Kevin Cross is a set designer who worked under Scott Chambliss on Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness. Both films earned him ADG Excellence in Production Design Award nominations in the category Fantasy Film.
Cross started his career as set designer in the early 1990s with his work on the television series The Wonder Years (1992-1993, starring Olivia d'Abo), Something Wilder (1994-1995, starring Gregory Itzin), and Friends (1994-1996).
He then worked as set designer on The Client (1994), Kazaam (1996), Batman & Robin (1997), Home Alone 3 (1997, working with Joseph Musso), The Newton Boys (1998, art direction by Andrea Dopaso), EDtv (1999), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000, art direction by Lauren Polizzi), Bandits (2001), Mr. Deeds (2002), Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002, supervising art direction by Mark Worthington), Cradle 2 the Grave (2002, art direction by Richard F. Mays), The Rundown (2003, starring Dwayne Johnson), Meet the Fockers (2004, art direction by Andrew Neskoromny), Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), Hostage (2005, starring Serena Scott Thomas, Michelle Horn, and Jimmy Bennett), The Amityville Horror (2005), War of the Worlds (2005), Serenity (2005), Zodiac (2007, art direction by Keith P. Cunningham), Spider-Man 3 (2007, starring Kirsten Dunst and James Cromwell), Iron Man (2008, art direction by Richard F. Mays), Couples Retreat (2009, art direction by Curt Beech and Andrew E.W. Murdock), Cowboys & Aliens (2011), White House Down (2013), 47 Ronin (2013), the television series Parenthood (2014), Tomorrowland (2015), Independence Day: Resurgence (2016), and the music drama La La Land (2016, working with Geoffrey Mandel).
Cross worked as assistant art director on The Alamo (2004, art direction by Lauren Polizzi) and Rent (2005, starring Anthony Rapp and art direction by Keith P. Cunningham) and as 3D artist on Iron Man 2 (2010, executive produced by Stan Lee and art direction by Michael E. Goldman) and The Avengers (2012, starring Chris Hemsworth).
Cross also received ADG Excellence in Production Design Award nominations in the category Fantasy Film for his work on Iron-Man in 2009, Cowboys and Aliens in 2012, and Tomorrowland in 2016. In 2017 he won the award in the category Contemporary Film for his work on La La Land, shared with Rocco Gioffre and Geoffrey Mandel.
More recent projects as set designer include Transformers: The Last Knight (2017, art direction by Todd Cherniawsky), Geostorm (2017), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017, starring Zoë Saldana and art direction by Ramsey Avery, Harry E. Otto, and Lauren Polizzi) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018, with Chris Hemsworth, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zoe Saldana, and Idris Elba, executive produced by Stan Lee, and art direction by Beat Frutiger and Kevin Houlihan), Pacific Rim Uprising (2018, art direction by Luke Freeborn), and Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019, art direction by Natasha Gerasimova and Harry E. Otto).
Star Trek awards[]
ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards nominations[]
Cross received ADG Excellence in Production Design Award nominations as Set Designer in the category Fantasy Film
- 2010 for Star Trek, shared with Scott Chambliss, Dennis Bradford, Curt Beech, Luke Freeborn, Beat Frutiger, Gary Kosko, Aaron Haye, Keith P. Cunningham, Clint Schultz, Ryan Church, James Clyne, Paul Ozzimo, John Eaves, Bruce G. Smith, Karen Manthey, C. Scott Baker, Dawn Brown, Anne Porter, Andrea Dopaso, Jeff Frost, Scott Herbertson, Joseph Hiura, Billy Hunter, Harry E. Otto, Andrew Reeder, and Jane Wuu
- 2014 for Star Trek Into Darkness, shared with Scott Chambliss, Ramsey Avery, James Clyne, Lauren Polizzi, Kasra Farahani, Michael E. Goldman, Harry E. Otto, Andrew E.W. Murdock, Jason Baldwin Stewart, Natasha Gerasimova, Steve Christensen, Andrea Dopaso, John Eaves, Nathan Schroeder, Ryan Church, Christopher Ross, Victor Martinez, Steven Messing, Karl Strahlendorf, John Chichester, Tex Kadonaga, Anne Porter, Andrew Reeder, Jane Wuu, Richard F. Mays, Allen Coulter, Karl Martin, Scott Schneider, Lorrie Campbell, Easton Smith, Tammy Lee, Tim Croshaw, Clint Schultz, and Karen Manthey