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ABOUT US
UCLA Design Showcase West (DSW), created by the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, features the work of graduate students from the nation's top university design programs. Studio executives, film and television producers, theater directors and professional designers visit DSW each year to meet the industry's fresh rising stars.
We are back in person and celebrating over 20 years of Design Showcase West! DSW features graduate student work from the nation's top universities in costume, lighting, production, sound, scenic, and projection/media design.
PAST KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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2024 – Bill Brzeski, production designer (Aquaman)
2023 - Mark Bridges, Academy Award winning costume designer (The Fabelmans)
2022 - Nelson Coates, production designer (Crazy Rich Asians)
2021 - Ruth E. Carter & Hannah Beachler, Academy Award-winning costume designer (Black Panther) and Academy Award-winning production designer (Black Panther)
2019 - Mark Worthington, production designer (WandaVision)
2018 - Paul Tazewell, costume designer (Hamilton)
2017 - Deborah Riley, production designer (Game of Thrones)
2016 - Quentin Tarantino, film-maker (Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood)
2015 - Bill Prady, producer (The Big Bang Theory)
2014 - Ellen Mirojnick, costume designer (Bridgerton)
2013 - Rob Holcomb, director (ER)
2012 - Judith Dolan, costume designer (Candide)
2011 - Guillermo Del Toro, filmmaker (The Shape of Water)
