Draft:Naaman Marshall

Naaman Marshall

Naaman Marshall is an American production designer. He is best known for his work on Alien: Romulus (2024), Mortal Combat (2021), and Don't Breath (2016). He is also known for his 4 collaborations with director M. Knight Shamayan on film's Knock at the Cabin (2023), Servant (2021), Old (2021), and The Visit (2015).

Early Life

Born in San Luis Obispo, Naaman's father was a lineman, while his mother took care of the family. His uncle, Tom Sanders, was an acclaimed production designer who mentored Naaman from an early age. Tom viewed physical model-making as necessary to the design process and utilized Naaman to help him create immersive miniature worlds. Tom's innovative construction process and passionate artistic spirit shaped Naaman into the designer he is today.

Career

Naaman’s career began in the model shop. He carved large-scale foam caves in We Were Soldiers, built to-scale Mayan villages in Apocalypto, and constructed the first iterations of the Black Pearl with hot glue and balsa wood for Pirates of the Caribbean.

Working his way through the ranks through the art department, Naaman art-directed construction heavy films throughout the 2000s. His construction expertise helped erect extensive set pieces, like Christopher Nolan’s bat cave on The Dark Knight Rises, the sprawling park of Westworld, and the apocalyptic shelters of the Planet of the Apes Trilogy.

Production Design

As a production designer, Naaman collaborates extensively with director M. Night Shyamalan, contributing to five of his films.

His work on Underwater and Mortal Combat utilized Naaman's construction background building expansive sets in the sci fi genre.

For his recent work on Alien: Romulus, He was nominated for The Art Director’s Guild for Achievement in Production Design. Naaman intended to build the alien world as real as possible. "Fede knew my experience with big design and big build, and he wanted to lean into as much practical as possible. Everything as much as we could would be real. We grounded ourselves and then used VFX to supplement, help and embellish. But we really pushed to have it all in Camera.”

Naaman is currently designing the 5th installment of the Godzilla vs Kong franchise.

Filmography

Production Designer

• Alien: Romulus (2024)
• Knock at the Cabin (2023)
• Old (2021)
• Mortal Kombat (2021)
• Underwater (2020)
• Servant (TV Series, 2019–2023)
• Stuber (2019)
• Don't Breathe (2016)
• The Visit (2015)

Supervising Art Director

• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
• Divergent (2014)
• The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
• Casa de mi Padre (2012)
• John Carter (2012)
• Rings (2017)
• Secretariat (2010)

Art Director

• John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)
• Nightcrawler (2014)
• After Earth (2013)
• The Lone Ranger (2013)
• Eagle Eye (2008)
• The Dark Knight (2008)
• Apocalypto (2006)