{{short description|American art director and production designer}}

{{Infobox person |name = Ruth De Jong |occupation = Art director, production designer }}

'''Ruth De Jong''' is an American [[art director]] and [[production designer]]. She was nominated for an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] in the category [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]] for the film ''[[Oppenheimer (film)|Oppenheimer]]''.<ref name="a">{{Cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2024|title=The 96th Academy Awards (2024) Nominees and Winners|work=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]|access-date=February 4, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abc.com/news/dcaf531b-912d-4ce9-88e0-17d07accd528/category/3590739|title=Oscar Nominations 2024 List: Nominees by Category|work=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|date=January 23, 2024|access-date=February 4, 2024}}</ref> She was also nominated for a [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Award]] in the category [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More)|Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More)]] for her work on the television program ''[[Twin Peaks (season 3)|Twin Peaks]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2018/outstanding-art-direction-for-a-contemporary-or-fantasy-series-single-camera|title=Outstanding Production Design For A Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour Or More) - 2018|work=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|Television Academy]]|access-date=February 11, 2024}}</ref> She has worked frequently on films directed by [[Terrence Malick]], [[Paul Thomas Anderson]], [[Jordan Peele]], and Zackary Adler.

==Filmography== ===As production designer=== * ''Swedish Auto'' (2006) * ''[[Familiar Strangers]]'' (2008) * ''[[Dead Man's Burden]]'' (2012) * ''[[Manchester by the Sea (film)|Manchester by the Sea]]'' (2016) * ''[[Twin Peaks (season 3)|Twin Peaks]]'' (2017, TV) * ''[[Yellowstone (American TV series)|Yellowstone]]'' (2018, TV) * ''[[Us (2019 film)|Us]]'' (2019) * ''[[Nope (film)|Nope]]'' (2022) * ''[[Oppenheimer (film)|Oppenheimer]]'' (2023) * ''[[The Odyssey (2026 film)|The Odyssey]]'' (2026)

===As art director=== * ''[[The Future (film)|The Future]]'' (2011) * ''[[Inherent Vice (film)|Inherent Vice]]'' (2014) * ''[[Knight of Cups (film)|Knight of Cups]]'' (2015) * ''[[Song to Song]]'' (2017)

====As assistant art director==== * ''[[Water for Elephants (film)|Water for Elephants]]'' (2011) * ''[[The Master (2012 film)|The Master]]'' (2012) * ''[[To the Wonder]]'' (2012)

===Various=== * ''[[I'm Reed Fish]]'' (2006) — set dresser * ''[[There Will Be Blood]]'' (2007) — production assistant * ''[[The Tree of Life (film)|The Tree of Life]]'' (2011) — art department coordinator

== Selected awards and nominations == In 2024, Jong received the [[Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film]] award at the [[Art Directors Guild Awards 2023|28th Annual Art Directors Guild Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/artisans/awards/art-directors-guild-awards-2024-winners-list-1235905918/|title=‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Poor Things’ Take Top Honors at Art Directors Guild Awards|first1=Jazz Tangcay, Jaden|last1=Thompson|first2=Jazz|last2=Tangcay|first3=Jaden|last3=Thompson|date=February 11, 2024}}</ref>

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