Gary Wissner, 37, Production Designer for Popular Movies

Gary Wissner, 37, production designer for such popular motion pictures as “I Know What You Did Last Summer” and “8MM,” died May 6 in Los Angeles of Hodgkin’s disease.

Particularly known for sketching the look of dark thrillers and horror and action films, Wissner described his work as crafting a “visual script.”

For the 1999 film “8MM,” set in the pornography underground of Los Angeles and New York, Wissner assigned a blue and gray color scheme to the “normal” world, then moved into hotter reds and yellows for the porno sites.

Born in New York, Wissner earned a fine arts degree at New York University and began his career creating scenes for television commercials, MTV programs and theme parks.

His feature film credits include “Another 48 Hours,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” “Stephen King’s Graveyard Shift,” “Hoffa,” “Wyatt Earp” and “Seven.” He had most recently worked on the Sylvester Stallone movie “D-TOX.”