Designing the World of Emily Dickinson in Apple TV’s ‘Dickinson’ Season 2 Share via:
Monday, February 15, 2021 at 10:00 AM in Exclusive Interviews
Image: Hailee Steinfeld and Alena Smith on the set of Dickinson Season 2. Photo: Courtesy of Apple
I am Neil Patel, a production designer based in New York City. I was born in Wales and immigrated to the US as a child where my Indian father and English mother practiced medicine. I studied art and architecture as a student and began my career as a theatrical scenic designer. I designed sets for Broadway, Off Broadway, Opera and in many countries including India, Japan, UK, Italy and Spain. I always loved film and was able to start working as a production designer when writers I knew from the theater invited me to design their film and TV projects. This includes Warren Leight and Neil LaBute. Warren asked me to design