DARA WAXMAN
DESIGNER FILM & JEWELRY
PRODUCTION DESIGN
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Dhar Mann Studios — Los Angeles, CA November 2024 – Present
Producing positive content for you tube
• Production Designer leading the art department
• Designing and executing up to 30 sets a day across 3 stages and locations
• Supporting up to 10 simultaneous shooting crew productions daily
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War Dawgz — Lux Studios / Lionsgate July 2024 – October 2024
• Director: Kevin Grevioux
• Production Designer and Art Director for feature-length production
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Haus of Vicious — Lux Studios / BET. February 2024 – June 2024
• Director: Raven-Symoné
• Lead design team and art direction for series production
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Hidden Empire Film Group — Various Projects 2018 – 2023
• Free Agents (Previz) — Director: Deon Taylor | DP: Dante Spinotti, ASC
• Mayweather (Documentary) — Director: Deon Taylor | DP: Dante Spinotti, ASC
• Fear (Reshoots) — Director: Deon Taylor | DP: Chris Mosley
• Social Distance — Director: Deon Taylor | DP: Chris Duskin
• Be Woke, Vote — Director: Deon Taylor
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Feature Films & Television
• Token — Brown Letter Media | Director: Sean Miller
• Elyse — Margam Films | Director: Stella Hopkins | DP: Dante Spinotti, ASC
• 100 Humans — Netflix | Producer: Julie Dubensky | DP: Edgar Martin
• Christmas Cookie Challenge — Hallmark Channel (Series)
• Days of Our Lives — NBC (Sketches / New Show Development)
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Commercial & Branded Content
• Ping Identity — Commercial | Producer: J. Virdone | Featuring Terry Crews
• Ink Games / Granny Gone Wild— Con Acquisitions Group | EP: Evan Astrowsky
• Together Health — Commercial | EP: R. Gregg | Featuring William Shatner
• Kevin Hart: Laugh Out Loud — Comedy Central | Producer: Ryan Bantu
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SET DECORATION
• Meet the Peetes — Hallmark Productions | Producer: Julie Dubensky
• You Get Me — Awesomeness Films / Hulu | Producer: Robyn Marshall
• Northern Borders — FilmRise | Director: Jay Craven | Producer: Veronica Nickel
• The Man from Elysian Fields — Director: George Hickenlooper | DP: Kramer Morgenthau
• The Hard Truth — Director: Bruce Beresford | Designer: Michael T. Perry
• Two Moon Junction- Director: Farhad Mann | Designer: Michael T. Perry
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Additional Experience
Production Secretary / Assistant
• The Fighter —Prod Secretary- Relativity Media | Director: David O. Russell
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On-Set Dresser
• A Nightmare on Elm Street V — Director: Stephen Hopkins | DP: Russ Carpenter, ACS
• The Dark Backwards — Director: Adam Rifkin
• Fairy Tale Theater: Rock ’n’ Roll Rhyme Land — Producer: Shelley Duvall
• Straight Talk— Director: Barnett Kelman| Designer: Michael T. Perry
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Art Director-Events, Concerts & Special Design
• Ozzy Osbourne — Concert | Long Beach Arena | Lighting Designer: J.D. Brodrick
• Cher — Mermaids / It’s in His Kiss (Music Video) | Director: Marty Balin
• Steely Dan —Fleetwood Mac — Greek Theater Lighting Designer: Louis Mawcinett
• Academy Awards Governor’s Ball — Producer: Gil Gates
• Milken Center Teacher of the Year Awards — 2001-2006 -Santa Monica
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Environmental / Private Design
• Penny Marshall — Organic Penthouse Garden Design, New York
• Danny DeVito & Rhea Perlman — Private Residence
• Elizabeth Murdoch Wedding — Event Design
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SKILLS & LANGUAGES
• Production Design • Art Direction • Set Decoration
• Google Ai Certified Project Management
• High-Volume Episodic & Commercial Production
• English, German
• Craft film production- sculpting - model making- set construction
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EDUCATION
Bachelor of History, University of Bridgeport, Connecticut
Certified Archaeology University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Certified Gemological Institute of America (GIA) — California
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​Jewelry & Art workshops
Volunteer at The Art of Elysium 23 years