KFD Hires Raymond Waites To Head New Set Design Department

Raymond Waites

K.F. Dischley Group Inc. (KFD) has announced that internationally known, award-winning home fashion designer Raymond Waites is joining the film company to lead its newly created set design and decoration department.
 
“From wall coverings to everything else under the roof of a home, Mr. Waites has excelled as one of America’s great designers,” said Lee Andrew Myers, KFD chairman and chief executive officer. “We are honored to welcome Mr. Waites to our company.”
 
Waites’ first responsibilities will be to create an infrastructure for KFD’s set design and decoration department and oversee the building of sets for four film projects slated to begin production in March 2011. Waites will bring his creative talents to find Me a feature film directed by Scott Pendarvis and produced by Mr. Myers and also i text U, a feature film directed by Mr. Myers and to be filmed in High Point, North Carolina. Following i text U Waites will focus on Summer Camp and Wednesday the 11th, both of which are currently in development
 
The addition of KFD’s set design department is the result of the company’s rapid growth in the entertainment industry.
 
Waites will continue to develop his own brand of home furnishings products and serve as CEO of New Vintage Gallery, an innovative design company that supplies home furnishings to clients around the world. Waites’ designs have sold well over $4 billion dollars in all areas of the home furnishings industry.  Based in High Point, North Carolina, the internationally renowned designer is known for his use of color and settings in showroom and residential design. He has won numerous awards, has written six books, and heads a scholarship fund through the International Furnishings and Design Association, a national trade association that represents furnishings and design professionals.
 
About KFD: Based in Nesconset, New York, KDF was founded in 2007 by a group of seasoned motion picture and television producers whose vast experience includes movie production, financing, and distribution. “Our creative staff has enjoyed the privilege of working on some of the biggest pictures in Hollywood history. KFD management has collective experience in the motion-picture and television industries that spans over a 40-year period of time,”
Myers said.