.
"Production Design and Costume Design are tightly connected. One of the most often comments I most frequently receive is people wanting me to overlook both departments, even when we have separate professionals taking good care of each. That's because they trust my work in both. So why should I choose one or the other if dominating both is what makes me unique?”
She has worked with Netflix, Disney, Universal NBC, Warner Bros, CBS, just to mention a few. Her talent and charismatic personality are the keys for getting into several productions, for which she's always being referred by someone she previously worked with. She has already lined up projects for the next four years.
Carolina
receives so many scripts weekly, she has had to hire an assistant to
help her read and sort the ones she wants to work with! When asked
what she looks at when selecting the productions, she says: story,
budget and director.
As an artist she wants to be able to explore her creativity and
create memorable sets. So, having a good story that can be visually
appealing, the money to make it happen, and a director opened to
suggestions, that let her create freely, is the way to get her!
Last year she worked on The Gliksmans, directed by M. Skolnick, starring the legendary actors Edward Asner and Cloris Leachman; The Open House, directed by Matt Angel and Suzzane Coote, and starring teen star Dylan Minnette.
She's
now working on Open
Mic with Award
winning musicians Caro
Pierotto and Willo
Keys, in the
pre-production of Keanu
Reeves' next movie
and post production of Downrange,
directed by famous Japanese director Ryuhei
Kitamura. Inoue
was also the Production Designer of the pilot for the series Faulk
My Life, which
is expected to be distributed by a major studio soon.
"Every script is a new
adventure. The story begins on piece of paper, then I as the
designer, create the universe that surrounds the story told in the
script. I consider where the story takes place, when it takes place,
who is in the story, who the characters are, and what we want the
audience to think of them. The characters range anywhere from a rich,
organized, intelligent man, to a messy, dirty, poor, miserable old
lady. Their homes and clothes all have to communicate that.
What
I love about my work is that I tell the character's story when they
aren't speaking. I
can tell the character's whole background story through the set
design and costume design. That's a big power and responsibility. If
I don't study the story and the characters deeply and carefully, I
could mislead the audience and they could get confused or
misunderstand the story.
I am truly grateful for all
the opportunities I have received. I am one of the few professionals
in Hollywood who started as head of their departments. Most people
start out as a PA and work their way up. I'm very blessed to be given
the opportunity and trust to lead my department for both Production
Design and Costume Design. Work in film isn't easy, but seeing the
result up on the big screen is really rewarding. I have several
projects in pre-production for the next three years. The industry
never stops and I'm looking forward to being on set with some of my
biggest idols, some of whom I have already had the opportunity to
work with."
Carolina Inoue
is a hard working, talented designer, with an impressive, growing
list of credits. The
sky's the limit!
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Carolina Inoue is available for interview by appointment,
pending availability.
Contact: Steve Thompson / Thompson Communications
856-942-4434
