Katie Spencer
OccupationSet decorator
Years active1993–present

Katie Spencer is a British set decorator.

She has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Production Design seven times for her set decoration in Joe Wright's films: Pride & Prejudice (2005),[1] Atonement (2007),[2] Anna Karenina (2012),[3] and Darkest Hour (2017),[4] and for the major box office successes such as Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes (2009),[5] Bill Condon's Beauty and the Beast (2017),[6] and Greta Gerwig's Barbie (2023).[7] She has worked many films and TV series with British art director Sarah Greenwood.[8] Spencer is a member of the Set Decorators Society of America.[9]

Biography

Katie Spencer, born in Yorkshire, England, studied stage management at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. After several years working at the West End theatre, she transitioned to work as a freelancer for the BBC.[10]

Sets design

Motion pictures

Year Title Collaborators Notes Ref.
1997 The Governess Sarah Greenwood
1999 This Year's Love
2000 Born Romantic
2002 The Abduction Club
2005 Pride & Prejudice
2006 Starter for 10
2007 Atonement
2008 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
2009 Sherlock Holmes
2011 Hanna
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Alison Harvey
2012 Anna Karenina
2016 Our Kind of Traitor
2017 Beauty and the Beast
Darkest Hour Lloyd Passfield
2020 Rebecca
2021 Cyrano
2023 Barbie Sarah Greenwood

References

  1. ^ Pride and Prejudice (2015) Awards. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  2. ^ Atonement (2007) Awards. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  3. ^ "Oscars 2013: Full list of nominees". BBC News. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Darkest Hour (2017) Awards and nominations". IMDB. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  5. ^ Sherlock Holmes, retrieved 5 March 2018
  6. ^ Khamil, Elyza (25 January 2018). "The Craft of Set Designing: An Interview With Oscar Nominee Set Decorator Katie Spencer". Harper's Bazaar Malaysia. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  7. ^ Zemler, Emily (12 January 2024). "'What on Earth does a world like this look like?' The mission to design Barbie Land". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  8. ^ Blair, Iain (23 February 2018). "'Darkest Hour,' 'Beauty and the Beast' Production Duo Face Themselves at Oscars". Variety. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Set Decorator Member: Katie Spencer". SDSA Set Decorators. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  10. ^ "SCAD Savannah Film Festival 2023 honorees". Savannah College of Art and Design. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

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