Kristi Zea

Kristina Gwyn Zea (born October 24, 1948) is an American production designer, costume designer, art director, director and producer in film and television. Born and educated in New York City, she discovered she had a talent for design while working as a stylist for a commercial photographer. Her career in production design blossomed in the 1980s and 1990s as she worked on numerous films for several directors—including Alan Parker, James L. Brooks, Jonathan Demme and Martin Scorsese, across a wide selection of genres, including period, contemporary, drama, and horror. She has also directed several HBO films. Early life and education Kristina Gwyn Zea was born on October 24, 1948, in New York City. Her father was James Gwyn Zea; her mother, Alice Joy Zea (née Karl), was a list broker. She has one sister, Marni Zea Clippinger. She grew up in the Stuyvesant Town residential development in Manhattan. Zea attended the High School of Music & Art in Manhattan. She then studied at Middlebury College in Vermont for two years before transferring to the Columbia University School of General Studies, where she earned her B.A. in English literature. While she intended to become a journalist, as an undergraduate student she supported herself working as a stylist for a commercial photographer and found she had a talent for it. She continued on this job for four years after graduation. Career