{{short description|Production designer and art director in film}} {{Infobox person | image = | imagesize = | caption = | name = David Crank | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | education = [[College of William & Mary]] ([[Bachelor of arts|BA]])<br>[[Carnegie Mellon University]] ([[Master of fine arts|MFA]]) | occupation = [[Production designer]], [[Art designer]] | years_active = 1990-present | spouse = | children = }} '''David Crank''' is an American [[production designer]] and [[art director]]. His production designer credits include [[Rian Johnson]]'s ''[[Knives Out (film)|Knives Out]]'' and [[Paul Greengrass]]'s ''[[News of the World (film)|News of the World]]'' (for which he nabbed an [[Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]] with [[set decorator]], [[Elizabeth Keenan]] at the [[93rd Academy Awards]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Davis|first=Clayton|date=2021-03-11|title=2021 Oscars Predictions: All Awards Categories|url=https://variety.com/feature/2021-oscars-predictions-academy-awards-nominations-1234764774/|access-date=2021-03-15|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref> as well as nominations for a [[BAFTA Award]] and [[Critics' Choice Movie Awards]] in the same category), plus art director credits on various films including [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Lincoln (film)|Lincoln]]'', [[Paul Thomas Anderson]]'s ''[[There Will Be Blood]]'' and ''[[The Master (2012 film)|The Master]]'', and ''[[Water for Elephants (film)|Water for Elephants]]''.
==Education and personal life== Crank grew up in Richmond, Virginia<ref name = "Shelleby">{{cite web |last1=Shelleby |first1=J.B. |title=Designing a Nightmare - Local art director David Crank wants to make an impression - but not too big an impression - with his work in "Hannibal." |url=https://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/local-art-director-david-crank-wants-to-make-an-impression-but-not-too-big-an-impression-with-his-work-in-hannibal/Content?oid=1370503 |website=Style Weekly |accessdate=January 16, 2020 |date=June 21, 2000}}</ref> and graduated from [[College of William & Mary|William and Mary]] with a degree in studio art in 1982.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Sararose |title=Grammy-nominated ensemble, W&M alumni headline special guests at 2020 Global Film Festival |url=https://www.dailypress.com/virginiagazette/news/va-vg-wm-digest-0115-20200114-sl53ybk7dberrf22dcijc3ua4q-story.html |website=[[The Virginia Gazette]] |publisher=DailyPress.Com |accessdate=January 16, 2020 |date=January 14, 2020}}</ref> He also received a Theatre Design [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] degree from Carnegie-Mellon.<ref name = "Shelleby"/>
==Professional life == Crank first began as a set designer in Richmond's local theaters and then started working in film as a set painter around 1990.<ref name="Kirill">{{cite web |last1=Grouchnikov |first1=Kirill |title=Production design of "The Double" – interview with David Crank |url=https://www.pushing-pixels.org/2016/08/11/production-design-of-the-double-interview-with-david-crank.html |website=pushingpixels.com |accessdate=January 16, 2020 |date=August 11, 2016}}</ref> He was the Art Director on three of [[Terrence Malick]]'s films, including ''[[The New World (2005 film)|The New World]]'' (2005) and ''[[The Tree of Life (film)|The Tree of Life]]'' (2011). Crank was on the production team that won the 2012 [[Satellite Award for Best Art Direction and Production Design]] for ''Lincoln'' (and was also nominated that same year for ''[[The Master (2012 film)|The Master]]'').<ref>{{cite web |title=International Press Academy 2012 Awards and Nominations (Art Direction & Production Design) |url=http://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/2012/ |accessdate=January 16, 2020}}</ref> Crank's production design work on ''Knives Out'' was integral to the film's world, including the fact that he turned different locations into the film's main setting, the mansion of mystery author Harlan Thrombey.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fuster |first1=Jeremy |title=How 'Knives Out' Turned Three Locations Into a Single Mansion of Murder |url=https://www.thewrap.com/how-knives-out-turned-three-locations-into-a-single-mansion-of-murder/ |website=thewrap.com |publisher=[[TheWrap]] |accessdate=January 16, 2020 |date=November 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Huff |first1=Lauren |title=Knives Out production designer on that crazy house, and which details you might have missed |url=https://ew.com/movies/2019/11/27/knives-out-production-designer-crazy-house/ |website=ew.com |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |accessdate=January 16, 2020 |date=November 27, 2019}}</ref>
In 2011, William & Mary’s [[Muscarelle Museum of Art]] presented Crank with The Cheek Medal, a national award for outstanding presentation of the arts.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2011/muscarelle-awards-2011-cheek-medals-123.php | title=Muscarelle Awards 2011 Cheek Medals }}</ref> In addition to his Oscar and BAFTA Film Award nods, Crank was nominated for an Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for his work on ''[[News of the World (film)|News of the World]]''.
==Filmography== ===As production designer=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Director ! Notes |- | 1998 | ''[[Major League: Back to the Minors]]'' | John Warren | |- | 1999 | ''[[Wayward Son (film)|Wayward Son]]'' | Randall Harris | |- | 2008 | ''[[Lake City (film)|Lake City]]'' | [[Perry Moore]] | |- | 2012 | ''[[The Master (2012 film)|The Master]]'' | [[Paul Thomas Anderson]] | |- | 2013 | ''[[The Double (2013 film)|The Double]]'' | [[Richard Ayoade]] | |- | 2014 | ''[[Inherent Vice (film)|Inherent Vice]]'' | Paul Thomas Anderson | |- | 2015 | ''[[Concussion (2015 film)|Concussion]]'' | [[Peter Landesman]] | |- | 2017 | ''[[Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House]]'' | Peter Landesman | |- | 2019 | ''[[Knives Out]]'' | [[Rian Johnson]] | |- | rowspan=3|2020 | ''[[Greyhound (film)|Greyhound]]'' | [[Aaron Schneider]] | |- | ''[[The Book of Vision]]'' | Carlo S. Hintermann | |- | ''[[News of the World (film)|News of the World]]'' | [[Paul Greengrass]] | |- | 2022 | ''[[Raymond & Ray]]'' | [[Rodrigo García (director)|Rodrigo García]] | |- | 2025 | ''[[The Lost Bus]]'' | Paul Greengrass | |- |} ==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0186477}}
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