Arielle is an LA based Production Designer and Art Director. She grew up in Chicago, Illinois, in a family that encouraged her to travel, see the world, learn about its people, and ask important questions. She studied Theatre and Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and after an initial career in Architecture, earned her MFA in Production Design from the American Film Institute. Upon graduation, Arielle was selected as an Art Director's Guild Production Apprentice as part of the highly selective trainee program, and is currently a member of the Guild.
Arielle’s Production Design credits notably include the Emmy Nominated HBO series McMILLION$ (Sundance 2020), the AppleTV+ series THE BIG CONN (SXSW 2022), and the films SPIDER & JESSIE (SBFF 2025), I’M ON FIRE (TIFF 2022) and THE BLOODHOUND (Arrow 2020). Arielle has also Art Directed on multiple films and television series including Christopher Nolan’s TENET (2020), Disney’s THE LION KING (2019), which was the first feature film ever shot entirely in virtual reality, Netflix’s RED NOTICE (2021), and Star Wars OBI-WAN KENOBI (2022), where Arielle helmed the art direction in the state-of-the art Volume technology. Arielle has participated in panels and consultations for departments, producers, and students on the use of VR and Volume technologies in the art department and in film. Most recently, Arielle Production Designed the feature films MAGIC HOUR for Duplass Brothers Productions starring Daveed Diggs and Katie Aselton, and FORGE starring Kelly Marie Tran and Andie Ju. Both films premiered to rave reviews at SXSW 2025.
Arielle is a designer striving to use the natural and man-made beauty of our world to share the personal, societal, and cultural stories of its people.
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