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Paul D. Austerberry

Art

Born January 1, 2000 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Also known as Paul Denham Austerberry · Paul Austerberry

Biography

Paul Austerberry (born 1966) is a Canadian film and television production designer. For his set design in the 2017 film The Shape of Water, he won an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Production Design with set decorators Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin. In the 2013 film Pompeii, he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Art Direction/Production Design at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015 with Nigel Churcher. Paul Austerberry was born in 1966 to parents Peter and Deanna Austerberry. Though the City of Toronto is his birthplace, Northern Ontario's Sault Ste. Marie waterfront city is the place where Paul Austerberry, an only child, was raised by his British-born father and Filipina mother. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Denham Austerberry, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Production Design · 2018

Filmography34 titles

IT: Welcome to Derry

2025Production Design

The Christmas Chronicles

2018Production Design

The Shape of Water

2017Production Design

The Color Purple

2023Production Design

X-Men

2000Art Direction

The Liberator

2013Production Design

Take the Lead

2006Production Design

It: Chapter Two

2019Production Design

The Flash

2023Production Design

30 Days of Night

2007Production Design

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

2004Production Design

Death Race

2008Production Design

Half Baked

1998Art Direction

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

2010Production Design

Assault on Precinct 13

2005Production Design

Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy

1996Art Direction

Pacific Rim: Uprising

2018Production Design

The Corruptor

1999Art Direction

Harriet the Spy

1996Art Direction

Deadfall

2012Production Design

Extreme Measures

1996Art Direction

Exit Wounds

2001Production Design

The Three Musketeers

2011Production Design

Highwaymen

2004Production Design

The Tuxedo

2002Production Design

Trapped in Paradise

1994Assistant Art Director

Pompeii

2014Production Design

Len and Company

2015Production Design

The Real Blonde

1997Art Direction

Shut In

2016Production Design

Men with Brooms

2002Production Design

Mercy

2000Production Design

Forever Mine

1999Art Direction

Making The Flash: Worlds Collide

2023as Self - Production Designer