JANESSA HITSMAN
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ABOUT ME
I find beauty and joy in pushing the boundaries of a films world. Creating, imagining, world building. Whether it's fastidious research for a period piece, or dreaming up furniture for the future, I love fleshing out the details of cinematic worlds.
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Tulsa King | Inside The Looks And Locations | Paramount+
Publicity Video 2022
Between Sylvester Stallone's sharp suits and the authentic Tulsa locations, a lot of work went into crafting the perfect Tulsa King mood. Production Designer Todd Jeffery, Costume Designer Suzanne McCabe, and Set Decorator Janessa Hitsman discuss how they curated the series' look and feel.
FILMMAKER MAGAZINE - WONDER WOMEN: BELOW THE LINE AT THE 2020 SCAD SAVANNAH FILM FESTIVAL
November 3, 2020
While laudable causes to achieve gender parity in the film industry have been all the rage for a number of years (remember the mad rush of fests signing on to – and then publicizing their signing on to – the 5050×2020 pledge?), too often the result seems to be simply seating a woman in the director’s chair and forgetting about the rest of the table.
Set Decor - Timeless
July 5, 2018
Set Decor talks with Timeless season one Decorator, Janessa Hitsman, about all the nuances of pulling off a scripted series set in multiple times periods.
HOW 'PROJECT BLUE BOOK' PRODUCTION DESIGNERS EVOKED THE GOLDEN AGE OF UFOS
January 16, 2020
To transport “Project Blue Book” viewers into the top-secret world of the U.S. government’s Cold War-era U.F.O. investigations, production designer Ross Dempster and his team were tasked with conjuring a moment in time—from scratch.
