Dave Blass

David (Dave) Blass is a three time Emmy Nominated American production designer and art director. His work includes the following:

He was nominated for the 2012 and 2014 Primetime Emmy Awards as Production Designer for the Justified television series, and the 2015 Primetime Emmy Award for the "Constantine" television series[1] , Nominated for the 2015 Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a One Hour Contemporary Television Series , and has twice been published with cover stories in Perspective Magazine. Oct/Nov 2009, , with an article on his pre-visualization of the final shot for the ER television series, [2] and February/March 2012 featuring an article on his production design of the Justified series. For his work accurately portraying the State of Kentucky on the Television program Justified he was awarded the honor of "Kentucky Colonel in 2011 by Governor Steven Beshear.

He is a member of the Art Directors Guild and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Personal life

Blass grew up in Ashland, Massachusetts and graduated from the Ashland High School, where he wrote and directed his first film, A SADD Story, for "Students Against Drunk Driving" – which won a Reader's Digest contest.[3][4] He also played soccer and baseball while at Ashland High.[3][4] His film achievement in high school led to him receiving a scholarship to attend the Emerson College in Boston, where he majored in film production.[3][4] He then moved to California and began working in the film and television industry – initially working under Roger Corman.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Tedeshi, David (14 September 2012). "The Road to the Emmys". Shoot Online. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  2. ↑ Fredrickson, Marc. "Tight Production Schedule? Dave Blass delivers the shots". Form Fonts. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Chris Bergeron, Ashland grad sets the scene on 'Justified', MetroWest Daily News, Jan. 23, 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Jennifer Lord, Ashland grad recognized for TV art direction work, MetroWest Daily News, Feb. 18, 2007.

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