The Studio
Heritage, innovation,
and imagination.
Yohannes Studios, LLC is a creative studio dedicated to world-building through art, design, and storytelling — culturally significant experiences that bridge heritage, innovation, and imagination across film, animation, immersive environments, public art, and emerging media.
Led by Yohannes Yamassee, the studio moves fluidly between the scenic and the built: art directing television for FX, NBC, CBS Studios, and Netflix; designing for the stage from the Denver Center to national tours; and carrying the same world-building discipline into architecture, theme-park environments, and exhibition work.
Whatever the medium, the question is the same — what does this world believe, and how do you make an audience feel it the moment they step inside?
What the Studio Does
- 01
Film & Television
Art direction and set design for scripted series and features — from period drama to near-future science fiction.
- 02
Theater & Live Performance
Set and projection design for the stage, where the world has to be built once and hold up every night.
- 03
Architecture & Immersive
Architectural design, theme-park environments, and exhibition spaces that people move through, not just look at.
- 04
Concept & Illustration
Sketches, renderings, and concept art — the drawings where every world begins.
Selected Collaborations
- Marvel
- Walt Disney Imagineering
- Netflix
- FX
- NBC
- CBS Studios
- Amazon Studios
- MGM
- Disneyland
- UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television
Credits span network television, streaming features, national theater tours, themed environments, and gallery exhibition.
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From a single set to an entire environment — the studio is currently reviewing projects for 2026 and beyond.