Tobman is from Montreal . He directed the short film '' Remote '' , which screened at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival . '' The Hollywood Reporter '' positively reviewed Tobman 's production design for the 2014 film '' That Awkward Moment . '' He served as production designer for the 2015 Canadian-Irish film '' Room '' , for which he and Mary Kirkland won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design . In designing the eponymous Room set at Pinewood Toronto Studios , he set out with the idea " that every square inch of Room needed to have a backstory . " Tobman also proposed an " inverted Rubik 's Cube " for a set , with removable parts . Tobman subsequently worked on Felix van Groeningen 's 2018 '' Beautiful Boy '' . Using the house from the TV series '' Big Little Lies '' for a set , he made numerous alterations including to the counters . Tobman has also served as a production designer for music videos , including " Formation " and " Lemonade " by Beyoncé . In 2014 , for the music video " The Writing 's on the Wall " by the U.S. band OK Go , he was tasked with helping create a number of perspective illusions
Canadian Screen Award
4th Canadian Screen Awards
Ethan Tobman