Michael Bricker TV & Film Production Designer

GROWING UP IN INDIANAPOLIS, DID YOU HAVE ONE OF THOSE MAGICAL CREATIVE CHILDHOODS THAT HINTED AT FUTURE SUCCESS?

Not particularly. I definitely had a creative streak and I liked to draw as a kid. But I don’t think I recognized that as anything other than a hobby until I was much older.

HOW DID YOU FIND YOUR WAY INTO SET-DESIGN WORK?

In high school, I worked in the theater department, painting sets. In college, I worked in the scene shop on bigger productions. By my senior year, I was allowed to design a set for a stage play. As I gained experience and curiosity, I started thinking more intentionally about my approach to design, so I enrolled in grad school to study architecture. At that time in Austin, the University of Texas