Cecilia Montiel
Encyclopedia
Cecilia Montiel is a production designer
of feature films.
Montiel studied architecture
and moved to Los Angeles in 1978, where she was a contemporary of Lorenzo O'Brien
and Alex Cox
.
She worked as an art director on a variety of films including Cox's Walker. Her first film as a designer was his film El Patrullero
(Highway Patrolman). She has since worked with a variety of directors including Cox, Robert Rodriguez
(Desperado, From Dusk Till Dawn), Pancho Lombardi (Sin Compassion), Antonio Banderas
(Crazy in Alabama), The Mexican (Gore Verbinski) and Martin Campbell (The Mark of Zorro). Cox calls her, "the most creative individual I have ever worked with."
Production designer
In film and television, a production designer is the person responsible for the overall look of a filmed event such as films, TV programs, music videos or adverts. Production designers have one of the key creative roles in the creation of motion pictures and television. Working directly with the...
of feature films.
Montiel studied architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
and moved to Los Angeles in 1978, where she was a contemporary of Lorenzo O'Brien
Lorenzo O'Brien
Lorenzo O'Brien is a Peruvian-American writer-producer of Irish descent.O'Brien was born in Lima and attended graduate school at UCLA. He has produced many television films and several features including Walker and El Patrullero, which he also wrote.O'Brien wrote and produced for the PBS series...
and Alex Cox
Alex Cox
Alexander Cox is a British film director, screenwriter, nonfiction author and sometime actor, notable for his idiosyncratic style and approach to scripts...
.
She worked as an art director on a variety of films including Cox's Walker. Her first film as a designer was his film El Patrullero
El Patrullero
El Patrullero is the first Mexican feature film by the British director Alex Cox. It was produced by Lorenzo O'Brien, who also wrote the screenplay, and stars Roberto Sosa, Bruno Bichir, Zaide Silvia Gutiérrez and Vanessa Bauche...
(Highway Patrolman). She has since worked with a variety of directors including Cox, Robert Rodriguez
Robert Rodriguez
Robert Anthony Rodríguez is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor and musician. He shoots and produces many of his films in his native Texas and Mexico. He has directed such films as Desperado, From Dusk till Dawn, The Faculty, Spy Kids, Sin City, Planet...
(Desperado, From Dusk Till Dawn), Pancho Lombardi (Sin Compassion), Antonio Banderas
Antonio Banderas
José Antonio Domínguez Banderas , better known as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish film actor, film director, film producer and singer...
(Crazy in Alabama), The Mexican (Gore Verbinski) and Martin Campbell (The Mark of Zorro). Cox calls her, "the most creative individual I have ever worked with."