Rocco Matteo

Rocco Matteo (* in Toronto , Ontario ) is a Canadian production designer , art director and producer.

Life and accomplishments

Rocco Matteo's parents were Italian immigrants. He studied architecture at the University of Toronto and then attended the Ontario College of Art for a year . He worked for design companies for several years . As a freelancer , he then created sets for operas and theater stages. Finally he turned to the film section. In 1995 he designed decorations for the romantic film drama The Scarlet Letter ( The Scarlet Letter ) with Demi Moore as the lead actress. In spring 1998 he was nominated for the dramatic television series Nikita ( La Femme Nikita ) at the Gemini Awards . In addition to costume designer Laurie Drew, Matteo shaped the minimalist style and characteristic look of the series, in which the appearance often reveals more than the sparse words. He joined these agents series of Joel Surnow with the main actors Peta Wilson and Roy Dupuis as executive ( Executive Producer on). In 2005 he was nominated for a DGC Craft Award from the Directors Guild of Canada for Lives of the Saints . In 2006 he worked on the movie The Sentinel - Whom Can You Trust? ( The Sentinel ) with Michael Douglas , Kiefer Sutherland , Eva Longoria and Kim Basinger .

As Production Designer , Matteo is responsible for the set designs and as Art Director for the buildings and the decorations.

Filmography

Production design 1995: The Wharf Rat 1996: Tucker James of High School Blitz (Flash Forward) (4 episodes) (TV series) 1996: Killer Cops (Gang in Blue) 1997–2000: Nikita (La Femme Nikita) (88 episodes) (TV series) 1999: Welcome to Freak City (Freak City) 2001: Mutant X (22 episodes) (TV series) 2002: Chasing Cain: Face 2002: Interstate 60 2003: The wedding of my dream woman (The One) 2003: The Cheetah Girls 2003: Playmakers (TV series) 2004: Blood 2004: Lives of the Saints 2004: Samantha: An American Girl Holiday 2005: Kojak (pilot episode) 2005: Kojak 2005: The Power Strikers (TV series) 2005: Shania: A Life in Eight Albums

Buildings / decoration construction 1992: Grandfather's Confession (The Secret) 1993: Matrix (TV series) 1993: Scenes from a Family (Family Pictures) 1993: Indian Summer - A Wild Week Among Friends (Indian Summer) 1993: John F. Kennedy - Wilde Jugend (JFK: Reckless Youth) 1994: Robocop (TV series) 1995: Shock Treatment 1996: A Family Sucks (The Stupids) 1996: The sinking of the Cosa Nostra (Gotti) 1996: Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault 2006: The Sentinel - Who Can You Trust? (The Sentinel) Art Department 1988: Die Unzertrennlichen (Dead Ringers) - as an art department trainee 1992: The Sound and the Silence - as assistant art director 1995: The Scarlet Letter - as a set designer 2002: My Big Fat Greek Wedding

executive producer

• 1997–2001: Nikita (La Femme Nikita) (TV series)

literature

• Christopher Heyn : Inside Section One: Creating and Producing TV's La Femme Nikita , Los Angeles: Persistence of Vision Press, September 2006, English, ISBN 0-9787625-0-9 . Pages 174 to 180 are about the work of Rocco Matteo, who was interviewed, in the series.

Web links

• Rocco Matteo in the Internet Movie Database (English)