{{short description|British set decorator}} {{for|the curler|Katie Spencer (curler)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{Infobox person | image = | image_size = | name = Katie Spencer | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Set decorator | years_active = 1993–present | spouse = | children = }}
'''Katie Spencer''' is a British set decorator.
She has been nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Production Design]] seven times for her set decoration in [[Joe Wright]]'s films: [[Pride & Prejudice (2005 film)|''Pride & Prejudice'']] (2005),<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414387/awards?ref_=tt_awd Pride and Prejudice (2015) Awards]. Retrieved 2018-03-05.</ref> [[Atonement (2007 film)|''Atonement'']] (2007),<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0783233/awards?ref_=tt_awd Atonement (2007) Awards]. Retrieved 2018-03-05.</ref> ''[[Anna Karenina (2012 film)|Anna Karenina]]'' (2012),<ref name="Oscars2013">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20973004 |title=Oscars 2013: Full list of nominees |access-date=2013-01-10 |work=BBC News}}</ref> and ''[[Darkest Hour (film)|Darkest Hour]]'' (2017),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4555426/awards?ref_=tt_awd|title=Darkest Hour (2017) Awards and nominations|website=IMDB|access-date=2018-03-05}}</ref> and for the major box office successes such as [[Guy Ritchie]]'s [[Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)|''Sherlock Holmes'']] (2009),<ref>{{Citation|title=Sherlock Holmes|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0988045/awards|access-date=2018-03-05}}</ref> [[Bill Condon]]'s ''[[Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' (2017),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Khamil |first=Elyza |date=25 January 2018 |title=The Craft of Set Designing: An Interview With Oscar Nominee Set Decorator Katie Spencer |url=https://harpersbazaar.my/lifestyle/culture/craft-set-designing-interview-oscar-nominee-set-decorator-katie-spencer/ |access-date=12 March 2024 |website=[[Harper's Bazaar#Harper's Bazaar worldwide|Harper's Bazaar Malaysia]] |language=en}}</ref> and [[Greta Gerwig]]'s ''[[Barbie (film)|Barbie]]'' (2023).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zemler |first=Emily |date=12 January 2024 |title='What on Earth does a world like this look like?' The mission to design Barbie Land. |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-01-12/sarah-greenwood-katie-spencer-create-barbie-land |access-date=12 March 2024 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> She has worked many films and TV series with British art director [[Sarah Greenwood]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blair |first=Iain |date=23 February 2018 |title='Darkest Hour,' 'Beauty and the Beast' Production Duo Face Themselves at Oscars |url=https://variety.com/2018/artisans/production/darkest-hour-beauty-and-the-beast-1202706796/ |access-date=12 March 2024 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> Spencer is a member of the [[Set Decorators Society of America Awards|Set Decorators Society of America]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Set Decorator Member: Katie Spencer |url=https://www.setdecorators.org/?art=members&Sdetail=7835 |access-date=12 March 2024 |website=SDSA Set Decorators}}</ref>
== Biography == Katie Spencer, born in [[Yorkshire]], [[England]], studied [[stage management]] at the [[Royal Central School of Speech and Drama]] in [[London]]. After several years working at the [[West End theatre]], she transitioned to work as a freelancer for the [[BBC]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 October 2023 |title=SCAD Savannah Film Festival 2023 honorees |url=https://filmfest.scad.edu/festival/honored-guests |access-date=12 March 2024 |website=[[Savannah College of Art and Design]]}}</ref>
== Sets design ==
=== Motion pictures === {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;" ! scope="col" |Year ! scope="col" |Title ! scope="col" |Collaborators ! class="sortable" scope="col" |Notes ! class="unsortable" scope="col" |{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |- |1997 |''[[The Governess]]'' |[[Sarah Greenwood]] | | style="text-align:center;" | |- |1999 |[[This Year's Love (1999 film)|''This Year's Love'']] | | | |- |2000 |''[[Born Romantic]]'' | | | |- |2002 |''[[The Abduction Club]]'' | | | style="text-align:center;" | |- |2005 |[[Pride & Prejudice (2005 film)|''Pride & Prejudice'']] | | | style="text-align:center;" | |- |2006 |[[Starter for 10 (film)|''Starter for 10'']] | | | style="text-align:center;" | |- |2007 |[[Atonement (2007 film)|''Atonement'']] | | | style="text-align:center;" | |- |2008 |''[[Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day]]'' | | | style="text-align:center;" | |- |2009 |[[Sherlock Holmes (2009 film)|''Sherlock Holmes'']] | | | style="text-align:center;" | |- | rowspan="2" scope="row" |2011 |[[Hanna (film)|''Hanna'']] | | | style="text-align:center;" | |- |''[[Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows]]'' |Alison Harvey | style="text-align:center;" | | |- | scope="row" |2012 |''[[Anna Karenina (2012 film)|Anna Karenina]]'' | | style="text-align:center;" | | |- |2016 |[[Our Kind of Traitor (film)|''Our Kind of Traitor'']] | | | style="text-align:center;" | |- | rowspan="2" |2017 |''[[Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' | | | style="text-align:center;" | |- |[[Darkest Hour (film)|''Darkest Hour'']] |Lloyd Passfield | | style="text-align:center;" | |- |2020 |[[Rebecca (2020 film)|''Rebecca'']] | | | style="text-align:center;" | |- | scope="row" |2021 |[[Cyrano (film)|''Cyrano'']] | | | style="text-align:center;" | |- |2023 |''[[Barbie (film)|Barbie]]'' |Sarah Greenwood | | style="text-align:center;" | |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{IMDb name|0818005}}
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