Walter P. Martishius
, b. 1959
Walter P. Martishius was born on May 19, 1959, in Toledo, Ohio, USA. He is a production designer, art director, set designer, concept artist, illustrator, and matte painter, known for many productions. He has worked in the entertainment industry on live-action features, live-action commercials, combined live-action and CG television and feature animation. He now owns an independent design studio, Martishius Designs that can fulfill any design needs: a full production design of a project, concept art, visual development or a matte painting. Martishius was nominated for a 1990 Joseph Jefferson Award for Scenic Design for Kiss of the Spider Woman at the Pegasus Players Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. He was also nominated for an Emmy for his Production Design on the three-part mini-series Dinotopia.
Achievements:
- Film Set Designer: Sleeping With The Enemy (20th Century Fox), Terminator II (Carolco Pictures), Patriot Games (Paramount Pictures), Sliver (Paramount Pictures).
- Animation Director: Barbie Fairytopia (Mainframe Entertainment/Mattel Feature), Barbie Fairytopia II Mermaidia (Mainframe Entertainment/Mattel Feature).
- Art Director: A River Runs Through It (Columbia Pictures), Super Mario Bros (Buena Vista Pictures), Wacky Races 2D/3D Animated Series (Warner Bros Animation), The House With A Clock In Its Walls (Amblin Ent.), Christmas Chronicles 2 (Netflix Feature Film).
- Commercial Production Design: Xerox, Nike, AT&T, Mazda, Air Touch, Cheerios, Hallmark, All Sport, Albertsons, Lynx Golf, M&M's, Doritos, Nestle.
- Production Designer: Demolition Man (Warner Bros), The Next Karate Kid (Columbia Pictures), The Specialist (Warner Bros), Theodore Rex (New Line Cinema), Dinosaur (Walt Disney Feature Animation), The District (Denise DiNovi Productions TV Pilot), Dinotopia (Hallmark Entertainment TV Mini-series), Barbie In A Mermaids Tale (Rainmaker Entertainment/Mattel Feature), Barbie In A Fashion Fairytale (Rainmaker Entertainment/Mattel Feature), Barbie A Fairy Secret (Rainmaker Entertainment/Mattel Feature), Barbie Princess Charm School (Rainmaker Entertainment/Mattel Feature), Barbie A Perfect Christmas (Rainmaker Entertainment/Mattel Feature), Barbie A Princess And The Popstar (Rainmaker Entertainment/Mattel Feature), Barbie In The Pink Shoes (Rainmaker Entertainment/Mattel Feature), Barbie Mariposa And The Fairy Princess (Rainmaker Entertainment/Mattel Feature), Tarzan And Jane Season 2 Netflix Series.
- Visual Development/Concept Artist: Shanghai Fortress (Feature Film HS Entertainment Group).
Source:
Official website (accessed: October 27, 2020).
Bio prepared by Marta Pszczolińska, University of Warsaw, m.pszczolinska@al.uw.edu.pl
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