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Dennis Gassner
Born	(1948-10-22) October 22, 1948 (age 75) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Alma mater	University of Oregon
Occupation(s)	Art director, production designer
Years active	1979–present

Dennis Gassner (born October 22, 1948) is an American-Canadian production designer. He is notable for his work on Bugsy, Big Fish, Into the Woods, and Blade Runner 2049, his collaborations with the Coen brothers and Sam Mendes, as well the James Bond films Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, and Spectre, the latter two directed by Mendes. He has been nominated seven times for the Academy Award for Best Production Design, and has won once.^[1] Gassner was nominated for the Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film for his work on Quantum of Solace, and won for his work on Skyfall.

Gassner attended the University of Oregon, where he played college football as a defensive end from 1967 to 1969.

Filmography

Year	Title	Director
1986	The Hitcher	Eric Red
1986	Wisdom	Emilio Estevez
1987	In the Mood	Phil Alden Robinson
1987	Like Father Like Son	Rod Daniel
1988	Earth Girls Are Easy	Julien Temple
1989	Field of Dreams	Phil Alden Robinson
1990	Miller's Crossing	Joel Coen
1990	The Grifters	Stephen Frears
1991	Barton Fink	Joel Coen
1991	Bugsy	Barry Levinson
1992	Hero	Stephen Frears
1994	The Hudsucker Proxy	Joel Coen
1995	Waterworld	Kevin Reynolds
1998	The Truman Show	Peter Weir
2000	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Joel Coen
2001	The Man Who Wasn' There	Joel Coen
2002	Road to Perdition	Sam Mendes
2003	Big Fish	Tim Burton
2004	The Ladykillers	Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
2005	Jarhead	Sam Mendes
2006	Ask the Dust	Robert Towne
2007	The Golden Compass	Chris Weitz
2008	Quantum of Solace	Marc Forster
2012	Skyfall	Sam Mendes
2014	Into the Woods	Rob Marshall
2015	Spectre	Sam Mendes
2017	Blade Runner 2049	Denis Villeneuve
2019	1917	Sam Mendes
2022	The Gray Man	Anthony and Joe Russo

Awards

Academy Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1991	Barton Fink	Best Production Design	Nominated
1991	Bugsy		Won
2002	Road to Perdition		Nominated
2007	The Golden Compass		Nominated
2014	Into the Woods		Nominated
2017	Blade Runner 2049		Nominated
2019	1917		Nominated

British Academy Film Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
1998	The Truman Show	Best Production Design	Won
2000	O Brother, Where Art Thou?		Nominated
2002	Road to Perdition		Won
2003	Big Fish		Nominated
2012	Skyfall		Nominated
2017	Blade Runner 2049		Nominated
2019	1917		Won

