Kristi Zea Biography

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KRISTI ZEA (Production Designer, Producer) is a multifaceted filmmaker who is not only a successful and well-respected production designer but also a director, an awarding-winning film producer and a costume designer. Zea has done double-duty on recent projects serving as both production designer and second unit director for such films as Beloved, Sleepers, Philadelphia and The Silence of the Lambs.

Zea made her directorial debut on the HBO telepic, Domestic Dilemma starring Andie MacDowell and Ray Liotta. The film received a Cable ACE Award nomination as part of the Men and Women 2 series. Her other production design credits include The Super, Lorenzo's Oil, Goodfellas, Miss Firecracker, New York Stories, Married to the Mob and, The Family Man, also directed by Brett Ratner and starring Nicolas Cage and Tea Leoni.

Zea began her career as a fashion stylist and eventually went on to design the costumes for such feature films as Silverado, Birdy, Terms of Endearment, Unfaithfully Yours, Shoot the Moon, Endless Love and Fame among others. Zea then broadened her interests into producing serving as associate producer on the motion pictures Lucas and Broadcast News. More recently, Zea produced James Brooks' As Good As It Gets which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture, a Golden Globe Award and a Producers Guild nomination.

Most recently, Zea worked with director Roger Michell on Changing Lanes starring Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson.

Kristi Zea Filmography

Production Designer & Art Director Credits

The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

Changing Lanes (2002)

Red Dragon (2002)

The Family Man (2000)

Beloved (1998)

Sleepers (1996)

The War (1994)

Philadelphia (1993)

Lorenzo's Oil (1992)