Lawrence G. Paull, an award-winning production designer and art director whose work on the science fiction classic 'Blade Runner' received an Oscar nomination, died Sunday at 81 in La Jolla
“Ridley really knew how to appeal to the art department, he was very wise about it,” Paull said in an interview. “What he would say, up in the art department: ‘If you build it, I’ll shoot it.’ And who could resist the temptation of that? Because we’ve all suffered, making films with gigantic sets, and beautiful sets, and all that is shown are talking heads. And that was disappointing. But because [Ridley] was an art director, he knew he could hook us with that bait.
Paull also taught a production design program at Los Angeles Film School since 1999 and later became a professor at the Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. Before Chapman, he was the senior filmmaker-in-residence at the AFI in Los Angeles, creating the curriculum required for another masters in production design.
Survivors include his wife, Marcy; son Michael; sister Lesley; and brother-in-law Craig. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations be made in his memory to the charity of your choice. There will be no services.
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