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Production designer and art director in film

David Crank Education College of William & Mary (BA) Carnegie Mellon University (MFA) Occupations Production designer, Art designer Years active 1990-present

**David Crank** is an American [production designer](/source/Production_designer) and [art director](/source/Art_director). His production designer credits include [Rian Johnson](/source/Rian_Johnson)'s *[Knives Out](/source/Knives_Out_(film))* and [Paul Greengrass](/source/Paul_Greengrass)'s *[News of the World](/source/News_of_the_World_(film))* (for which he nabbed an [Academy Award](/source/Academy_Award) nomination for [Best Production Design](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Production_Design) with [set decorator](/source/Set_decorator), [Elizabeth Keenan](/source/Elizabeth_Keenan) at the [93rd Academy Awards](/source/93rd_Academy_Awards),[1] as well as nominations for a [BAFTA Award](/source/BAFTA_Award) and [Critics' Choice Movie Awards](/source/Critics'_Choice_Movie_Awards) in the same category), plus art director credits on various films including [Steven Spielberg](/source/Steven_Spielberg)'s *[Lincoln](/source/Lincoln_(film))*, [Paul Thomas Anderson](/source/Paul_Thomas_Anderson)'s *[There Will Be Blood](/source/There_Will_Be_Blood)* and *[The Master](/source/The_Master_(2012_film))*, and *[Water for Elephants](/source/Water_for_Elephants_(film))*.

## Education and personal life

Crank grew up in Richmond, Virginia[2] and graduated from [William and Mary](/source/College_of_William_%26_Mary) with a degree in studio art in 1982.[3] He also received a Theatre Design [MFA](/source/Master_of_Fine_Arts) degree from Carnegie-Mellon.[2]

## 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.[4] He was the Art Director on three of [Terrence Malick](/source/Terrence_Malick)'s films, including *[The New World](/source/The_New_World_(2005_film))* (2005) and *[The Tree of Life](/source/The_Tree_of_Life_(film))* (2011). Crank was on the production team that won the 2012 [Satellite Award for Best Art Direction and Production Design](/source/Satellite_Award_for_Best_Art_Direction_and_Production_Design) for *Lincoln* (and was also nominated that same year for *[The Master](/source/The_Master_(2012_film))*).[5] 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.[6][7]

In 2011, William & Mary’s [Muscarelle Museum of Art](/source/Muscarelle_Museum_of_Art) presented Crank with The Cheek Medal, a national award for outstanding presentation of the arts.[8] 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](/source/News_of_the_World_(film))*.

## Filmography

### As production designer

Year Title Director Notes 1998 Major League: Back to the Minors John Warren 1999 Wayward Son Randall Harris 2008 Lake City Perry Moore 2012 The Master Paul Thomas Anderson 2013 The Double Richard Ayoade 2014 Inherent Vice Paul Thomas Anderson 2015 Concussion Peter Landesman 2017 Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House Peter Landesman 2019 Knives Out Rian Johnson 2020 Greyhound Aaron Schneider The Book of Vision Carlo S. Hintermann News of the World Paul Greengrass 2022 Raymond & Ray Rodrigo García 2025 The Lost Bus Paul Greengrass

