Craft Profile: Solos Production Designer Ruth Ammon

Solos is a new 7-episode series now on Amazon Prime Video from Writer/Producer David Weil (Hunters), and it’s unlike anything else you’re likely to see on cable, streaming or network television. 

Each 25 to 30-minute episode features a different actor: Anne Hathaway, Helen Mirren, Anthony Mackie, Uzo Aduba, Constance Wu, Morgan Freeman, Dan Stevens and Nicole Beharie, each of them playing a different character. Most of these segments are essentially a one-person monologue where we learn more about each character as it goes along, but there are also elements of science fiction, some more overt than others. Although the actors’ performances and the stories will be a key motivation to watch Solos, you’re also likely to marvel at the fantastic environments and sets created for each character.

It’s the work of Production Designer Ruth Ammon, a three-time Emmy nominee for her work on NBC’s Heroes, as well as an Art Directors Guild Awards nominee for her work on the TNT show, The Alienist. In fact, Ammon has been working in television for nearly 30 years with a few forays into indie film as well, so she was up to the task of creating seven single-use environments for a show made in the middle of a pandemic.