References

External links

Awards for Dennis Gassner

v t e Academy Award for Best Production Design
1927–1939 Interior Decoration	1927/1928: William Cameron Menzies 1929/1929: Cedric Gibbons 1929/1930: Herman Rosse 1930/1931: Max Rée 1931/1932: Gordon Wiles 1932/1933: William S. Darling 1934: Cedric Gibbons, Fredric Hope 1935: Richard Day 1936: Richard Day 1937: Stephen Goosson 1938: Carl Jules Weyl 1939: Lyle R. Wheeler
1940–1946 Black & White / Color separate	1940 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse / (c): Vincent Korda 1941 (bw): Richard Day, Nathan Juran, Thomas Little / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis 1942 (bw): Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little / (c): Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little 1943 (bw): James Basevi, William S. Darling, Thomas Little / (c): Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman, Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb 1944 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Paul Huldschinsky, Edwin B. Willis / (c): Wiard Ihnen, Thomas Little 1945 (bw): Wiard Ihnen, A. Roland Fields / (c): Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegté, Samuel M. Comer 1946 (bw): William S. Darling, Lyle R. Wheeler, Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis
1947–1956 renamed Art Direction - Set Decoration Black & White / Color separate	1947 (bw): John Bryan, Wilfred Shingleton / (c): Alfred Junge 1948 (bw): Roger K. Furse, Carmen Dillon / (c): Hein Heckroth, Arthur Lawson 1949 (bw): Harry Horner, John Meehan, Emile Kuri / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore 1950 (bw): Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer / (c): Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer 1951 (bw): Richard Day, George James Hopkins / (c): Cedric Gibbons, E. Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason 1952 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason /(c): Paul Sheriff, Marcel Vertès 1953 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt / (c): Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox 1954 (bw): Richard Day / (c): John Meehan, Emile Kuri 1955 (bw): Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Samuel M. Comer, Arthur Krams / (c): William Flannery, Jo Mielziner, Robert Priestley 1956 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason / (c): Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox
1957–1958	1957: Ted Haworth, Robert Priestley 1958: William A. Horning, E. Preston Ames, Henry Grace, F. Keogh Gleason
1959–1966 Black & White / Color separate	1959 (bw): Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss / (c): William A. Horning (posthumous award), Edward Carfagno, Hugh Hunt 1960 (bw): Alexandre Trauner, Edward G. Boyle /(c): Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom (posthumous award), Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron 1961 (bw): Harry Horner, Gene Callahan / (c): Boris Leven, Victor A. Gangelin 1962 (bw): Alexander Golitzen, Henry Bumstead, Oliver Emert /(c): John Box, John Stoll, Dario Simoni 1963 (bw): Gene Callahan / (c): John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard M. Brown, Herman A. Blumenthal, Elven Webb, Maurice Pelling, Boris Juraga, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox, Ray Moyer 1964 (bw): Vassilis Photopoulos /(c): Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton, George James Hopkins 1965 (bw): Robert Clatworthy, Joseph Kish /(c): John Box, Terence Marsh, Dario Simoni 1966 (bw): Richard Sylbert, George James Hopkins / (c): Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss
1967–1980	1967: John Truscott, Edward Carrere, John W. Brown 1968: John Box, Terence Marsh, Vernon Dixon, Ken Muggleston 1969: John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman A. Blumenthal, Walter M. Scott, George James Hopkins, Raphaël Bretton 1970: Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo, Antonio Mateos, Pierre-Louis Thévenet 1971: John Box, Ernest Archer, Jack Maxsted, Gil Parrondo, Vernon Dixon 1972: Rolf Zehetbauer, Jurgen Kiebach, Herbert Strabel 1973: Henry Bumstead, James W. Payne 1974: Dean Tavoularis, Angelo P. Graham, George R. Nelson 1975: Ken Adam, Roy Walker, Vernon Dixon 1976: George C. Jenkins, George Gaines 1977: John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, Roger Christian 1978: Paul Sylbert, Edwin O'Donovan, George Gaines 1979: Philip Rosenberg, Tony Walton, Edward Stewart, Gary J. Brink 1980: Pierre Guffroy, Jack Stephens
1981–2000	1981: Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley; Michael D. Ford (set) 1982: Stuart Craig, Robert W. Laing; Michael Seirton (set) 1983: Anna Asp 1984: Patrizia von Brandenstein; Karel Černý (set) 1985: Stephen B. Grimes; Josie MacAvin (set) 1986: Gianni Quaranta, Brian Ackland-Snow; Brian Savegar, Elio Altramura (set) 1987: Ferdinando Scarfiotti; Bruno Cesari, Osvaldo Desideri (set) 1988: Stuart Craig; Gérard James (set) 1989: Anton Furst; Peter Young (set) 1990: Richard Sylbert (art); Rick Simpson (set) 1991: Dennis Gassner (art); Nancy Haigh (set) 1992: Luciana Arrighi (art); Ian Whittaker (set) 1993: Allan Starski (art); Ewa Braun (set) 1994: Ken Adam (art); Carolyn Scott (set) 1995: Eugenio Zanetti (art) 1996: Stuart Craig (art); Stephenie McMillan (set) 1997: Peter Lamont (art); Michael D. Ford (set) 1998: Martin Childs (art); Jill Quertier (set) 1999: Rick Heinrichs (art); Peter Young (set) 2000: Timmy Yip (art)
2001–present	2001: Catherine Martin (art); Brigitte Broch (set) 2002: John Myhre (art); Gordon Sim (set) 2003: Grant Major (art); Dan Hennah and Alan Lee (set) 2004: Dante Ferretti (art); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set) 2005: John Myhre (art); Gretchen Rau (set) 2006: Eugenio Caballero (art); Pilar Revuelta (set) 2007: Dante Ferretti (art); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set) 2008: Donald Graham Burt (art); Victor J. Zolfo (set) 2009: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (art); Kim Sinclair (set) 2010: Robert Stromberg (art); Karen O'Hara (set) 2011: Dante Ferretti (art); Francesca Lo Schiavo (set) 2012: Rick Carter (art); Jim Erickson (set) 2013: Catherine Martin (art); Beverley Dunn (set) 2014: Adam Stockhausen (art); Anna Pinnock (set) 2015: Colin Gibson (art); Lisa Thompson (set) 2016: David Wasco (art); Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (set) 2017: Paul Denham Austerberry (art); Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin (set) 2018: Hannah Beachler (art); Jay Hart (set) 2019: Barbara Ling (art); Nancy Haigh (set) 2020: Donald Graham Burt (art); Jan Pascale (set) 2021: Patrice Vermette (art) and Zsuzsanna Sipos (set) 2022: Christian M. Goldbeck (art) and Ernestine Hipper (set)

BAFTA Award for Best Production Design

1964–1967

Black and White	Ken Adam (1964) Ray Simm (1965) Tambi Larsen (1966) No Award (1967)
Colour	John Bryan (1964) Ken Adam (1965) Wilfred Shingleton (1966) John Box (1967)

