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M E R C E D E S I G N S
Sweet Genius
M E R C E D E S I G N SMEMBER OF Art Directors Guild & Scenic, Title and Graphic Artists–—IATSE Local 800
Television
production design:
Cat Walk – Jane Street Prod./ Life Time
Rachael Ray vs. Guy Fieri ¬– Jane Street Prod./ Food Network
Sweet Genius – Jane Street Prod./ Food Network
Next Food Network Star – CBS Eye 2/ Food Network
Kitchen Nightmares – Arthur Smith and Co./ FOX
You’rE Cut Off (season 1 and 2) – Allison Grodner Productions/ VH1
She’s Got The Look – Allison Grodner Productions/ TV Land
Family Crews – BET
Sunday’s Best – BET
Shaq VS. (season 1 and 2) – ABC/ Dick Clark Production
Split Ends – 44 Blue/ Style Network
I Married A Stranger – FOX
The People Speak – Howard Zinn, Chris Moore, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck
Newlyweds 1 and 2 – ABC/ Syndicated Productions
High School Musical: Get In The Picture – ABC/ Derby Productions
Scott Baio is 45 and Single – VH1/ 3 Ball Productions
art direction:
Dr. Phil Road Show – Paramount/ Free Mantle
Hell’s Kitchen 4-7 – Fox/ Granada Entertainment
Biggest Loser 1-4 – NBC/Universal/ 3 Ball Entertainment
Endurance (Tejon) – Discovery/ 3 Ball Entertainment
Feature
production design:
La Cerca – Chica Productions
Hungry Hearts – Hungry Hearts Productions
Related – Fox Searchlight
A Long Road to Travel – Davis Motion Picture
Mental Hygiene – Upbin Productions
The Room – Chloe Productions
Mean – Fox Searchlight
Music Video
Moby – Where House Lounge
Summer Nights, Lil’Rob –
MTV/ Treasure Entertainment
Eve 6 – Digital Planet
Vertical Horizon – Digital Planet
Jessica Andrews – Digital Planet
Eden’s Crush – Digital Planet
A Teens – Digital Planet
Boys to Men – Where House Lounge
Eric Benet – Where House Lounge
De La Sol – Where House Lounge
Rat Dog – Where House Lounge
Devo – Where House Lounge
310-869-2373 M E R C E D E S I G N S @ YA HO O . COM
Commercials
Production Design:
Depends – cinavative productions
V-Cut – Lip Stick Inc.
9 to 5, Dolly Parton – Cinavative Productions
Zip it – Lip Stick Inc.
KB Homes – Caudill and Associates
Philips Widescreen – Angela Sostre
Scenic Design
Galveston the King – Celebration Theater
Van Sun Entertainment – Vietnamese Variety Show
Insurrection – Maccadden Playhouse, Hollywood
(Reviewed: Variety, Back Stage West, LA Times, Best Scenic & Production Design -LA Weekly)
Skin of our Teeth – 1340 Westwood, CA
Life Cord – UCLA Theater
The Seagull – Peg Deithore, Smith College
Mice and Men – Smoking Gun Productions, New York
Stacked – Gowanus Art Exchange, New York
Sistah’s Indeed – Maryra Richardson’s Production
The Strong Breed – Academy of Music, Northampton, MA
Lonely Planet – Hampshire College
Four Sundays in February – Academy of Music, Northampton, MA
IF WE Are Women – Hampshire College
Jane Fort(Editor and Chief, Teen Magazine)
Kevin P. Lewis(Art Director)
WEST COAST108 west 2nd street Suite 502Los Angeles, CA 90012
EAST COAST35 MERCER STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10013
References
Donna MacLetchie
(Executive Producer, Owner Jane Street)
Jeff Anderson (Executive in charge Allison Grodner)
M E R C E D E S I G N S
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts - Smith College
Master of Fine Arts - UCLA School of Theater, Film And Television
My name is Merce, a Scenic/Production Designer with BA and MFA in
production design and member of IASTE Local 800. 10 years ago I
created my own production design company, MerceDesigns, a company
that designs for film, theater, music videos, and print. We create work
that is provocative, elegant, innovative, and cost effective.
Our television work is extensive. We Just wrapped several new shows
for Food Network: SWEET GENIUS, NEXT FOOD NETWORK STAR, and
RACHAEL RAY VS. GUY FIERI, plus a new show for Lifetime called
CATWALK. We designed seasons 1 and 2 of NEWLYWEDS for ABC, as well
as HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: GET IN THE PICTURE, and SHAQ VS. For VH1.
We designed YOU’RE CUT OFF season’s 1 and 2 and SCOTT BAIO IS SINGLE
AND 45. TV land commissioned SHE’S GOT THE LOOK and we just finished
Bet’s SUNDAY BEST and FAMILY CREWS. After working on BIGGEST LOSER
seasons 1-6, the Emmy wining ENDURANCE, DR. PHIL’S ROAD SHOW, and
seasons 4-9 of HELL’S KITCHEN.
THE PEOPLE SPEAK, a commission from producers Ben Affleck, Matt
Damon and Chris Moore headlined Bruce Springsteen, Morgan Freeman,
Danny Glover, Josh Brolin, Viggo Morison, and Marissa Tomei. It aired
on the History Channel 2009–2011.
Clients include: Sony, Philips, Teen Magazine, Moby, Boys to Men.
HUNGRY HEARTS, the latest of our eight independent features, won Best
New Film at the Hollywood Film Festival. Commercials include Dolly
Parton’s 9 TO 5, Philips Widescreen Television, the Salvation Army, and
KB Homes.
Our largest theater commission was Van Sun Entertainment, The Miss
Vietnam America Pageant, where 60 women descended two spiral
staircases around a 40-foot Liberty torch. Built in LA, a crew of 25 and
two semi-trucks were required to assemble and transport it to San Jose
and on to the national pageant in Houston. We created the Exterior
French Street for Sony’s American Independent Commercial Producers
Party in the Barker Hanger in Santa Monica Airport attended by some
3000 guests.
Please feel free to email me at [email protected] for an
appointment to view my portfolio/reel.
You will not be disappointed. Merce
M E R C E D E S I G N S