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Naomi Gonzalez Kahn

Production design professor

Education

  • M.F.A., theater, University of California Los Angeles
  • B.A., scenic design, National School of Theatrical Arts

Credentials

  • Professor of production design, 2024-present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Freelance production designer and costume designer, 2005-present

    Films

    • Play Hard, Hillman Grad and Indeed's Rising Voices, Costume Design, Short Film, (in post-production)
    • Project CC, Disney+ Original, Production Design, Short Film, 2023
    • ANWAR, Film Dir. Fawaz Al-Matrouk, Costume Design, Film, (in post-production)
    • What's Up, Disney+, Weekly talk show, Season 9, Production Design, TV Special, 2021-22
    • Say it With Pride, Disney+ Special, Production Design, TV Special 2022
    • Disney+ Day, Disney+ Anniversary, Production Design, TV Special Documentary, 2021
    • Bridging the Gap, Disney+ Talk Show Pilot, Production Design, TV Special Documentary, 2021
    • QUANDO, Long Beach Opera (on film), Costume Design, Opera on Film 2022
    • Uprooted, Hulu, 20th Digital Studios, Skittles, Production and Costume Design, Short Film, 2021
    • Disney+, This is Me, Host: Kermit the Frog and Nina West, Production Design, TV Special Documentary, 2021
    • Growing Fangs, Disney+ Original, Production Design, Short Film, 2020
    • I'm Fine, Thanks for Asking, Director: Kelley Kali, SXSW, Production Design, Feature Film, 2020
    • Old Maid, Hulu and 20th Digital Studios, Production and Costume Design, Short Film, 2020
    • United Nations Foundation Girl Up, Director: Kelley Kali, Production Design, Documentary, 2020
    • Music Video, Artist @KNDRGRTN, Director: Meredith Koch, Costume Design, Music Video, 2019
    • Intel Studios La Femme, Director: Marta R., E.M. Villoro, I. Abad, Production Designer, Volumetric Video, Green Dome, 2020
    • Intel Studios, Hiri, Director: Lysander Ashton, Production Designer, Volumetric Video, Green Dome, 2019
    • Coca Cola Regal Films, Spot On with Olivia Wilde, Production Design, Commercial, 2019
    • Phone Swap: Snap Chat, FOX, Vertical Networks, Production Design, 20 Episodes, 2019
    • Jie Yu Wan: Chinese Stress Relief, Production Design, Commercial, 2018
    • Stalled, Director: Shilpi Roym Production Design, Short Film, 2018
    • The Chair, Director: Eric Ledgin, Production and Costume Design, Short Film, 2018
    • One Day Notice, Director: Bryce Marrero, Production and Costume Design, Short Film, 2018
    • The Automaton, Director: Alex Reeves, Costume Design, Short Film, 2018
    • Soft and Pink, Director: Zoe Ward, Production and Costume Design, Short Film, 2018
    • Origin, Director: Mikayla Lyles, Costume Design, Short Film, 2018
    • Out of Order, Director: Paige Elizabeth Gresty, Production Design, Short Film, 2017
    • Endless Video, Director: Gwendolyn Infusino, Short Film, 2017
    • PETMET, Zurna Creative, Production Design, Commercial, 2017
    • Free Fall, Director: Paige Elizabeth Gresty, Production Design, 2017
    • The Night Cleaner, Director: Zoe Ward, Short Film, 2016
    • Der Lindenbaum, Director: Arkesh Ajay, Production Design, Short Film, 2016
    • I Learned Film Permit, Director: Eric Vennemeyer, Costume Design, PSA, 2014
    • A Window of Their Own, Director: Arkesh Ajay, Production and Costume Design, Short Film, 2014
    • Being Bryan, UCLA Health Film, Director: Arkesh Ajay, Production and Costume Design, Short Film, 2014
    • Ordinary Joe, NBC + 20th Century, Pilot, Assistant Art Director, 2020
    • Vivo phone Commercial, Country: Taiwan, Art Director, Commercial VIVO, 2016, 2017, 2019
    • Desert In, Boston Lyric Opera, Long Beach Opera Untitled Rockford Project, Director: Francis Ford Coppola, Art Director, Opera on Film, 2021
    • BROKE, CBS, Assistant Art Director, 2019
    • Superstore, NBC, Season 3 and 4, Art Department Assistant, 2017-18
    • Santa Clarita Diet, Netflix, Season 3, Art Department Assistant, 2018
    • Interlude, Director: Eli Snyder, Art Director, Short Film, 2019
    • No Spring Without Winter, Director: Kevin Lee, Art Director, Short Film, 2017
    • The Julie Stories, Director: Julio Gambuto, Art Director, Short Film, 2016
    • To Renewed Friendship, Director: Alex Moscato, Art Director, Short Film, 2016

     
    Live performance
     

    • Production Design, Los Vecinos del Violinista, Alejandro Ricaño, Director: Martin Acosta
    • Production Design, REVOLUCIONES, Director: Bruno Bichir, Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC)
    • Costume Design, On the Other Side, Director: Marike Splint, Skirball Cultural Center
    • Costume Design, Queen of Califas, Director: J.Ed Araiza, Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC)
    • Costume Design, As You Like It, Director: Israel Lopez, The South Land Company
    • Costume Design, WHAT IT IZ! The Spoken Wordical, Director: Bryonn Rollybain UCLA
    • Scenic Design, Urine Town, Director: Jeff Maynard UCLA
    • Costume Design, GAMERS, Director: Jeff Maynard, Hollywood Fringe Festival
    • Scenic and Costume Design, Sonnets of an Old Century, Director: Angela Lopez, UCLA Costume Design; Life on The Plaza Roosevelt, Director: Marike Splint, UCLA Costume Design; The Automobile Graveyard, Director: Darcie Crager, UCLA Costume Design; Matrimonio Palavrakis, Angelica Lidel, Director: Laura Uribe Costume Design; The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde, Director: Jesus Diaz Production Design; El Monje y la Cortesana, Mahendra Vikrama, Director: Jesús Diaz
    • Production Design, Pentesilea, Heinrich Von Kleist and Alejandro Tantanián, Director: Martin Acosta
    • Costume Design, Interbancarios BANAMEX, 2014 Costume Head Crew; Shrek el Musical, 2014
    • Costume Design, Lighting Design; Festival Aviv Carlos Halpert de Danza Judia en Mexico, 2006-14

     
    Opera
     

    • Scenic Design, Carmen, Philip Glass- Adaptation / UCLA; Director: Brendan Hartnett, 2016
    • Costume Asst., Glimmerglass Opera Festival The Thieving Magpie, Designer: Myung Hee, 2016
    • Costume Design, Die Zauberflöte, Mozart; National Music Conservatory Mexico City, 2015

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • First place at Biennale of Design, INBA, Mexico
  • First place at the Getty Design Challenge
  • Fred Thorp Fellowship
  • Carol Shickel Memorial Fellowship in Theatrical Design

Organizations

  • Art Directors Guild Local 800
  • Production Design Initiative, 2017
  • Production Design Collective Member

Publications and presentations

  • Costumes exhibited at the State Historical Museum in Moscow, Russia
  • Scenography/Costumes exhibited The National Biennial of Design, Palacio de Bellas Artes - México