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UCLA alumna Marika Stephens worked as the art director for the film &quot;To the Bone,&quot; which tells the story of a young woman battling an eating disorder. The film premiered at the Sunddance Film Festival in January and was picked up by Netflix for $8 million. (Alyssa Dorn/Daily Bruin staff)

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Alumna takes hands-on set design experience to direct art in &#8216;To the Bone&#8217;

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Marika Stephens sat in the backyard of a craftsman house for two days to cut out paper hearts and craft flowers out of tissue paper. After creating the decorations, she had a scant hour to help decorate a room in that house for filming a scene.

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Alumna takes hands-on set design experience to direct art in ‘To the Bone’

By Alyssa Dorn

Feb. 7, 2017 11:16 p.m.