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Rusty Smith - Production Designer

 

As seen in this image scanned from the DVD box and captured from a frame of the movie, Rusty Smith was the Production Designer for "Austin Powers The Spy Who Shagged Me", a 1999 New Line Cinema film.

While at Furman, Rusty won the national 1st place award for student scene design in 1982 for his design for "The Servant of Two Masters". After leaving Furman, he went on to get his MFA in design at Yale. He designed a production of BLOOD KNOT on Broadway while at Yale.

He has done numerous theatrical designs for companies all over the country. .

In the last several years, he has been working in the movie industry - now as a Production Designer (He also designed the recent release, "Mystery Alaska")

Rusty lives with his wife Connie and children in Los Angeles.



 

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