# Katie Spencer

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British set decorator

For the curler, see [Katie Spencer (curler)](/source/Katie_Spencer_(curler)).

Katie Spencer Occupation Set decorator Years active 1993–present

**Katie Spencer** is a British set decorator.

She has been nominated for an [Academy Award for Best Production Design](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Production_Design) seven times for her set decoration in [Joe Wright](/source/Joe_Wright)'s films: [*Pride & Prejudice*](/source/Pride_%26_Prejudice_(2005_film)) (2005),[1] [*Atonement*](/source/Atonement_(2007_film)) (2007),[2] *[Anna Karenina](/source/Anna_Karenina_(2012_film))* (2012),[3] and *[Darkest Hour](/source/Darkest_Hour_(film))* (2017),[4] and for the major box office successes such as [Guy Ritchie](/source/Guy_Ritchie)'s [*Sherlock Holmes*](/source/Sherlock_Holmes_(2009_film)) (2009),[5] [Bill Condon](/source/Bill_Condon)'s *[Beauty and the Beast](/source/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(2017_film))* (2017),[6] and [Greta Gerwig](/source/Greta_Gerwig)'s *[Barbie](/source/Barbie_(film))* (2023).[7] She has worked many films and TV series with British art director [Sarah Greenwood](/source/Sarah_Greenwood).[8] Spencer is a member of the [Set Decorators Society of America](/source/Set_Decorators_Society_of_America_Awards).[9]

## Biography

Katie Spencer, born in [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire), [England](/source/England), studied [stage management](/source/Stage_management) at the [Royal Central School of Speech and Drama](/source/Royal_Central_School_of_Speech_and_Drama) in [London](/source/London). After several years working at the [West End theatre](/source/West_End_theatre), she transitioned to work as a freelancer for the [BBC](/source/BBC).[10]

## Sets design

### Motion pictures

Year Title Collaborators Notes Ref. 1997 The Governess Sarah Greenwood 1999 This Year's Love 2000 Born Romantic 2002 The Abduction Club 2005 Pride & Prejudice 2006 Starter for 10 2007 Atonement 2008 Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day 2009 Sherlock Holmes 2011 Hanna Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Alison Harvey 2012 Anna Karenina 2016 Our Kind of Traitor 2017 Beauty and the Beast Darkest Hour Lloyd Passfield 2020 Rebecca 2021 Cyrano 2023 Barbie Sarah Greenwood

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Pride and Prejudice (2015) Awards](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414387/awards?ref_=tt_awd). Retrieved 2018-03-05.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Atonement (2007) Awards](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0783233/awards?ref_=tt_awd). Retrieved 2018-03-05.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Oscars2013_3-0)** ["Oscars 2013: Full list of nominees"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20973004). *BBC News*. Retrieved 10 January 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Darkest Hour (2017) Awards and nominations"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4555426/awards?ref_=tt_awd). *IMDB*. Retrieved 5 March 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [*Sherlock Holmes*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0988045/awards), retrieved 5 March 2018

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Khamil, Elyza (25 January 2018). ["The Craft of Set Designing: An Interview With Oscar Nominee Set Decorator Katie Spencer"](https://harpersbazaar.my/lifestyle/culture/craft-set-designing-interview-oscar-nominee-set-decorator-katie-spencer/). *[Harper's Bazaar Malaysia](/source/Harper's_Bazaar#Harper's_Bazaar_worldwide)*. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Zemler, Emily (12 January 2024). ["'What on Earth does a world like this look like?' The mission to design Barbie Land"](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-01-12/sarah-greenwood-katie-spencer-create-barbie-land). *[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)*. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Blair, Iain (23 February 2018). ["'Darkest Hour,' 'Beauty and the Beast' Production Duo Face Themselves at Oscars"](https://variety.com/2018/artisans/production/darkest-hour-beauty-and-the-beast-1202706796/). *[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))*. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Set Decorator Member: Katie Spencer"](https://www.setdecorators.org/?art=members&Sdetail=7835). *SDSA Set Decorators*. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["SCAD Savannah Film Festival 2023 honorees"](https://filmfest.scad.edu/festival/honored-guests). *[Savannah College of Art and Design](/source/Savannah_College_of_Art_and_Design)*. 23 October 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

