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

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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)

jfort@hearst.com

Kevin P. Lewis(Art Director)

kplewis@sbcglobal.net

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References

Donna MacLetchie

(Executive Producer, Owner Jane Street)

donna@janestreetentertainment.com

Jeff Anderson (Executive in charge Allison Grodner)

janderson@4thfloor.tv

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 mercedesigns@yahoo.com 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