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Paul Eads

  • Production Designer
  • Art Director
  • Art Department
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Paul Eads is a Los Angeles based Production Designer for Film and Television. A graduate of Kalamazoo college, he attended the Yale School of Drama and subsequently began his career in Theater and Film in New York City, becoming a member of United Scenic Artists Local 829 in 1979. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1985 where he became a member of the Art Directors Guild Local 800 in 1989 and began to work in Television as well as Film. He has received three Emmy Awards for his work on NYPD Blue and Murder One for Steven Bochco, and Boston Public for David E Kelley. He received an award from the Art Directors Guild for his design of Brooklyn South, also for Bochco. His more recent credits include the pilot and first season of Angie Tribeca, for Steve Carrell, the pilot for the NBC/Universal series Grimm, and six seasons of Major Crimes for Shepherd-Robin/TNT. His Production Design work for Feature Film includes Frequency, Fracture, and Untraceable for director Gregory Hoblit, and Save the Last Dance, for director Thomas Carter. He designed the 2009 reboot of Fame for which he is also credited as Second Unit Director.
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    • Won 3 Primetime Emmys
      • 4 wins & 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Dennis Franz, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Jacqueline Obradors, Charlotte Ross, Henry Simmons, and Gordon Clapp in NYPD Blue (1993)
    NYPD Blue
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Production Designer
    Dennis Quaid and Daniel Henson in Frequency (2000)
    Frequency
    7.4
    • Production Designer
    • 2000
    Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling in Fracture (2007)
    Fracture
    7.2
    • Production Designer
    • 2007
    Dudley Moore in Arthur (1981)
    Arthur
    6.9
    • Art Department
    • 1981

    Credits

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    Production Designer



    • All Rise (2019)
      All Rise
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Production Designer
      • 2019–2020
    • Jay Hernandez and Perdita Weeks in Magnum P.I. (2018)
      Magnum P.I.
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Production Designer
      • 2018
    • Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz, Tony Denison, Robert Gossett, Jon Tenney, Phillip P. Keene, and Kearran Giovanni in Major Crimes (2012)
      Major Crimes
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Production Designer
      • 2012–2018
    • Jere Burns, Rashida Jones, Deon Cole, Hayes MacArthur, Andree Vermeulen, and Jagger in Angie Tribeca (2016)
      Angie Tribeca
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Production Designer
      • 2016
    • Kyra Sedgwick, G.W. Bailey, Tony Denison, Robert Gossett, J.K. Simmons, Jon Tenney, and Corey Reynolds in The Closer (2005)
      The Closer
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Production Designer
      • 2010–2012
    • David Czarra Giuntoli in Grimm (2011)
      Grimm
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Production Designer
      • 2011
    • Fame (2009)
      Fame
      5.0
      • Production Designer
      • 2009
    • James Woods in Shark (2006)
      Shark
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Production Designer
      • 2007–2008
    • Diane Lane in Untraceable (2008)
      Untraceable
      6.2
      • Production Designer
      • 2008
    • Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling in Fracture (2007)
      Fracture
      7.2
      • Production Designer
      • 2007
    • Kimberly Elise and Jennifer Finnigan in Close to Home (2005)
      Close to Home
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Production Designer
      • 2005–2006
    • Blind Justice (2005)
      Blind Justice
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Production Designer
      • 2005
    • NYPD 2069 (2004)
      NYPD 2069
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • Production Designer
      • 2004
    • Gretchen Mol, Kathleen Robertson, and Chyler Leigh in Girls Club (2002)
      Girls Club
      5.2
      TV Series
      • Production Designer
      • 2002
    • Kim Delaney, Kyle Secor, Rick Hoffman, Diana Maria Riva, and Tom Everett Scott in Philly (2001)
      Philly
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Production Designer
      • 2001–2002

    Art Director



    • A Not So Hollow Halloween! (2021)
      A Not So Hollow Halloween!
      TV Series
      • Art Director
      • 2021
    • The Plotagon Show (2019)
      The Plotagon Show
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Art Director
      • 2019
    • Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)
      Brighton Beach Memoirs
      6.8
      • Art Director
      • 1986
    • Danny DeVito and Joe Piscopo in Wise Guys (1986)
      Wise Guys
      5.6
      • Art Director (as Paul Bryan Eads)
      • 1986
    • Turk 182 (1985)
      Turk 182
      6.0
      • Art Director
      • 1985
    • Frank Oz, Dabney Coleman, Jim Henson, Joan Rivers, Gregory Hines, Art Carney, James Coco, and Linda Lavin in The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
      The Muppets Take Manhattan
      6.9
      • Art Director
      • 1984
    • Bruce in Jaws 3-D (1983)
      Jaws 3-D
      3.8
      • Art Director
      • 1983
    • Tempest (1982)
      Tempest
      6.4
      • New York
      • 1982
    • Mariangela Melato and Ryan O'Neal in So Fine (1981)
      So Fine
      5.1
      • Art Director
      • 1981
    • The Fan (1981)
      The Fan
      5.8
      • Art Director
      • 1981

    Art Department



    • Leonard Nimoy in For the Love of Spock (2016)
      For the Love of Spock
      7.6
      • visual consultant
      • 2016
    • Nothing Lasts Forever (1984)
      Nothing Lasts Forever
      6.2
      • assistant art director
      • 1984
    • Dudley Moore in Arthur (1981)
      Arthur
      6.9
      • assistant art director
      • 1981

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Paul Bryan Eads
    • Spouse
      • Mindy RoffmanJune 26, 1986 - present (2 children)

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