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Davis, Clayton (2021-03-11). ["2021 Oscars Predictions: All Awards Categories"](https://variety.com/feature/2021-oscars-predictions-academy-awards-nominations-1234764774/). *Variety*. Retrieved 2021-03-15.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Shelleby_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Shelleby_2-1) Shelleby, J.B. (June 21, 2000). ["Designing a Nightmare - Local art director David Crank wants to make an impression - but not too big an impression - with his work in "Hannibal.""](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). *Style Weekly*. Retrieved January 16, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Martin, Sararose (January 14, 2020). ["Grammy-nominated ensemble, W&M alumni headline special guests at 2020 Global Film Festival"](https://www.dailypress.com/virginiagazette/news/va-vg-wm-digest-0115-20200114-sl53ybk7dberrf22dcijc3ua4q-story.html). *[The Virginia Gazette](/source/The_Virginia_Gazette)*. DailyPress.Com. Retrieved January 16, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Kirill_4-0)** Grouchnikov, Kirill (August 11, 2016). ["Production design of "The Double" – interview with David Crank"](https://www.pushing-pixels.org/2016/08/11/production-design-of-the-double-interview-with-david-crank.html). *pushingpixels.com*. Retrieved January 16, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["International Press Academy 2012 Awards and Nominations (Art Direction & Production Design)"](http://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/2012/). Retrieved January 16, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Fuster, Jeremy (November 27, 2019). ["How 'Knives Out' Turned Three Locations Into a Single Mansion of Murder"](https://www.thewrap.com/how-knives-out-turned-three-locations-into-a-single-mansion-of-murder/). *thewrap.com*. [TheWrap](/source/TheWrap). Retrieved January 16, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Huff, Lauren (November 27, 2019). ["Knives Out production designer on that crazy house, and which details you might have missed"](https://ew.com/movies/2019/11/27/knives-out-production-designer-crazy-house/). *ew.com*. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 16, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Muscarelle Awards 2011 Cheek Medals"](https://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2011/muscarelle-awards-2011-cheek-medals-123.php).

## External links

- [David Crank](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0186477/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

Awards for David Crank v t e Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Production Design Allan Starski (1993) Dennis Gassner (1994) Bo Welch (1995) Brian Morris / Janet Patterson (1996) Peter Lamont (1997) Jeannine Oppewall (1998) Rick Heinrichs (1999) Timmy Yip (2000) Catherine Martin (2001) Dante Ferretti (2002) Grant Major (2003) Dante Ferretti (2004) William Chang (2005) Eugenio Caballero (2006) Jack Fisk (2007) Mark Friedberg (2008) Philip Ivey (2009) Guy Hendrix Dyas (2010) Dante Ferretti (2011) Jack Fisk and David Crank (2012) K. K. Barrett (2013) Adam Stockhausen (2014) Colin Gibson (2015) Ryu Seong-hie (2016) Dennis Gassner (2017) Hannah Beachler (2018) Barbara Ling (2019) Donald Graham Burt (2020) Steve Saklad (2021) Dylan Cole and Ben Procter (2022) Sarah Greenwood (2023) Judy Becker (2024) Hannah Beachler (2025) v t e Satellite Award for Best Production Design Catherine Martin (1996) Peter Lamont (1997) Dennis Gassner (1998) Rick Heinrichs, Ken Court, John Dexter, Andy Nicholson, and Leslie Tomkins (1999) Don Taylor (2000) Catherine Martin, Ian Gracie, and Annie Beauchamp (2001) Dante Ferretti (2002) Grant Major, Dan Hennah, and Alan Lee (2003) Eve Stewart, John Bush, and John Hill (2004) James D. Bissell (2005) Henry Bumstead, Jack G. Taylor Jr., and Richard C. Goddard (2006) Guy Hendrix Dyas and David Allday (2007) Catherine Martin, Ian Gracie, and Karen Murphy (2008) Dan Bishop and Ian Phillips (2009) Guy Hendrix Dyas, Luke Freeborn, Brad Ricker, and Dean Wolcott (2010) Laurence Bennett and Gregory S. Hooper (2011) Rick Carter, Curt Beech, David Crank, and Leslie McDonald (2012) Beverly Dunn and Catherine Martin (2013) Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock, and Stephan O. Gessler (2014) Adam Stockhausen (2015) David Wasco (2016) Paul Denham Austerberry (2017) John Myhre (2018) Beth Mickle and Michael Ahern (2019) Donald Graham Burt, Chris Craine, Jan Pascale, and Dan Webster (2020) Stefan Dechant (2021) Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino (2022) Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer (2023) Arthur Max, Jille Azis, and Elli Griff (2024) Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau (2025)

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