
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 Award — Excellence in Production Design for a Fantasy Film · 2022 · nominated
- Saturn Award — Best Production Design · 2022 · nominated
- Art Directors Guild Award — Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film · 2015 · nominated
Filmography28 titles

Gone Girl

CSI: Miami

Patriot

Where the Crawdads Sing

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

The Lego Movie

Murderbot

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

Love & Basketball

The Half of It

Punch-Drunk Love

Made of Honor

The Book of Love

Shall We Dance?

The Etruscan Smile

Colossal

Confidence

Shirley

300: Rise of an Empire

In Good Company

Imagine That

Hollow Man

Landscape with Invisible Hand

Shopgirl

Little Fockers

Surviving Christmas

American Dreamz

Gigli