about

Adriana Donca is a production designer and producer whose work bridges architecture and cinematic storytelling. Based in Los Angeles, she studied Architecture at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and holds a Master of Science in Fiction and Entertainment from SCI-Arc (Southern California Institute of Architecture).


skills

Design Software

Adobe Suite (After Effects, Audition, Bridge, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, Photoshop, Premiere, Substance Painter), AutoCAD, Blender, Cinema 4D, Gemini AI, Google Suite, Grasshopper, Maya, Microsoft Teams, Midjourney AI, Miro, Rhino, SketchUp, Unreal Engine, V-Ray, Zbrush, Zoom

Theater & Set Design

Acting in theater from 2019 in Greece
Designed sets for theater acting group "Apostates" in Greece — 2023


work

April 2026

Art Director — Short Film "House"

Directors: Luis Garcia, Geffen Shichor  ·  Los Angeles, CA

April 2026

Art Director — Short Film "Lady Macbeth"

Directors: Luis Garcia, Geffen Shichor  ·  Los Angeles, CA

November 2025

Production Assistant — Music Video "Getting Paid"

Artists: Asake, Wizkid, Skillibeng / Production Designer: Yara Kamali  ·  Los Angeles, CA

October 2025

Production Assistant — Short Film "Potency"

Production Designer: Matilda Washington, Art Director: Nandar Thu  ·  Los Angeles, CA

2025 – 2026

Freelance Spatial & Interior Designer

Thessaloniki, GR

2023 – 2024

Architect Engineer — Moraitidis Metal Industry

Thessaloniki, GR

Aug – Oct 2021

Architectural Intern — Urban Soul

Thessaloniki, GR

Jul – Aug 2020

Architectural Intern — Uber Hause

Bucharest, RO

education

2025 – 2026

Master of Science, Fiction and Entertainment

Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc)

Los Angeles, CA

2017 – 2023

Architecture — Graduated with Distinction

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki, GR

Spring 2022

Student Exchange Program (6 months)

Bezalel School of Architecture

Jerusalem, IS


honors

2026

SCI-Arc Scholarship for Studies

Postgraduate program Fiction & Entertainment

2023

Siena Art Institute Scholarship

Scholarship award for studies and housing at Siena Arts Institute, Italy, Fall 2023



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Trespass

Short Film  ·  Coming Soon, 2026

DirectorLaura Alvarez

Director of PhotographyGeffen Shichor

Production DesignerAdriana Donca

Art DirectorJack Freedman


A grieving woman living in a decaying apartment building becomes obsessed with her neighbor. As she secretly watches the life unfolding through the cracks in the wall, her longing for connection spirals into a dangerous fixation with horrifying consequences.



ProducersAdriana Donca, Laura Alvarez
StoryAdriana Donca, Laura Alvarez
DirectorLaura Alvarez
Assistant DirectorAlex Borger
Production AssistantIsaac Carpenter
Director of PhotographyGeffen Shichor
1st ACJavier Vizarreta
2nd ACKaterina Kamysheva, Sasha Alaputina
Steady Cam OperatorJiri Balcar
GafferNico Cauton
Key GripJiri Balcar
Best Boy ElectricShae Welsh
GripIsaac Barresi, Wilson Santos Estrada, Jonathan Hornby, Giulio Ginesi
Production DesignerAdriana Donca
Art Director / Head CarpenterJack London Freedman
Set DresserEron Kumar
Set Dresser & AI DesignLuis Garcia Grech
StylingNatalia Garcia
Production SoundDavid Dadon, Kasiemba Okeyo
Sound Design & PostDimitrios Astrantinis
SalomeAnnika Hautmann
JohannaSta Sbraski
Special ThanksEmil Tatevosian / Liam Young / Alexey Marfin / Orin Torati / Adrian Donca / Melina Donca / Gabriela Stefania Donca / Ana Maria Cadena / Orlando Rodriguez / Olga Lucia Cadena / Leonardo Alvarez / SCI-Arc

The Dance of the Seven Veils

Coming Soon

DirectorJack Freedman

Director of PhotographyGeffen Shichor

Production DesignerAdriana Donca


The Dance of the Seven Veils is a short film that combines live-action performance with digitally created environments. Inspired by Oscar Wilde's play, it reimagines Salome's ritual dance as a journey of transformation and decay. The film begins inside a grand palace that is slowly collapsing. As Salome dances, her veils become wet and cling to her body, turning from symbols of beauty into instruments of suffocation. At the same time, a dark desert hidden beneath the palace is gradually revealed, while the architecture around her starts to disappear. As the space dissolves, Salome begins to sink inside desert sand. Her body slowly vanishes piece by piece until only her head remains. Through the collapse of both body and architecture, the film explores themes of desire, mortality, and the loss of identity.


Lady Macbeth

Short Film  ·  2026

DirectorGeffen Shichor

Production DesignerLuis Garcia

Art DirectorAdriana Donca

Set DresserEron Kumar


House

Short Film  ·  2026

DirectorsLuis Garcia, Geffen Shichor

Production DesignerLuis Garcia

Set DresserAdriana Donca


Interior Design

Design and Drafting

DesignerAdriana Donca


Spermania

Spec Commercial for Durex  ·  2026

DirectorLaura Alvarez

Director of PhotographyGeffen Shichor

Concept ArtAdriana Donca


Projects

01 Trespass Short Film 2026
02 The Dance of the Seven Veils Short Film Coming Soon
03 Lady Macbeth Short Film 2026
04 House Short Film 2026
05 Spermania Spec Commercial for Durex 2026
06 Interior Design Design and Drafting 2024