Sag Harbor Cinema presents a brand new summer exhibition “Worlds Imagined: Mark Friedberg” showcasing film designs of Springs native Mark Friedberg. The exhibit –the first one ever devoted to the artist- will include a wide selection of behind the scenes video, set stills, drawings, models, and props from ten films for which Friedberg served as production designer: Across the Universe, The Darjeeling Limited, The Ice Storm, If Beale Street Could Talk, Noah, Far from Heaven, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Pollock, Joker, and Joker: Folie à Deux. 

“Whether it’s Gotham City, suburban Connecticut in the Fifties, James Baldwin’s Harlem, or a luxury train in India, Mark’s work brings to a film a unique blend of stylized imagination and realism,” says SHC’s Founding Artistic Director Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan. “Known for his passion for historical research and for details, Mark makes each of those details alive, meaningful. His imagined worlds are so vivid, I am not surprised so many filmmakers consider his creative collaboration essential.”

One of the most respected and sought after production designers of his generation, Friedberg has helped to shape — and continues to shape — the visual landscape of contemporary cinema. This year alone his visionary work will be on display in three upcoming, eagerly-awaited films: Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest, Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing, and Jim Jarmusch’s Father, Mother, Sister, Brother. 

Friedberg’s other work includes Underground Railroad, Wonderstruck, Paterson, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, Selma, Mildred Pierce, Mufasa, The Whale, The Upside, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Producers, The Tempest, Broken Flowers, Synecdoche, NY, and more.