John Jay Moore(1928-2018)
- Production Designer
- Art Director
- Art Department
John Jay Moore, production designer for films 'Double Impact", "The Sea Of Love", "Betsy's Wedding", "The Cowboy Way" "A Killing Affair" "The Wanderers" to name a few. His art and production design credits go on and include "Sophies Choice" "Rollover" "Wall Street" To the delight of his grand kids who like to watch the films with him to understand his craft are the films "Cherry 200", "The Wiz" "Double Impact" and "Ghostbusters". Jay has collaborated with talented directors, Ridley Scott, Alan Pakula, David Saperstien, Alan Alda etc. He hails from Towanda PA. where he began his love for the theatre, building sets for small performances at the nearby Lake Wesauking Lodge during summers at his family's lake cottage. Studying Theatre at Syracuse University, Jay Moores Broadway career credits began while working with Boris Aronson, on Hal Prince productions, 'Fiddler on the Roof', 'Cabaret', 'Follies', 'A Little Night Music' and 'Pacific Overtures'. "What I liked about Hals shows, was that the method of getting from scene A to scene B was as important as the scenes themselves" J.J. Moore explained. In 1971 he easily transitioned from stage to film working as an assistant art director on 'Klute' and "The Persuit of Happiness" both starting his career in cinema.
