Beth Mickle

Personal Info

Known For Art

Gender Female

Also Known As Elizabeth Mickle

Beth Mickle

Biography

Beth Mickle grew up in Douglassville, PA, crafting short films with her brother, director Jim Mickle, before moving to New York to attend Columbia University. While in college, she continued working on her brother’s NYU short films, ultimately leading to her career as a production designer for film and television. One of her earliest collaborations was with directing duo Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden on “Half Nelson,"  which earned a Best Actor Academy Award nomination for Ryan Gosling. In 2009, she teamed with auteur director Nicolas Winding Refn on "Drive,"  for which she received an Art Directors Guild nomination for Excellence in Production Design. She worked with Refn again in Bangkok on “Only God Forgives,"  which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013.  She partnered with Ryan Gosling on his directorial debut, “Lost River,"  which premiered at Cannes in 2014. Other credits include "Focus,"  “2 Guns,"  and "Arbitrage,"  as well as season one of HBO’s “The Deuce,"  created by David Simon and George Pelecanos. Her other honours include being nominated for a BAFTA award for her work in “An Englishman in New ork," b being recognised by Glamour magazine as one of the “Under 35” women in film to watch, and landing on the Below-the-Line Impact Report for Variety in 2013. She enjoys working abroad and has experience working on locations in Argentina, Russia, Thailand, the Dominican Republic, and throughout Europe.  Beth currently lives in Hudson, NY, with her partner, production designer Russell Barnes, and to this day, she and her brother continue their creative film collaborations.  She has collaborated with writer-director and DC Studios co-president James Gunn many times, with her now working on Superman (2025). She is represented by Jasan Pagni at WME. Information above via their homepage.

Known For

Art

2025
Superman

as Production Design

2024
Megalopolis

as Production Design

2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

as Production Design

2021
Dear Evan Hansen

as Production Design

2021
The Suicide Squad

as Production Design

2019
Captain Marvel

as Art Direction

2019
Motherless Brooklyn

as Production Design

2016
The Family Fang

as Production Design

2016
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

as Production Design

2016
Collateral Beauty

as Production Design

2015
Lost River

as Production Design

2015
Focus

as Production Design

2013
Thanks for Sharing

as Production Design

2013
2 Guns

as Production Design

2013
Only God Forgives

as Production Design

2012
Arbitrage

as Production Design

2011
Drive

as Production Design

2011
The Son of No One

as Production Design

2011
The Speed of Thought

as Production Design

2010
It's Kind of a Funny Story

as Production Design

2010
Night Catches Us

as Production Design

2009
Cold Souls

as Production Design

2009
Tenure

as Production Design

2008
Sugar

as Production Design

2008
The Last Lullaby

as Production Design

2007
The Killing Floor

as Production Design

2007
Steam

as Production Design

2006
Half Nelson

as Production Design

2006
Mulberry Street

as Production Design

2005
Alchemy

as Production Design

2003
Madness and Genius

as Production Design