Maggie Smith, Lady in VanROBIN RICHESSON
Richard PryorALAN VILLANUEVA
Marlene DietrichOKSANA NEDAVNIAYA
Henry ManciniGINA FLANAGAN
Whoopi GoldbergPHILLIP BOUTTE JR.
Alfred HitchcockBRIAN VALENZUELA
Marion DoughertyAASHA RAMDEEN
Clint EastwoodCHRISTIAN CORDELLA
Angela BassettCONSTANTINE SEKERIS
Alan Villanueva is an illustrator/costume concept artist and joined the Costume Designers Guild, Local 892 in 2011. He’s had the pleasure to work on many film and TV projects at Warner Bros., Disney, Fox, Universal, Sony, Paramount and Lionsgate. He’s relentless in his effort to fully immerse himself into any project, both big and small, and truly loves to create. Gina DeDomenico Flanagan has more than 25 years’ experience working as a costume concept artist, muralist and cartoonist. In the past two decades, her work has spanned more than 50 films. DeDomenico Flanagan has been featured in several books, teaches Graphic Representation of Design: Life Drawing at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, and frequently serves as a panelist at Comic-Con International in San Diego. Oksana Nedavniaya was born and raised in Moscow, Russia, where she received training as a concert pianist. In 1999 she moved to Los Angeles, where she now resides. For the past ten years, Nedavniaya has been illustrating costumes for film, television and live event productions in the United States and abroad. Christian Cordella was born in Italy, an eighth-generation member of a family of prominent Italian fashion designers. Since his graduation from the Academy of Fine Art of Brera, in Milan and Kingston University, in London, he has received commissions in cities from Hiroshima, Japan, to the Vatican. In 2000 his life began a new chapter in the U.S., where he has been illustrating costumes for international blockbuster movies produced by some of the most prominent studios in Hollywood. Aasha Ramdeen was born in Trinidad, and currently works and resides in Los Angeles. She is a costume and fashion illustrator, as well as a textile designer whose career spans almost 20 years. She was formally introduced to fashion at a young age, and it is this experience that continues to influence her sketches, painting and design aesthetic. Robin Richesson is a storyboard artist and illustrator working mostly in film. Her lifelong love of drawing clothing and costumes led to collaborations with the talented designers in the Costume Designers Guild. She also teaches costumed figure drawing at California State University, Long Beach.
Brian Valenzuela has worked as an illustrator in multiple creative industries for the past ten years, and as an educator at the college level for the past two years. He is an adaptable draftsman, painter and designer who sees picture-making as an opportunity to create engaging puzzles for both himself and his audience to play with. Valenzuela finds daily inspiration from his wife’s lively sense of humor, artists like John Singer Sargent, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Milton Glaser, and incongruities in verbal communication. Phillip Boutte Jr. is a costume illustrator/production designer working in film, television and music video. With more than 40 feature films under his belt, he has collaborated with many top costume designers, producers and directors. Bringing a fresh perspective and providing visual diversity in his characters are constant and top priorities in the work he presents. He is grateful to be able to work with and learn from so many creative talents, all the while supporting his family doing something he loves. For the past 20 years, concept artist Constantine Sekeris has worked on a variety of movie projects such as G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Man of Steel, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Thor, Thor: The Dark World, Star Trek Into Darkness, Ender’s Game and more. His work can be seen in the upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Ghostbusters.
