Arielle is a Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington based Production Designer. Her production experience spans the globe including California, Illinois, Georgia, Florida, Idaho, Wyoming, Ohio, Kentucky, Mexico, and Tel Aviv. Arielle grew up 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 at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. 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 MAGIC HOUR (SXSW 2025) for Duplass Brothers starring Daveed Diggs and Katie Aselton, WHAT WE HIDE (Prime Video, SBFF 2025) starring McKenna Grace, and FORGE (SXSW 2025) starring Kelly Marie Tran. 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 LED 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 yet-to-be released series, THE JET for Apple TV+, and the feature film CIRCLES starring Ed Helms and Pamela Adlon.
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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