Brandon Mendez(I)

Brandon Mendez is a Los Angeles based Production Designer who grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. Brandon studied Product Design & Development in college and began his Production Design career in the music video scene in 2012 having designed high profile projects for artists such as Eminem, Maroon 5, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and Billie Eilish. In 2020, Beyoncé Knowles took notice of Brandon's exquisite design eye and asked him to help her, along with a host of other incredible directors and designers, to create segments for her feature-length visual album that would soon be titled Black is King. The film went on to earn a Primetime Emmy nomination, ultimately winning an Art Directors Guild Award for their efforts. Acclaimed director Rodrigo Garcia turned to Brandon in 2019 to design his feature film Four Good Days, starring Mila Kunis and Glenn Close. Based on a true story by Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post writer Eli Saslow, the powerful drama premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival garnering accolades for its poignant and realistic depiction of the sadly all too common issue of addiction. Since then, Brandon has continued to keep a foot in both the short-form and long-form worlds. His attention to textures and patterns help him keep the world-building he does so well both grounded and authentic. Brandon is both an ADG and VMA nominee.