‘Black Panther’ Production Designer Hannah Beachler on Her Biggest Influence (Guest Column)

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If you talk to any artist, they will tell you their influences and inspirations are many and varied. I can easily say the same thing.

When I think of a pivotal person who influenced me and my career, I can only think of one person, Wynn Thomas. I had been watching Wynn’s work for years before I discovered the person behind the design, from Eddie Murphy’s “Raw,” Spike Lee’s “School Daze,” “Do the Right Thing” and “To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything!

Julie Newmar,” and Tim Burton’s “Mars Attack!” And so many others. Let me go back to 20-year-old me, who was embarking on what could only be described as a rock ‘n’ roll grindhouse cult classic (or so we thought). “Grrl Possy” was an epic black and white film made on 8mm cameras from St.