Today's episode features Production Designer Kara Lindstrom, who I was lucky enough to work with on our film The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat from Searchlight Pictures which just premiered on Hulu in August. Her impressive and varied career has seen her work as a Set Decorator, Art Director, Screenwriter & Novelist in addition to Production Design. Not only do we dig into our work together on The Supremes, we also cover her beginnings starting with a mentorship from Polly Platt to her career today and what it took to design clean mud and construct trees for her Predator film Prey. And guess what iconic horror film just happened to be her first film job? You'll have to listen to find out! If you head on over to the Patreon, there's an extended cut of this episode with even more stories. I also usually release episodes there two days early!

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Production Designer Kara Lindstrom

Credits include: The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat, Prey, Dear John, Den of Thieves and the upcoming film Novocaine.

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Kara Lindstrom has worked as a novelist, screenwriter, set decorator and production designer for film and television. She was nominated for an Emmy in writing and has been noticed by Variety as "One of 10 Screenwriters to Watch." Her novel, Sparkle Life was published in 2006 (Other Press). Shorter fiction has been published in Bridge Eight and Black Clock. Twice, she has been a two-time prize winner in the Islands Short Fiction Review (British Columbia, Canada). She has written for many studios, including Paramount, MGM, Universal, DreamWorks, HBO and Warner Brothers. As a set decorator, art director and production designer, she has worked on dozens of projects, including Heathers, French Kiss, Strange Days, The Mambo Kings, Den of Thieves, Dear John, Prey, Nyad, Novocaine. When she's not working on location, she lives in Victoria, BC, Canada.

Kara Lindstrom Link:

KL Website: karalindstrom.com

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TFACD Links:

Patreon: Tales From A Costume Designer

Instagram: @talesfromacostumedesigner

Twitter: @talesfromaCD

TikTok: @talesfromaCD

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Whitney Anne Adams Links:

Website: whitneyadams.com

IMDb: Whitney Anne Adams

Instagram: @WAACostumeDesign

Twitter: @WhitneyAAdams

TikTok: @waacostumedesign

Ko-Fi: @waacostumedesign

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Union Links:

Costume Designers Guild IG: @cdglocal892

United Scenic Artists Local 829 IG: @unitedscenicartists

IATSE IG: @iatse

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Slightly delayed episode release today! I've been quite busy designing my current film which takes priority! A million thanks to my dear friend Corey Culp (also a Patreon member!) for editing this episode for me and helping make it sound fantastic.

KARA LINDSTROM - Production Designer