How ‘The Lowdown’ Production Designer Created a Madcap Noir Without Soundstages or Prop Houses

The best noirs have a strong sense of time and place. But what if your noir hero is pretty messy? And what if your place is somewhere not instantly recognizable like Los Angeles or New York City? That was the challenge put to the crew of Sterlin Harjo’s acclaimed FX series “The Lowdown,” which stars Ethan Hawke as Lee Raybon, a self-described “truthstorian” stumbling upon conspiracies and crimes in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Shot entirely in and around Tulsa, “The Lowdown” offered unique challenges to production designer Brandon Tonner-Connolly, who’s no stranger to the Oklahoma metropolis, having worked with Harjo on “Reservation Dogs” for three years.

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