What is J. Michael Riva?
'''John Michael Riva''' (June 28, 1948 &ndash; June 7, 2012) or '''J. Michael Riva''' was an [[Americans|American]] production designer. He worked on ''[[Halloween II]]'', ''[[Bad Boys 2]]'', ''[[Spider-Man 3]]'', ''[[Iron Man 2]]'', ''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]'', and ''[[Django Unchained]]''. His grandmother was actress [[Marlene Dietrich]]. Riva was born on June 28, 1948 in [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] to William Riva and [[Maria Riva|Maria Sieber]]. He studied at [[Institute Le Rosey]] and at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]]. He was married to Wendy Riva until his death in 2012. They had four children. Riva died of a [[stroke]] in [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]] while filming Django Unchained, aged 63.<ref name=ds>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/news/a386029/django-unchained-production-designer-j-michael-riva-dies-aged-63.html|title='Django Unchained' production designer J Michael Riva dies, aged 63|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|accessdate=2012-06-08|date=2012-06-08|author=Reynolds, Simon}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{IMDb name|728951}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Riva, J. Michael}} [[Category:1948 births]] [[Category:2012 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from stroke]] [[Category:People from New York City]]