GAE BUCKLEY became a Production Designer in 2002 on Kevin Costner’s Western drama OPEN RANGE where she had the privilege of building an 1880s town in the wilds of Alberta.
Since OPEN RANGE she has enjoyed working as the Production Designer on films such as THE BOOK OF ELI, HE’S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU, THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (both 1 & 2), LICENSE TO WED, A WALK IN THE WOODS, BURN YOUR MAPS, WHEN WE FIRST MET, BREAKTHROUGH, FAST COLOR, STARGIRL, I’M YOUR WOMAN and HOLLYWOOD STARGIRL as well as Television Pilots for GO ON, FREE AGENTS, MIDNIGHT TEXAS and GAME OF SILENCE.
Prior to 2002 she worked as an Art Director for 13 years on such films as INDECENT PROPOSAL, WHAT WOMEN WANT, TIN CUP, COYOTE UGLY, THE CRAFT, ANGIE, LITTLE RASCALS, MY FELLOW AMERICANS and THREE WISHES.
Buckley skipped her senior year of high school to study Architecture at Cornell University, receiving her Bachelors of Architecture degree in 1979 and began her career as an Architect in NYC. She then segued into filmed entertainment working on music videos and commercials, while continuing to study drawing at The Brooklyn Academy of Art, and scenic painting at The Lester Polikoff School of Scenic Painting in New York City. She spent her childhood painting in oils and watercolors with her Mother, New Jersey artist and teacher, Jean Buckley.
In 1982 while working at the Architectural firm Kohn Pedersen Fox in NYC she was offered a job on a music video shoot during the 2nd year of MTV. She instantly fell in love with the concept of creating composition through the lens of a camera, and using color and texture to promote story telling. She left the world of Architecture to pursue a career in film, eventually bringing her to Los Angeles in 1989.
Since OPEN RANGE she has enjoyed working as the Production Designer on films such as THE BOOK OF ELI, HE’S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU, THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (both 1 & 2), LICENSE TO WED, A WALK IN THE WOODS, BURN YOUR MAPS, WHEN WE FIRST MET, BREAKTHROUGH, FAST COLOR, STARGIRL, I’M YOUR WOMAN and HOLLYWOOD STARGIRL as well as Television Pilots for GO ON, FREE AGENTS, MIDNIGHT TEXAS and GAME OF SILENCE.
Prior to 2002 she worked as an Art Director for 13 years on such films as INDECENT PROPOSAL, WHAT WOMEN WANT, TIN CUP, COYOTE UGLY, THE CRAFT, ANGIE, LITTLE RASCALS, MY FELLOW AMERICANS and THREE WISHES.
Buckley skipped her senior year of high school to study Architecture at Cornell University, receiving her Bachelors of Architecture degree in 1979 and began her career as an Architect in NYC. She then segued into filmed entertainment working on music videos and commercials, while continuing to study drawing at The Brooklyn Academy of Art, and scenic painting at The Lester Polikoff School of Scenic Painting in New York City. She spent her childhood painting in oils and watercolors with her Mother, New Jersey artist and teacher, Jean Buckley.
In 1982 while working at the Architectural firm Kohn Pedersen Fox in NYC she was offered a job on a music video shoot during the 2nd year of MTV. She instantly fell in love with the concept of creating composition through the lens of a camera, and using color and texture to promote story telling. She left the world of Architecture to pursue a career in film, eventually bringing her to Los Angeles in 1989.