Dena Allen

Dena Allen has worked in the film and television industry for 28 years. Some of her credits as a Los Angeles-based set decorator include: The Shield, Sons of Anarchy, Raising Hope, Jane the Virgin, and Queen of the South. Dena was nominated for an Art Director’s Guild Award in 2006 for her work on the groundbreaking first season of Heroes. She has worked on productions in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, and Shreveport. Dena studied theater at the University of Minnesota, going on to be a stage manager for Equity waiver summer stock in Vermont and winter stock on Sanibel Island, Florida. She moved to Los Angeles in 1993 to explore working in the film industry. Now semi-retired in the Twin Cities, Dena hopes to educate everyone who’s interested in learning about the joys of working in the Art Department.