James Pearse Connelly is a

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. Notable projects include

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'', as well as critically acclaimed feature film '' The Kids Are All Right''.

Personal life

The son of clearly proud Irish parents, an art teacher and an architect, Connelly participated in theatre in high school which made him decide to pursue set design in college.Elizabeth Palermo

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'', Jan. 4, 2013. After completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theater arts and set design at Rutgers University, he moved to New York and then Los Angeles where he worked for different studios. After spending more than 10 years working for others, at age 30 he started his own business - jpconnelly.com inc. A member of the Academy since 2007, Connelly has been in the art directors/set decorators peer group since 2008 and has served on the Television Academy's Board of Governors since 2014.

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