Ethan Tobman Explained

Ethan Tobman
Birth Date:30 May 1979
Birth Place:Montreal, Canada
Occupation:Production designer
Director
Awards:Canadian Screen Award for Best Art Direction/Production Design

Ethan Tobman (born May 30, 1979) is a Canadian film production designer and director.

Tobman is from Montreal.[1] He directed the short film Remote, which screened at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.[2] The Hollywood Reporter positively reviewed Tobman's production design for the 2014 film That Awkward Moment.[3]

He served as production designer for the 2015 Canadian-Irish film Room, for which he and Mary Kirkland won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design.[4] In designing the eponymous Room set at Pinewood Toronto Studios, he set out with the idea "that every square inch of Room needed to have a backstory."[5] Tobman also proposed an "inverted Rubik's Cube" for a set, with removable parts.[6] Tobman subsequently worked on Felix van Groeningen's 2018 Beautiful Boy. Using the house from the TV series Big Little Lies for a set, he made numerous alterations including to the counters.[7]

Tobman has also served as a production designer for music videos, including "Formation" and "Lemonade" by Beyoncé.[8] [9] In 2014, for the music video "The Writing's on the Wall" by the U.S. band OK Go, he was tasked with helping create a number of perspective illusions.[10] He served as creative director and production designer for Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour concert tour and its related concert film .[11]

Tobman has been the recipient of three Art Directors Guild Awards: "Black Is King," directed by Beyoncé (2020);[12] "All Too Well: The Short Film," by Taylor Swift (2021);[13] and "I Can See You," by Taylor Swift (2023).[14] He has also been nominated for three MTV Music Video Awards for Art Direction: "Not Afraid," by Eminem (2010);[15] "Willow," by Taylor Swift (2020);[16] and "Fortnight," by Taylor Swift (2024).[17]

Tobman won the Juno Award for Video of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2024, for his music video for Allison Russell's "Demons."[18] In the same year, the Prism Prize named Tobman as the recipient of its Special Achievement Award.[19]

Filmography

Visual albums

Music videos

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oscar-nominated Room required painstaking precision from cast and crew . Brunhuber . Kim . 25 February 2016 . 22 July 2016 . CBC News. https://web.archive.org/web/20160612172620/http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/room-set-design-trauma-1.3460087 . 12 June 2016.
  2. Web site: Ethan Tobman . 24 October 2018 . Cannes Film Festival.
  3. Web site: That Awkward Moment: Film Review . Linden . Sheri . 29 January 2014 . 1 January 2017 . The Hollywood Reporter.
  4. Web site: Room cleans up at final night of 2016 Screenies . Cummins . Julianna . 13 March 2016 . 1 January 2017 . Playback.
  5. Web site: Why 'Room' Director Lenny Abrahamson Spent A Month Hiding In A Bathtub . Buxton . Ryan . 18 December 2015 . 22 July 2016 . The Huffington Post.
  6. Web site: 'Room': Creating a Whole World in a 10-Foot Space . Tapley . Kristopher . 19 November 2015 . 27 July 2016 . Variety.
  7. Web site: Yes, the Beautiful Boy House Is the Same As the Big Little Lies House . Harris . Hunter . 23 October 2018 . 24 October 2018 . Vulture.com.
  8. Web site: Beyoncé's 'Formation': How a Historic Pasadena Home Went Southern Gothic for This Year's Biggest Video . 10 February 2016 . 24 October 2018 . . 25 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181025071133/https://www.yahoo.com/news/beyonc-formation-historic-pasadena-home-182950252.html . dead .
  9. Web site: Beautiful Boy: Interview with Director Van Groeningen about his Tale of Drug Addiction, Starring Oscar Nominee Timothee Chalamet . Levy . Emanuel . 6 October 2018 . 24 October 2018 . . 25 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181025071105/http://emanuellevy.com/review/beautiful-boy-interview-with-director-van-groeningen-about-his-tale-of-drug-addiction-starring-oscar-nominee-timothee-chalamet/ . dead .
  10. Web site: When tech offered no shortcuts, OK Go made magic happen the old-fashioned way . Jones . Bill . 17 August 2014 . 24 October 2018 . Digital Trends.
  11. News: Taylor Swift Sets All-Time Touring Record With $1 Billion Gross . Gensler . Andy . Pollstar . December 8, 2023 . December 10, 2023.
  12. Web site: ADG Awards Winner & Nominees . 2024-08-16 . adg.org . en.
  13. Web site: ADG Awards Winner & Nominees . 2024-08-16 . adg.org . en.
  14. Web site: ADG Awards Winner & Nominees . 2024-08-16 . adg.org . en.
  15. Web site: Eminem: Not Afraid (Music Video 2010) - Awards . 2024-08-16 . IMDb . en-US.
  16. Web site: Taylor Swift: Willow (Music Video 2020) - Awards . 2024-08-16 . IMDb . en-US.
  17. Web site: Willman . Chris . 2024-08-06 . Taylor Swift Leads MTV VMAs Nominations With 10, as Post Malone, Sabrina Carpenter, Ariana Grande and Eminem Also Get a Big Look . 2024-08-16 . Variety . en-US.
  18. https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/juno-awards-2024-full-list-winners-1.7149545 "Junos 2024: full list of winners"
  19. Kerry Doole, "Mustafa Wins 2024 Prism Prize As 'Name Of God' Named Best Canadian Music Video of the Year". Billboard, June 25, 2024.

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