After graduating with her MFA in Set Design from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Molly began her design career in the downtown New York Off-Broadway theater scene before finding her way into the art department of NYC feature films. A pivotal opportunity arose when she worked as a model-maker for multi-Oscar and Bafta-winning Production Designer Stuart Craig, leading her to London where she joined the art department for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Molly went on to work on six of the franchise films, notably serving as an art director on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Parts 1 and 2. Following the series, she was an Art Director on Steven Spielberg's Warhorse, and Supervising Art Director for Tony Gilroy’s The Bourne Legacy.

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After the Harry Potter films, Molly relocated with her family to the US to become a Production Designer, focused on pursuing director-driven projects. She has since collaborated with esteemed directors such as Ron Howard on two films including

Thirteen Lives, Charlie Kaufman on two projects including I’m Thinking of Ending Things and Joachim Trier on his American debut Louder Than Bombs. Her diverse design portfolio also includes Oscar-winning documentary director Amy Berg’s first scripted film Every Secret Thing and Olivier-winning theatre director Thea Sharrock’s hybrid animation Disney film The One and Only Ivan. Molly also designed the box office hit The Fault in Our Stars and X-Men: The New Mutants with director Josh Boone. Most recently, she reunited with David Yates to design Pain Hustlers, his first film after completion of the Potter franchise films. 

 

In 2024, Molly launched the Foxfire Film Festival in her hometown of Wheeling, West Virginia, aiming to connect renowned documentary filmmakers with aspiring storytellers in the Appalachian community.

 

A dual US and UK citizen, Molly currently splits her time between London and Philadelphia,

working on projects across the US, UK, and Europe.

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Click the link below for a closer look at one of Molly's most recent projects: 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8x6g8jz1r62dzuj/13L_Inside_the_Caves.mov?dl=0

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