ACME Studio Blog

We had a blast building this Salvation Mountain-inspired mountain for our friends at Justice, as part of their pledge to donate $1.1 Million to Girls on the Run.  

Photographed by Meredith Jenks at Siren Studios in Los Angeles, CA, with production by Elle Sullivan Wilson at ESW Productions. Set design by our Shawn Patrick Anderson with creative assistance by Dan “Looms” Warden and Ank Turnbull. Creative direction and concept by Justice’s Meghan Kerr with the approval and blessings of Salvation Mountain. 

ACME’s Shawn Patrick Anderson handled prop and location styling for The Hollywood Reporter’s GIRLS cover story. Photographed by Miller Mobley at 67 West Street in Brooklyn. Fashion styling by Shannon Adducci and Michael Fisher. 

Starring: Adam Driver, Andrew Rannells, Allison Williams, Alex Karpovsky, Zosia Mamet, and Jemima Kirke, and Lena Dunham. 

ACME’s Shawn Patrick Anderson designed the set for The Hollywood Reporter’s gathering of the 2016 Tony Award Nominees. Photographed by David Needleman at Industria Studios in Manhattan.

Pictured are nominated actresses Laura Benati, Cynthia Erivo, Megan Hilty, Jessica Lange, Jessie Mueller, Lupita Nyong’o, and Michelle Williams. You can see their roundtable discussion here. 

Pictured are nominated actors Reed Birney, Alex Brighten, Danny Burstein, Gabriel Byrne, Jeff Daniels, Zachery Levi, and Leslie Odom, Jr. You can see their roundtable discussion here.

ACME’s Shawn Patrick Anderson handled prop and location styling for Elle’s cover feature on Star Wars: Episode VII—The Force Awakens star Daisy Ridley. Photographed by Mark Seliger on location in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Fashion by Simon Robins, with hair by Teddy Charles and makeup by Frank B. Production by Wanted Media. 

ACME’s Shawn Patrick Anderson designed this hand-painted set for Harper’s Bazaar Korea. Photographed by Choi Yongbin at Jack Studios in Manhattan. Fashion direction by Mirim Lee, with hair by Rolando Beauchamp, makeup by Yumi Lee, and production by Lee Kyung Kim. This issue also includes a story called “EAT BUGS” which is intriguing. 

ACME’s Shawn Patrick Anderson designed this desert set for Esquire Magazine’s Big Black Book. Photographed by Phil Poynter at The 1896, with fashion direction by Esquire’s dashing duo of Nick Sullivan and Wendell Brown. Special plastering and painting by ACME’s Rob Christie. 

Some close-ups of our set:

HI DAN. 

Shawn Patrick Anderson and the ACME crew designed and built this set for the Hollywood Reporter’s Comedy Actress Roundtable cover story, featuring Amy Schumer, Gina Rodriquez, Ellie Kemper, Lena Dunham, Kate McKinnon, and Tracee Ellis Ross. Photographed by Ramona Rosales at Highline Stages in NYC. 

A closer look at our set:

Prettiest girls of all:

Shawn Patrick Anderson and the ACME team designed and built the set for Badgley Mischka’s playful Spring 2015 campaign. The campaign was shot at our home base in Brooklyn, ACME Studio, by the delightful An Le. Hair by Elsa Canedo and makeup by Deanna Melluso. 

Congratulations to the cast of Broadway’s “Something Rotten!”, which received 10 Tony Nominations yesterday, including Best Musical and a Best Actor nod for star Brian d’Arcy James. ACME’s Shawn Patrick Anderson and team was delighted to design and build this set for Vanity Fair’s feature on d’Arcy James and Christian Borle, photographed by Ruven Afanador at Artist Studio NYC in Manhattan. 

Our set featured these stunning hand-painted stage curtain elements by our infinitely talented Rob Christie:

Miller Mobley shot Kyle Chandler on location at ACME Studio for the Hollywood Reporter’s cover story on the actor. Additional prop and set styling by ACME’s Shawn Patrick Anderson, and see the set we built below which didn’t quite make the final cut (but we still love it). Styling by Sam Spector, with grooming by Kumi Craig. Also, check out a great behind the scenes video here. 

Our burned out room set didn’t make the final cut, but check it out here:

Check out these gorgeous images for Neiman Marcus, with set design by ACME's Shawn Patrick Anderson and scenic painting by ACME's Kory Hellebust. Photographed by Ruven Afanador at Dune Studios in Manhattan. Styling by Gus Romero, with makeup by Genevieve Herr and makeup by Rolando. Produced by Brynn Creative. 

Behind the scenes:

Happy New Year from ACME! Our Shawn Patrick Anderson and ACME team did the set and props for Entertainment Weekly's year end issue, which named cover star Jimmy Fallon its Entertainer of the Year. Photographed by Art Streiber at ROOT Drive In Studio in Manhattan.

This was the third time we worked with Jimmy for in 2014, after two covers for People Magazine and Vanity Fair. (We also worked with him in 2013 for WIRED.)

Styling by Brian Coates and Marissa Caputo, grooming Cyndie Lou Boehm and Elizabeth Parisi, and hair by Marie Argenziano. 

ACME's Shawn Patrick Anderson designed this fanciful set for the Hollywood Reporter's Into The Woods cover story, starring James Corden, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, and director Rob Marshall. Photographed by Miller Mobley.

We constructed the tree set in our studio in Brooklyn...

Before building the full set in The Waldorf Astoria NYC's Empire Room for the shoot:

Finished work:

We also did another set, featuring the film's full cast, for Walt Disney Pictures. Photograph by Miller Mobley. 

Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer of Broad City were photographed at ACME Studio by Gavin Bond for the January 2015 issue of Vanity Fair. 

Set, props, and death-defying rigging by ACME's creative director Shawn Patrick Anderson (yes, they really did that):

Watch a behind-the-scenes video by Zander Taketomo here, including a cameo by our pup Skooter:

Styling by Alicia Lombardini, with hair by Patrick Melville and makeup by Vincent Longo. 

Stephen Colbert fulfilled a lifelong dream of playing several Hobbit characters with a little help from ACME's Shawn Patrick Anderson (who had a little help from Peter Jackson, who flew in actual wardrobe and props from the set in New Zealand).

Shot for Entertainment Weekly by Ruven Afanador at ROOT Drive In Studios, and the streets of Manhattan. FX hair wizardry by Christal Schanes, and makeup mastery by Josh Turi. Wardrobe design by Bob Buck, Ann Maskrey & Richard Taylor, with styling by Paul Booth. 

ACME’s Shawn Patrick Anderson did the set for Entertainment Weekly’s 10 year reunion of the cast of Ghostbusters. Pictured from left are director Ivan Reitman, Annie Potts, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, Bill Murray, and Dan Aykroyd. That writing on the ground is each of the character's names. Slimer sent his regrets for oversleeping the shoot.

Photographed by Ruven Afanador at the Trump Hotel in Toronto, Canada. Wardrobe by Ise White, with hair by Simone Otis and grooming by Taylor Savage.