With credits spanning period filmmaking, independent cinema, and music productions, the Mexican creative brings a storyteller’s perspective to the Art Department.
A film’s setting can tell us who a character is before we know their name. The furniture they live with, the objects they reach for, and the spaces they move through all shape how we understand them.
That connection between environment and character drives the work of Angelica Figueroa, a Los Angeles–based Art Department professional whose experience includes production design, art direction, set dressing, and prop supervision.
Originally from Morelos, Mexico, Figueroa has pursued a filmmaking career that combines visual creativity with the practical work of bringing a production to life. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Filmmaking from the New York Film Academy, developing a foundation in the broader filmmaking process before building her experience in the Art Department.
Her work now spans narrative films, performance videos, promotional productions, and independent projects. Across those formats, her focus remains consistent: creating environments that support the story through research, carefully selected props, and purposeful design.
Figueroa’s production design credits include What a Valentine, starring Jim Beaver, and Tamales, starring Virginia Novello. The projects place her in a role where visual decisions must work together, connecting the overall design of a film with the details within each scene.
Production design requires an understanding of how a story’s world operates. What belongs in a character’s home? Which objects suggest personal history? How should a setting reflect the mood of a scene? Figueroa’s approach uses research, sourcing, and attention to detail to address those questions.
Her work as Art Director on Sunrise Boulevard brought those skills into a period setting. Set in 1955, the short film required a visual environment that could establish its era while supporting the characters and action within it.
Figueroa contributed through art direction, set dressing, props, and sourcing, helping develop the film’s period-specific world. Sunrise Boulevard became an official selection at the Burbank International Film Festival and earned a nomination in the Best Production Design / Art Direction category.
The nomination recognized a discipline that audiences experience throughout a film, even when they aren’t consciously examining it. A convincing setting allows viewers to accept the world on screen and stay with the story.
Figueroa has also brought her skills to productions involving prominent names in music and entertainment. Her Set Dresser credits include a Willow Smith performance video, a promotional video for Wild ’N Out, and the “Tell Me” project by OneRepublic and Karan Aujla.
These assignments expand the range of her Art Department experience. A performance video and a narrative film may use environments differently, but both depend on visual choices that fit the production’s purpose. Moving between formats requires flexibility, collaboration, and an understanding of what the camera needs to capture.
Her additional credits include Canta Santiago, Oroboros, Ikigai, and Rebel Flower(s).
On Oroboros, Figueroa served as Prop Master, working with story-specific objects, actor props, sourcing, and practical and breakable set pieces. That work demands close attention to how an object will be used during filming, as well as how it appears on screen.
A prop can become part of an actor’s performance or a key element of a scene’s action. Preparing it means connecting creative intent with the physical requirements of production.
Taken together, Figueroa’s credits show a career developing across several connected areas of filmmaking. Her experience gives her opportunities to approach visual storytelling at different scales—from the design of an environment to the preparation of a single object.
Her journey from Morelos to Los Angeles continues through that hands-on work. With each project, Angelica Figueroa adds to a body of experience centered on making fictional worlds feel specific, inhabited, and believable.
Learn more about Angelica Figueroa’s film credits on IMDb.