Charles E. McCarry
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Training
Yale School of Drama

Affiliation
United Scenic Artists, local 829, IATSE

Film

Farlanders, Focus Features
Asst. Art Director, 2008
Director: Sam Mendes
Production Designer: Jes Gonchor

The Taking of Pelham 123, Columbia
Asst. Art Director, 2008
Director: Tony Scott
Production Designer: Chris Seagers

American Gangster, Universal
Asst. Art Director, 2006
Director: Ridley Scott
Production Designer: Arthur Max

Chapter 27, Peach Arch Entertainment
Asst. Art Director, 2005
Director: Jarrett Schaeffer
Production Designer: Kalina Ivanov

The Departed, Warner Brothers
Asst. Art Director, 2005
Director: Martin Scorsese
Production Designer: Kristi Zea

The Producers, Universal/Columbia
Ass’t. Art Director, 2005
Director: Susan Stroman
Production Designer: Mark Freidberg

Get Rich or Die Tryin', Paramount
Art Director, NYC, 2005
Director: Jim Sheridan
Production Designer: Mark Geraghty

War of the Worlds, Paramount
Asst. Art Director, 2004
Director: Steven Spielberg
Production Designer: Rick Carter

A NY Minute, Warner Brothers
Art Director, NYC, 2003
Director: Dennie Gordon
Production Designer: Michael Carlin

Elf, New Line Cinema
Art Director, NYC, 2002
Director: Jon Favreau
Production Designer: Rusty Smith

School of Rock, Paramount Pictures
Asst. Art Director, 2002
Director: Richard Linklater
Production Designer: Jeremy Conway

How To Lose a Guy In Ten Days, Paramount Pictures
Asst. Art Director, 2002
Director: Donald Petrie
Production Designer: Therese DePrez

Maid in Manhattan, Revolution Films
Asst. Art Director, 2002
Director: Wayne Wang
Production Designer: Jane Musky

People I Know, Wildwood Productions
Art Director, 2001
Director: Dan Algrant
Production Designer: Michael Shaw

Runaway Bride, Paramount Pictures
Asst. Art Director, 1998
Director: Garry Marshall
Production Designer: Mark Freidberg

Summer of Sam, Touchstone
Asst. Art Director, 1998
Director: Spike Lee
Production Designer: Therese DePrez

The Sixth Sense, Touchstone
Asst. Art Director, 1998
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Production Designer: Larry Fulton

The Siege, Twentieth Century Fox
Asst. Art Director, 1998
Director: Ed Zwick
Production Designer: Lilly Kilvert

A Perfect Murder, Warner Brothers
Asst. Art Director, 1997
Director: Andrew Davis
Production Designer: Philip Rosenberg

Stepmom, Sony TriStar
Asst. Art Director, 1997
Director: Chris Columbus
Production Designer: Stuart Wurtzel

Snake Eyes, Paramount Pictures
Asst. Art Director, 1997
Director: Brian DePalma
Production Designer: Anne Pritchard

The Spanish Prisoner, Jasmin Productions
Art Director: NYC, 1996
Director: David Mamet
Production Designer: Tim Galvin

Copland, Miramax
Asst. Art Director, 1996
Director: James Mangold
Production Designer: Lester Cohen

The Preacher's Wife, Merriweather Productions
Asst. Art Director, 1996
Director: Penny Marshall
Production Designer: Bill Groom

Sleepers, Warner Brothers
Asst. Art Director, 1995
Director: Barry Levinson
Production Designer: Kristi Zea

The Money Train, Columbia
Asst. Art Director, 1995
Director: Joe Ruben
Production Designer: Bill Groom

Cocktail, Buena Vista
Art Director: NYC, 1988
Director: Roger Donaldson
Production Designer: Mel Bourne

Wall Street, 20th Century Fox
Art Director: NYC, 1987
Director: Oliver Stone
Production Designers: Mel Bourne, Steve Hendrickson

Manhunter, DEG
Asst. Art Director, 1986
Director: Michael Mann
Production Designer: Mel Bourne

Television

Play or Be Played (Barry Sonnenfeld/Luke Reiter Pilot), NBC, Assistant Art Director, 2007
The Return of Jezebel James, Regency, Art Director, 2007
Gossip Girl, CW, Asst. Art Director, 2007
Ugly Betty (pilot), , Disney ABC, Art Director, 2006 (ADG Best Production Design, 2007)
The Black Donnellys, NBC, Asst. Art Director, 2006
The Book of Daniel, NBC Universal Television, Art Director, 2005
The Jury, Twentieth Century Fox TV, Art Director, 2004
M-TV Video Music Awards, Radio City Music Hall, Art Director, 2002
100 Centre Street, A&E, Art Director, 2001
Third Watch, Warner Brothers, Production Designer, 1999-2000
Sex and the City, HBO Productions, Asst. Art Director, 1998, 1999, 2003; Art Director, 2000
NBC Olympics, Asst. Art Director, 2000 (Sidney), 2004 (Athens)
Cosby, CBS, Asst. Art Director, 1996
Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, Art Director/ Scenic Designer (show & theater renovation), 1993
Tales From The Darkside, Production Designer, 1986
ABC World News Tonight, Production Designer, 1983
Saturday Night Live, Scenic Designer, 1982-83

Broadway

The Will Rogers' Follies Asst. Designer, 1991
(Tony Award: Best Musical)
Director: Tommy Tune
Production Designer: Tony Walton

City of Angels, Asst. Designer, Art Director/ Designer of film sequence, 1990
(Tony Award: Best Musical & Scenic Design)
Director: Michael Blakemore
Production Designer: Robin Wagner

Jerome Robbins' Broadway, Asst. Designer, 1989
(Tony Award: Best Musical)
Director: Jerome Robbins
Production Design: Robin Wagner,
Tony Walton, Oliver Smith, Boris Aronson, Jo Meilziner

Chess, Asst. Designer, 1988
Director: Trevor Nunn
Production Design: Robin Wagner

Las Vegas

EFX Asst. Designer, 1995
Production Designer: David Mitchell

Academic

Assistant Professor, Scenic Design Theater Arts and Film, SUNY Purchase College, 2005-present
Assistant Professor, Scenic Design Carnegie-Mellon University, 1990-92
Instructor, Scenic Design NYU, Barnard College, Temple University

Other Work

Nat Sherman Tobacconist 42nd Street & 5th Avenue, NYC, Interior and Exterior Design
TV Commercials Production Design
Broadway, Off-Broadway & Regional Theatre Production Design

Designs are featured in "Designing and Drawing for the Theatre"
and"Masters of Modern Costume Design," both by Lynn Pecktal.