Gary Kordan
Gary Kordan is an American production designer and television producer. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on the fifth and final season of Key & Peele.[1]
Career
Kordan was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey to parents Margaret and Gene. He attended School of Visual Arts in New York City for three years before leaving to work as an intern and later Production assistant on CBS's The Joan Rivers Show[2] hosted by Joan Rivers, with whom he formed a close personal relationship.[3]
Since 1993, Kordan has worked as a production designer and Art director on numerous comedy television shows. Most notably, he designed the sets for all five seasons of the critically acclaimed sketch series Key and Peele, for which he received an Emmy nomination and won an Art Directors Guild Award.[4] Gary has also served as the production designer on numerous other Comedy Central programs, including the mini-series Time Travelling Bong [5] and all seven seasons of Workaholics.[6] He's also worked on the Amazon series Betas and Just Add Magic,[7] and TVLand's Nobodies.[8] Kordan has also lent his services to several unscripted comedy shows, including @Midnight and The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, as well as numerous comedy specials from comedians such as Kevin Hart, Patton Oswalt and Reggie Watts.[9] Most recently, Kordan worked as production designer for the pilot of FOX supernatural comedy series Ghosted,[10] and he is currently working on Fred Armisen's Netflix special, "Drummers Only."[11]
In 2003, Kordan worked as a writer for Fox's dating show Joe Millionaire. In 2006, he co-created and produced E!'s Number 1 Single with Lisa Loeb.[4]
Awards
In 2015, Kordan was nominated for an Art Directors Guild Award for his work on Key & Peele. In 2016, he was nominated once again for Key & Peele and won.[4] In 2016 Kordan was nominated for an Emmy Award for his work on the final season of Key & Peele.
Filmography
Year | Title | Notes |
---|---|---|
2017 | Ghosted | Production designer |
2017 | Truth & Iliza | Post-production, Production designer |
2017 | Downward Dog | Post-production, Production designer |
2017 | Nobodies | Post-production, Production designer |
2016 | Untitled Weeks/Mackay Project | Pre-production, Production designer |
2016 | Reggie Watts: Spatial | Post-production, Production designer |
2016 | Kevin Hart: What Now? | Production designer |
2016 | Time Traveling Bong | Production designer |
2016 | Those Who Can't | Production designer |
2016-20117 | Teachers | Production designer |
2016 | Idiot Sitter | Production designer |
2015-2016 | Just Add Magic | Production designer |
2012-2015 | Key & Peele | Production designer |
2014-2016 | The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail | Production designer |
2013-2015 | @midnight | Production designer |
2015 | Salem Rogers | Production designer |
2014 | Gettin' Some Strange with Kurt Braunohler | Production designer |
2013-2014 | Quick Draw | Production designer |
2013-2014 | Betas | Production designer |
2014 | Patton Oswalt: Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time | Production designer |
2009-2014 | Shark Tank | Art director |
2013 | Adam DeVine's House Party | Production designer |
2011-2013 | Workaholics | Production designer |
2012 | Megawinner | Production designer |
2012 | Workaholics: The Other Cubicle | Production designer |
2011 | Shredd | Production designer |
2011 | Sports Show with Norm Macdonald | Art director |
2011 | JailBait | Production designer |
2011 | The Boys and Girls Guide to Getting Down | Production designer |
2010 | Alabama | Production designer |
2010 | Back Nine | Production designer |
2010 | Savage Love | Production designer |
2010 | Thintervention with Jackie Warner | Production designer |
2010 | Instant Recall | Production designer |
2010 | Curb: The Discussion | Production designer |
2010 | Untitled Burr and Hart Project | Production designer |
2009 | The League | Production designer |
2009 | Dogg After Dark | Production designer |
2009 | Top Chef Masters | Art director |
2008 | Chocolate News | Art director |
2008 | Man Stroke Woman | Art director |
2008 | Cheech & Chong: Roasted | Art director |
2008 | Root of All Evil | Art director |
2008 | The McCaingels | Art director |
2008 | Scream Queens | Production designer |
2008 | Dan's Detour to Life | Production designer |
2008 | Guinness World Records Live: Top 100 | Production designer |
2005-2008 | Mind of Mencia | Art director |
2007 | Temptation | Art director |
2007 | Talkshow with Spike Feresten | Art director |
2006 | Number 1 Single | Producer |
2006 | VIP Passport | Art director |
2004 | Shock Video 2004: Too Hot for the Box | Production designer |
2003 | Joe Millionaire | Host writer |
2003 | House of Clues | Props department |
1999 | Door Knock Dinners | Art director |
1997 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Tattoo artist |
1995 | Can We Shop? | Set dresser |
1989-1993 | The Joan Rivers Show | Production assistant |
References
- "Nominees/Winners". Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- "Key & Peele's production designer on how he makes the show's sets part of the joke". 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- "Meet Gary Kordan, the Designer Behind Kevin Hart, Key & Peele, and Patton Oswalt - The Interrobang". 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- "Gary Kordan". IMDb. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
- https://creators.vice.com/en_us/article/mgpny3/key-and-peele-production-designer
- https://deadline.com/2016/06/key-peele-gary-kordan-emmys-production-design-interview-1201766381/
- https://decider.com/2017/01/18/just-add-magic-season-2-review-amazon-prime/
- http://popcorntalknetwork.com/2017/07/25/gary-kordan-nobodies-teachers-just-add-magic-on-the-fly-filmmaking/
- http://theinterrobang.com/meet-designer-kevin-hart-now-key-peele-workaholics-gary-kordan/
- https://www.inverse.com/article/37076-ghosted-making-fox-comedy-adam-scott
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-10-14. Retrieved 2017-10-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)