Paul Sylbert is an Academy Award winning art director and production designer. His films include Heaven Can Wait (Academy Award for Best Art Direction; nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Music, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress); Prince of Tides (nominated for Academy Awards for Best Art Direction, Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Music, Best Adapted Screenplay); One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay; and nominated for Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, and Best Music); Kramer vs Kramer (Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Directing, Best Adapted Screenplay; and nominations for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Editing); and three dozen other films. He teaches Production Design and a highly popular special topics course on “The Creative Process.”