Judy Becker
Judy Becker (* 1955 or 1956 in New York ) is an American set designer for films. At the 2014 Academy Awards , she was nominated in the Best Production Design category for the Oscar for the feature film American Hustle .
Life
She was born as the daughter of Nobel Laureate in Economics, Gary Stanley Becker and Doria Slote Becker. She has a sister, Catherine Becker, and two stepbrothers from her father's second marriage. She graduated from Barnard College , earned a Masters degree in European History from Columbia University in 1978 and a law degree from New York University . In 1996 she married Michael Taylor, who works as an editor in the film industry . In the same year she started working as a partner in the law firm Arnold & Porter .
She began her film set and set designer career in the New York independent film community. In the following years she worked on films such as Garden State , Brokeback Mountain and The Last Gentleman . In 2014 she and Heather Loeffler were nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Production Design for the feature film American Hustle . She had previously worked with the film's director David O. Russell on Silver Linings and The Fighter .
She lives in Manhattan with her husband .
Filmography (selection)
- 1992: Sublet
- 1998: From a High Place
- 2000: The Opponent
- 2001: The Jimmy Show
- 2002: Long Way Home - Summer in New York (Raising Victor Vargas)
- 2002: Personal Velocity: Three Portraits
- 2002: XX / XY
- 2004: Dandelion - A Love in Idaho (Dandelion)
- 2004: Garden State
- 2005: Brokeback Mountain
- 2005: Thumbsucker
- 2006: Cold Blood - In the footsteps of Truman Capote (Infamous)
- 2006: The Hawk Is Dying
- 2007: I'm Not There
- 2008: management
- 2008: stop loss
- 2010: The Last Gentleman (The Extra Man)
- 2011: Shame
- 2011: The Fighter
- 2011: We Need to Talk About Kevin
- 2011: His Way
- 2012: Hitchcock
- 2012: Ruby Sparks - My Fabulous Girlfriend (Ruby Sparks)
- 2012: Silver Linings (Silver Linings Playbook)
- 2013: American Hustle
- 2015: Carol
- 2015: Love without a health insurance certificate (Accidental Love)
- 2015: Joy - Anything but Ordinary (Joy)
Web links
- Judy Becker in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Judy Becker and Michael Taylor. August 11, 1996, accessed January 3, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c Judy Becker for Carol. Retrieved January 3, 2016 .
- ↑ The Oscars 2014: 13 universities up for Academy Awards. February 27, 2014, accessed January 3, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Becker, Judy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American set designer for films |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1955 or 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York , United States |