Lawrence Paull, production designer of Blade Runner, dies at 81

Lawrence Paull, renowned for his work as a production designer on Blade Runner and Back to the Future, passed away at the age of 81 in La Jolla, California. He was born on April 13, 1938, in Chicago and initially started his career as a set designer, gaining prominence in the 1980s. Paull earned an Oscar nomination for art direction for Blade Runner and secured a BAFTA award for production design for the same film. His impressive portfolio includes titles such as Escape from L.A., The Jewel of the Nile, Harlem Nights, Predator 2, Born Yesterday, Naked Gun 33⅓, Sgt. Bilko, and Light It Up. Additionally, he contributed to television and taught production design at Chapman University and the American Film Institute. Paull passed away in Los Angeles in 2019, coinciding with the year depicted in Blade Runner's dystopian vision.