## External links

- [Katie Spencer](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0818005/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

Awards for Katie Spencer v t e BAFTA Award for Best Production Design 1964–1967 Black and White Ken Adam (1964) Ray Simm (1965) Tambi Larsen (1966) No Award (1967) Colour John Bryan (1964) Ken Adam (1965) Wilfred Shingleton (1966) John Box (1967) 1968–present Ernest Archer, Harry Lange, and Anthony Masters (1968) Donald M. Ashton (1969) Mario Garbuglia (1970) Ferdinando Scarfiotti (1971) Rolf Zehetbauer (1972) Natasha Kroll (1973) John Box (1974) John Box (1975) Geoffrey Kirkland (1976) Danilo Donati and Federico Fellini (1977) Joe Alves (1978) Michael Seymour (1979) Stuart Craig (1980) Norman Reynolds (1981) Lawrence G. Paull (1982) Gianni Quaranta and Franco Zeffirelli (1983) Roy Walker (1984) Norman Garwood (1985) Brian Ackland-Snow and Gianni Quaranta (1986) Santo Loquasto (1987) Dean Tavoularis (1988) Dante Ferretti (1989) Richard Sylbert (1990) Bo Welch (1991) Catherine Martin (1992) Andrew McAlpine (1993) Dante Ferretti (1994) Michael Corenblith (1995) Tony Burrough (1996) Catherine Martin (1997) Dennis Gassner (1998) Rick Heinrichs (1999) Arthur Max (2000) Aline Bonetto (2001) Dennis Gassner (2002) William Sandell (2003) Dante Ferretti (2004) Stuart Craig (2005) Jim Clay, Geoffrey Kirkland, and Jennifer Williams (2006) Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer (2007) Donald Graham Burt and Victor J. Zolfo (2008) Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, and Kim Sinclair (2009) Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, and Doug Mowat (2010) Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo (2011) Eve Stewart and Anna Lynch-Robinson (2012) Catherine Martin and Beverly Dunn (2013) Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock (2014) Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson (2015) Stuart Craig and Anna Pinnock (2016) Paul D. Austerberry, Jeff Melvin, and Shane Vieau (2017) Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton (2018) Dennis Gassner and Lee Sandales (2019) Donald Graham Burt and Jan Pascale (2020) Patrice Vermette and Zsuzsanna Sipos (2021) Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino (2022) Shona Heath, James Price, and Zsuzsa Mihalek (2023) Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales (2024) Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau (2025) v t e Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Production Design Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, and Kim Sinclair (2009) Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, and Doug Mowat (2010) Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo (2011) Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer (2012) Catherine Martin and Beverley Dunn (2013) Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock (2014) Colin Gibson (2015) David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (2016) Paul Denham Austerberry, Shane Vieau, and Jeff Melvin (2017) Hannah Beachler and Jay Hart (2018) Barbara Ling and Nancy Haigh (2019) Donald Graham Burt and Jan Pascale (2020) Patrice Vermette and Zsuzsanna Sipos (2021) Florencia Martin and Anthony Carlino (2022) Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer (2023) Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales (2024) Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau (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) v t e Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Production Design Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo (2011) Uli Hanisch & Hugh Bateup and Rebecca Alleway, and Peter Walpole (2012) Catherine Martin and Beverley Dunn (2013) Adam Stockhausen and Anna Pinnock (2014) Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson (2015) David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (2016) Dennis Gassner and Alessandra Querzola (2017) Hannah Beachler and Jay Hart (2018) Barbara Ling and Nancy Haigh (2019) Donald Graham Burt and Jan Pascale (2020) Patrice Vermette, Richard Roberts, and Zsuzsanna Sipos (2021) Hannah Beachler and Lisa Sessions Morgan (2022) Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer (2023) Nathan Crowley (2024) Hannah Beachler and Monique Champagne (2025)

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