Ethan Tobman

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

"Tobman" redirects here. For a similar surname, see Taubman.
Ethan Tobman
Born (1979-05-30) 30 May 1979
Montreal, Canada
OccupationProduction designer
Director
AwardsCanadian Screen Award for Best Art Direction/Production Design

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]

Filmography

Films

Visual albums

Music videos

References
  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.
  2. "Ethan Tobman". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on October 25, 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  3. "Ethan Tobman". Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
  4. Linden, Sheri (29 January 2014). "That Awkward Moment: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  5. Cummins, Julianna (13 March 2016). "Room cleans up at final night of 2016 Screenies". Playback. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  6. Tapley, Kristopher (19 November 2015). "'Room': Creating a Whole World in a 10-Foot Space". Variety. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  7. Buxton, Ryan (18 December 2015). "Why 'Room' Director Lenny Abrahamson Spent A Month Hiding In A Bathtub". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  8. 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.
  9. "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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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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