Cathy T. Marshall

Cathy T. Marshall, SDSA (Set Decorators Society of America, East Coast VP) has honed her skills as a Set Decorator over several, multi-faceted years. Her most recent credits include decorating the 2019 Amazon Series "HUNTERS" starring Al Pacino and the 2018 Oscar-winning film by director Spike Lee, "BlacKkKlansman" starring John David Washington, Adam Driver and Topher Grace. Also working with Spike Lee, she decorated the 2019 revival of his classic movie "She's Gotta Have It" Seasons 1&2 as a TV series for Netflix. Cathy decorated the Sundance nominated film "Puzzle," directed by Mark Turtletaub of Big Beach Films. She also decorated two seasons of the Amazon favorite "Mozart in The Jungle", which garnered two Golden Globes and an Emmy nomination for Production Design. Some other decorating film credits include Millennium Pictures blockbuster feature "Olympus Has Fallen" directed by Antoine Fuqua, starring Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, and Angela Bassett; "Gun Hill" directed by Reggie Blythwood and "Gimme Shelter" with Brendan Frazier, James Earl Jones, and Vanessa Hudgens. Notable TV shows include for ABC, "The Family" (decorator) with Joan Allen, Fox/FX "The Americans" (Asst Decorator); CBS "Person of Interest" (asst decorator); and the HBO, Ryan Murphy directed Aids drama "The Normal Heart" (asst decorator) written by Larry Kramer, winning both Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe awards. With a BFA in Photography and Video from the High Museum's Atlanta College of Art, Cathy started her career in TV commercial production in NYC, producing over 500 commercials (AT&T, AmEx, IBM, Bank of America, etc); and Art Directing/Designing spots for clients including: Lenscrafters, AIG, Zurich Financial, United Healthcare, Scientific American, Cuisinart; and ultimately co-owning the respected production company Manhattan FilmWorks with director/husband, Peter W. Marshall. Her experience as a producer and skilled love of art direction and design has made Cathy a formidable combination of both worlds. She says, "My favorite part of this business is visualizing the script and creating the worlds that the characters inhabit. I want the objects I choose for the characters to speak to the audience in the same way they speak to me when I find them. The movie "BlacKkKlansman" was a totally immersive experience drawing from life growing up in the South and addressing the cultural significance of these volatile and pivotal times...something of which I am very proud. And the project "HUNTERS," is so socially relevant ...reminding us to never forget the horrors of the Holocaust and how easily it can happen again. "