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J Michael Riva

J. Michael Riva

Production Designer

John Michael Riva (June 28, 1948–June 7, 2012), better known as J. Michael Riva, was an American production designer. Riva was born in Manhattan to William Riva, a Broadway set designer, and Maria Elisabeth Sieber, a German-born actress and the daughter of Marlene Dietrich. Riva had three brothers (John Peter, John Paul, and John David). Riva attended the prep school Institute Le Rosey in Switzerland for six years before attending UCLA. Married to Wendy Mickell, he had four sons, Jean-Paul, Mikey, Daniel, and Adam. Riva had a long and prestigious career as an art director and production designer on numerous films, including the 1985 film The Colour Purple, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction. Other credits include The Goonies (1985), Lethal Weapon (1987), A Few Good Men (1992), Spider-Man 3 (2007), Iron Man (2008), and Iron Man 2 (2010). His final films, The Amazing Spider-Man and Django Unchained, were released posthumously. He was the production designer for the opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, as well as for the 74th and 79th Academy Awards in 2002 and 2007, respectively. He won a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on the latter. Riva suffered a stroke on June 1, 2012, in New Orleans, Louisiana, during production of Django Unchained. He died in a hospital there on June 7, 2012, at age 63. Django director Quentin Tarantino commented, "Michael became a dear friend on this picture, as well as a magnificent, talented colleague." Description above from the Wikipedia article J. Michael Riv, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: June 28, 1948 in Manhattan, New York, USA

Died: June 7, 2012 (Age 63)

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J. Michael Riva  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
7.9
ArtProduction Design1992
Movie
7.4
ArtProduction Design1983
Movie
4.6
ArtArt Direction1977
Movie
5.1
ArtProduction Design1977
Movie
7.2
ArtArt Direction1980
Movie
5.5
ArtProduction Design2000
Movie
5.1
ArtProduction Design2003
Movie
5.1
ArtProduction Design1995
Movie
7
ArtProduction Design1993
Movie
8.4
ArtProduction Design2012
Movie
5.9
ArtProduction Design2001
Movie
5.2
ArtArt Direction1979
Movie
6.6
ArtProduction Design1981
Movie
5.7
ArtProduction Design1998
Movie
6.2
ArtProduction Design1977
Movie
4.9
ArtProduction Design1976
Movie
8.1
ArtProduction Design2008
Movie
7.1
ArtProduction Design2010
Movie
7.8
ArtProduction Design1987
Movie
7.4
ArtProduction Design1989
Movie
6.7
ArtProduction Design1998
Movie
4.4
ArtProduction Design1994
Movie
7.8
ArtArt Direction1980
Movie
7.1
ArtProduction Design1992
Movie
7.1
ProductionProduction Designer, Production Design1988
Movie
7.5
ArtProduction Design2008
Movie
5.7
ArtProduction Design1998
Movie
6.1
ArtProduction Design2007
Movie
5
ArtProduction Design2005
Movie
6.2
ArtProduction Design1989
Movie
6.3
ArtProduction Design1984
Movie
7.1
ArtProduction Design2012
Movie
7.9
ArtProduction Design1985
Movie
5.8
ArtProduction Design1986
Movie
7.9
ArtProduction Design1985
Movie
5.7
ArtProduction Design1981
Movie
8.1
ArtProduction Design2006
Movie
4.2
ArtProduction Design1985
Movie
6.1
ArtProduction Design2005
TV Show
7.3
DirectingDirector
1 Episode
1985-1987
TV Show
8.2
DirectingDirector
1 Episode
1989-1996
Movie
5.2
ArtProduction Design1981
Movie
7.6
ArtProduction Design1999
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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