DAWN SNYDER

Director of  Education for the Art Director’s Guild

After several decades of working in motion picture  and TV art departments, Dawn is currently working as the Director of  Education for the Art Director’s Guild.  

Dawn began her production design career on the indie movie;  Dancer, Texas; Population 81 and is best known for her TV work on the series Arrested Development (S1, 2 & 3), for which she earned an  Art Director’s Guild Award. Other series she designed include Psych  (S1), Imaginary Mary, RUSH HOUR and Netflix’s Best. Worst.  Weekend. Ever. 

Dawn’s film credits include ThunderForce, Goosebumps, X-Men: First Class, Van Helsing, Armageddon, Speed 2: Cruise Control, Gremlins  2: The New Batch, Caddyshack II and Field of Dreams.  

Throughout her career, Dawn has been ‘paying it forward’ by  mentoring new members in her art departments. She taught  Production Design at SCAD and currently teaches Advanced Art  Direction in the Production Design Discipline at AFI Conservatory. 

In her free time, Dawn is an avid scuba diver who enjoys taking exotic  underwater excursions all over the world.