Master Lecture: Catherine Ircha

Catherine Ircha is a Vancouver-based art director in the entertainment industry, where she has worked for the past 24 years.  Her work has appeared in such films and tv series as Elysium, 2012, and A Series of Unfortunate Events, among others. 

As an Art Director, Catherine works with the production designer to produce a distinct visual and graphic identity for all the sets and locations seen on camera and coordinates numerous departments. This form of worldbuilding scales from months and years of pre-production to intense days and weeks of the shoot.

Catherine graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, with a Bachelor of Architecture in 1995.

This event is part of Master Lectures, a new series designed for second-year Master of Architecture students, featuring presentations from experts in their field. For more information, please contact Associate Professor Simon Kim.

If you require any accessibility accommodation, such as live captioning, audio description, or a sign language interpreter, please email news@design.upenn.edu to let us know what you need. Please note, we require at least 48 hours’ notice. If you register within 48 hours of this event, we won’t be able to secure the appropriate accommodations.