BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Tony®
Award-winning production designer Derek McLane will serve as designer
for the 85th Academy Awards® telecast, show producers Craig Zadan and
Neil Meron announced today. This will be McLane's first time designing
an Oscar set.
"Derek is one of our most
talented set designers, and we had a very successful collaboration with
him on our recent Broadway revival of How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying,"
said Zadan and Meron. "We were very eager to reunite with him, and we
believe he'll bring a fresh perspective to the Oscar telecast."
Over his career, McLane
has designed sets for numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, several
of which have been nominated for Tony Awards. He received four
nominations and won Best Scenic Design of a Play in 2009 for his work on
33 Variations. McLane's other Broadway credits include The Heiress, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Gore Vidal's The Best Man, Follies, Anything Goes, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Grease and I Am My Own Wife.
The 85th Academy Awards
nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 10, 2013, at
5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
Academy Awards for
outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on Sunday,
February 24, 2013, at the Dolby Theatre™ at Hollywood & Highland
Center®, and televised live on the ABC Television Network. The Oscar
presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries
worldwide.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world's
preeminent movie-related organization, with a membership of more than
6,000 of the most accomplished men and women working in cinema. In
addition to the annual Academy Awards–in which the members vote to
select the nominees and winners–Academy presents a diverse year-round
slate of public programs, exhibitions and events; provides financial
support to a wide range of other movie-related organizations and
endeavors; acts as a neutral advocate in the advancement of motion
picture technology; and, through its Margaret Herrick Library and
Academy Film Archive, collects, preserves, restores and provides access
to movies and items related to their history. Through these and other
activities the Academy serves students, historians, the entertainment
industry and people everywhere who love movies.
SOURCE The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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