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Ross Wallace (1961) is an Australian scenic designer, costume designer,set designer and production designer for Film and Television Drama, Television Commercials, Theatre, Opera and Spectacles.

Ross Wallace graduated from the National Institute for Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 1985. During that time at NIDA he also served as apprentice to mentor designer legend Brian Thomson of Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar and The Rocky Horror Show fame. Whilst at NIDA he worked with the Film and Stage Director Jim Sharman on the production of August Strindberg's The Dream Play which was the first of seven Theatre and Opera Productions productions he was to design for Sharman. He was the 1987 Loudon SaintHill travel scholarship award.

Ross Wallace's costume and set designs for the Australian Opera Productions of The Rakes Progress directed by Jim Sharman and the 1990 production of Douglas Knehans The Ascension of Robert Flau directed by Barrie Kosky. Musicals include Man of La Mancha directed by George Fairfax and Graham Murphy, working with projection set designer Jerome Sirlin and Bad Boy Johnny and the Prophets of Doom written and directed by Daniel Abineri. Theatre plays include costumes for The Crucible and settings for Louis Nowra's The Temple with director Richard Wherrett at the Sydney Theatre Company. On Parliament Hill starring Geoffrey Rush directed by Robyn Archer and Conquest of the South Pole starring Baz Luhrmann at the Belvoir Street Theatre

Production Designer on the 1991 feature film Redheads directed by Danny Vendramini and costume designer on 1995 feature film To Have and to Hold directed by John Hillcoat starring Rachel Griffiths and Tcheky Karyo shot on location in New Guinea. Between 1992 to the present day Ross Wallace has placed his distinctive stamp on many television commercial campaigns for international brands Coca Cola, Glaceau Vitamin Water, Sony, Visa, American Express featuring Collette Dinnigan, Carlton and United Breweries, Volvo,Jaguar, Audi and organisation such as the United Nations and the Ladies Masters Golf Tournament. He has won the Art Directors Award in craft for the Sony and Ladies masters Golf Campaigns.

Ross Wallace designed the interior and exhibition spaces along with all the film and video content of The Story of Sydney which was a multi media forerunner to the Museum of Sydney. He was also the designer of the Icon Parade for the closing ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Some of these designs are in the permanent collection of the Power House Museum Sydney. Along with collaborator Brian Thomson he designed the controversial Birthday Cake for the 1988 Australian Bicentennial celebrations.

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