1968–present

Ernest Archer, Harry Lange and Anthony Masters (1968)
Donald M. Ashton (1969)
Mario Garbuglia (1970)
Ferdinando Scarfiotti (1971)
Rolf Zehetbauer (1972)
Natasha Kroll (1973)
John Box (1974)
John Box (1975)
Geoffrey Kirkland (1976)
Danilo Donati and Federico Fellini (1977)
Joe Alves (1978)
Michael Seymour (1979)
Stuart Craig (1980)
Norman Reynolds (1981)
Lawrence G. Paull (1982)
Gianni Quaranta and Franco Zeffirelli (1983)
Roy Walker (1984)
Norman Garwood (1985)
Brian Ackland-Snow and Gianni Quaranta (1986)
Santo Loquasto (1987)
Dean Tavoularis (1988)
Dante Ferretti (1989)
Richard Sylbert (1990)
Bo Welch (1991)
Catherine Martin (1992)
Andrew McAlpine (1993)
Dante Ferretti (1994)
Michael Corenblith (1995)
Tony Burrough (1996)
Catherine Martin (1997)
Dennis Gassner (1998)
Rick Heinrichs (1999)
Arthur Max (2000)
Aline Bonetto (2001)
Dennis Gassner (2002)
William Sandell (2003)
Dante Ferretti (2004)
Stuart Craig (2005)
Jim Clay, Geoffrey Kirkland and Jennifer Williams (2006)
Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer (2007)
Donald Graham Burt and Victor J. Zolfo (2008)
Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg and Kim Sinclair (2009)
Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (2010)
Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo (2011)
Eve Stewart and Anna Lynch-Robinson (2012)
Catherine Martin and Beverly Dunn (2013)
Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock (2014)
Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson (2015)
Stuart Craig and Anna Pinnock (2016)
Paul D. Austerberry, Jeff Melvin and Shane Vieau (2017)
Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton (2018)
Dennis Gassner and Lee Sandales (2019)
Donald Graham Burt and Jan Pascale (2020)
Patrice Vermette and Zsuzsanna Sipos (2021)
Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino (2022)

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Production Design

Allan Starski (1993)
Dennis Gassner (1994)
Bo Welch (1995)
Brian Morris / Janet Patterson (1996)
Peter Lamont (1997)
Jeannine Oppewall (1998)
Rick Heinrichs (1999)
Timmy Yip (2000)
Catherine Martin (2001)
Dante Ferretti (2002)
Grant Major (2003)
Dante Ferretti (2004)
William Chang (2005)
Eugenio Caballero (2006)
Jack Fisk (2007)
Mark Friedberg (2008)
Philip Ivey (2009)
Guy Hendrix Dyas (2010)
Dante Ferretti (2011)
Jack Fisk and David Crank (2012)
K. K. Barrett (2013)
Adam Stockhausen (2014)
Colin Gibson (2015)
Ryu Seong-hie (2016)
Dennis Gassner (2017)
Hannah Beachler (2018)
Barbara Ling (2019)
Donald Graham Burt (2020)
Steve Saklad (2021)
Dylan Cole and Ben Procter (2022)
Sarah Greenwood (2023)

v t e Satellite Award for Best Production Design
1990s	Catherine Martin (1996) Peter Lamont (1997) Dennis Gassner (1998) Rick Heinrichs, Ken Court, John Dexter, Andy Nicholson, and Leslie Tomkins (1999)
2000s	Don Taylor (2000) Catherine Martin, Ian Gracie, and Annie Beauchamp (2001) Dante Ferretti (2002) Grant Major, Dan Hennah, and Alan Lee (2003) Eve Stewart, John Bush, and John Hill (2004) James D. Bissell (2005) Henry Bumstead, Jack G. Taylor Jr., and Richard C. Goddard (2006) Guy Hendrix Dyas and David Allday (2007) Catherine Martin, Ian Gracie, and Karen Murphy (2008) Dan Bishop and Ian Phillips (2009)
2010s	Guy Hendrix Dyas, Luke Freeborn, Brad Ricker, and Dean Wolcott (2010) Laurence Bennett and Gregory S. Hooper (2011) Rick Carter, Curt Beech, David Crank, and Leslie McDonald (2012) Beverly Dunn and Catherine Martin (2013) Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock, and Stephan O. Gessler (2014) Adam Stockhausen (2015) David Wasco (2016) Paul Denham Austerberry (2017) John Myhre (2018) Beth Mickle and Michael Ahern (2019)
2020s	Donald Graham Burt, Chris Craine, Jan Pascale, and Dan Webster (2020) Stefan Dechant (2021) Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino (2022)

Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Production Design

Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo (2011)
Uli Hanisch & Hugh Bateup and Rebecca Alleway, and Peter Walpole (2012)
Catherine Martin and Beverley Dunn (2013)
Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock (2014)
Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson (2015)
David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (2016)
Dennis Gassner and Alessandra Querzola (2017)
Hannah Beachler and Jay Hart (2018)
Barbara Ling and Nancy Haigh (2019)
Donald Graham Burt and Jan Pascale (2020)
Patrice Vermette, Richard Roberts, and Zsuzsanna Sipos (2021)
Hannah Beachler and Lisa Sessions Morgan (2022)
Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer (2023)

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