The Food That Built America Season 4
Costume Designer · HISTORY Channel Series · 2023
OVERVIEW
Season 4 of The Food That Built America explores the entrepreneurs, rivalries, and innovations behind influential American food brands, from breakfast cereal, coffee, and frozen food to supermarkets, pet food, and brewing.
CONTRIBUTION
Matthew Solomon served as Costume Designer for the complete fourth season, designing all 16 episodes. The dramatic recreations span numerous periods, industries, and communities within American history.
The costume design establishes period, occupation, socioeconomic background, and character while creating a cohesive visual language across the season’s wide range of historical figures and stories.
RECOGNITION
PRODUCTION DETAILS
Year: 2023
Production Company: Lucky 8
Network: The HISTORY Channel
Host: Adam Richman
Narrator: Campbell Scott
Executive Producer and Head Writer: Brian Burstein
Executive Producers: Harry Courniotes, Shari Ortner Middleman, Jim Pasquarella
Line Producer: Guy Streit
Interview Producer: Joel P. Schneider
Director of Photography: Jaron Berman
Production Designer: Carey Rothman
Art Director: Jessica Ellis
Costume Designer: Matthew Solomon
Assistant Art Director: Chloé Seytre
Set Decorator: Stephane Pain
Property Master: Brianne Beatty
Sound Mixer: Kevin McGuire