Physical Production
Production Designer
Seth Reed is an Emmy nominated Production Designer known for bolstering a wide array of story worlds through his artistic ingenuity and strong sense of history. Set to debut in November, Seth’s most recent production design work will be featured on Apple TV’s For All Mankind, starring Joel Kinnaman, Wrenn Schmidt and Krys Marshall. Seth’s other highlights include hit shows 911 Lone Star, The Expanse, Cosmos, The Gifted and Supergirl. In 2014, Reed received a Primetime Emmy Nomination and Art Directors Guild Nomination for his work on Cosmos, A Spacetime Odyssey starring Neil deGrasse Tyson. Additionally, Seth was nominated for an ADG Award in 2024 for “For All Mankind”.
Seth is also an Emmy Nominated and Award-winning Art Director, having uplifted a number of high profile projects. Many of Hollywood’s most respected directors and designers have entrusted Seth’s artistic abilities, leading to his consistent work on both independent and studio films such as I Heart Huckabee’s, Lords of Dogtown, Real Steel and Minority Report. Recognized for his art direction, Seth won the Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Award for his art direction on the HBO mini-series From The Earth to The Moon.
After receiving a Masters degree in Architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), Seth practiced architecture for 10 years before entering the entertainment world. He credits his architectural approach to production design as an invaluable skill/resource for creative visualization and storytelling. His ability to design and build new worlds in the filmmaking collaborative environment, is what inspires him.
Seth’s other projects include Tombstone, his first Hollywood project, as well as Fight Club, Rat Race, Miami Vice, Blades of Glory and The Express. Currently residing in Los Angeles, Reed has worked on film and television projects around the world, from South America to Iceland to Bulgaria. You can normally find him biking to and from location, and enjoying the great outdoors.