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Ethan Tobman

Ethan Tobman

Canadian production designer

"Tobman" redirects here. For a similar surname, see Taubman.

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

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Tobman is from Montreal.[1] He directed the short film Remote, which screened at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.[2][3] The Hollywood Reporter positively reviewed Tobman's production design for the 2014 film That Awkward Moment.[4]

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.[5] In designing the eponymous Room set at Pinewood Toronto Studios,[6] he set out with the idea "that every square inch of Room needed to have a backstory."[7] 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.[8]

Tobman has also served as a production designer for music videos, including "Formation" and "Lemonade" by Beyoncé.[9][10] 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.[11] He served as creative director and production designer for Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour concert tour and its related concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.[12]

He won the Juno Award for Video of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2024, for his music video for Allison Russell's "Demons".[13]

Filmography

Films

Visual albums

Music videos

References

  1. [1]
    Brunhuber, Kim (25 February 2016). "Oscar-nominated Room required painstaking precision from cast and crew". CBC News. Archived from the original on 12 June 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
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    "Ethan Tobman". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on October 25, 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
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    "Ethan Tobman". Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
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    Linden, Sheri (29 January 2014). "That Awkward Moment: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
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    Cummins, Julianna (13 March 2016). "Room cleans up at final night of 2016 Screenies". Playback. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
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    Tapley, Kristopher (19 November 2015). "'Room': Creating a Whole World in a 10-Foot Space". Variety. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
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    Buxton, Ryan (18 December 2015). "Why 'Room' Director Lenny Abrahamson Spent A Month Hiding In A Bathtub". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
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    Harris, Hunter (23 October 2018). "Yes, the Beautiful Boy House Is the Same As the Big Little Lies House". Vulture.com. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
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    "Beyoncé's 'Formation': How a Historic Pasadena Home Went Southern Gothic for This Year's Biggest Video". Yahoo!. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
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    Levy, Emanuel (6 October 2018). "Beautiful Boy: Interview with Director Van Groeningen about his Tale of Drug Addiction, Starring Oscar Nominee Timothee Chalamet". emanuellevy.com. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
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    Jones, Bill (17 August 2014). "When tech offered no shortcuts, OK Go made magic happen the old-fashioned way". Digital Trends. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
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    Gensler, Andy (December 8, 2023). "Taylor Swift Sets All-Time Touring Record With $1 Billion Gross". Pollstar. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
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    "Junos 2024: full list of winners". CBC Music, March 23, 2024.
  14. [14]
    Shaffer, Claire (31 July 2020). "Taylor Swift's Cinematographer: How We Shot 'Folklore' Video During a Pandemic". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
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