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Sue Chan

Art

Biography

Sue Chan was born in New York City and raised in central New Jersey, where her parents co-owned the only Chinese restaurant in town. After studying design with a minor in East Asian Studies in college, she and her husband moved to San Francisco, where she found work first in architecture, then in theatre, before entering film and television. Her work takes her all over the US, Canada, Europe, Eastern Europe, and Australia. Chan splits her residence between Los Angeles and Connecticut.

Awards & recognition

  • Art Directors Guild AwardExcellence in Production Design for a Fantasy Film · 2022 · nominated
  • Saturn AwardBest Production Design · 2022 · nominated
  • Art Directors Guild AwardExcellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film · 2015 · nominated

Filmography28 titles

Gone Girl

2014Supervising Art Director

CSI: Miami

2002Art Direction

Patriot

2015Production Design

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022Production Design

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

2021Production Design

The Lego Movie

2014Art Direction

Murderbot

2025Production Design

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

2011Art Direction

Love & Basketball

2000Art Direction

The Half of It

2020Production Design

Punch-Drunk Love

2002Art Direction

Made of Honor

2008Art Direction

The Book of Love

2016Production Design

Shall We Dance?

2004Art Direction

The Etruscan Smile

2018Production Design

Colossal

2016Production Design

Confidence

2003Assistant Art Director

Shirley

2020Production Design

300: Rise of an Empire

2014Supervising Art Director

In Good Company

2004Art Direction

Imagine That

2009Art Direction

Hollow Man

2000Assistant Art Director

Landscape with Invisible Hand

2023Production Design

Shopgirl

2005Art Direction

Little Fockers

2010Supervising Art Director

Surviving Christmas

2004Art Direction

American Dreamz

2006Art Direction

Gigli

2003Art Direction