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British production designer

For the New Zealand pioneer, see [Sarah Greenwood (artist)](/source/Sarah_Greenwood_(artist)).

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Sarah Greenwood Occupation Production designer

**Sarah Greenwood** (born March 1960) is a British production designer.[1][2]

She is known for her work on *[Atonement](/source/Atonement_(2007_film))* (2007), *[Anna Karenina](/source/Anna_Karenina_(2012_film))* (2012), and *[Barbie](/source/Barbie_(film))* (2023).

## Early career

She studied at the [Wimbledon College of Art](/source/Wimbledon_College_of_Art) and was production designer in theater for more than three years. However she was not entirely satisfied with the work, so she got a job at the [BBC](/source/BBC) in the early 90s and stayed there for a while. It didn't only get her a better job, but helped in her transformation from theater to TV. She worked on designing sets for television talk show *[Later... with Jools Holland](/source/Later..._with_Jools_Holland)*. Then, in the late 90s, the BBC disappeared the charge of production design,[*[clarification needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify)*] and she had to work in independent cinema.

## Production design career and awards

In an interview column for the Golden Globe Awards, Greenwood stated that green arsenic was used in the corridors for the film *Atonement*, but the director, Joe Wright, wanted [Irish green](/source/Shamrock_green) for the dress that [Keira Knightley](/source/Keira_Knightley) was going to use in the movie. Sarah decided to give priority to the dress and change the colour she had planned for the corridors, because the dress had a risk of losing visual emphasis. She said, "Sometimes you have to be strong to win battles, and sometimes you have to know when to let go." She was not entirely convinced with the colour that the director wanted, but there are decisions that an art director must make to get the message to the viewer.

Another story that she tells is that when she went to get a [production art](/source/Production_artist) job on a film to be made, someone said, "This project is very large. Sure you can handle it?" She had worked on huge sets, so she said "if you have the tools and enough supplies to meet the needs with a good production team, anything is possible." When she met the director, he said he was asked the same question; this made clear it was not a gender thing. "They just wanted to make sure that we all can do this," she said.

In 2017, Greenwood worked on Disney's live action version of *[Beauty and the Beast](/source/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(2017_film))*, directed by [Bill Condon](/source/Bill_Condon) and released in March, and the biopic *[Darkest Hour](/source/Darkest_Hour_(film))*, directed by [Joe Wright](/source/Joe_Wright); receiving Oscar nominations for both.

In 2023, Greenwood and regular collaborator [Katie Spencer](/source/Katie_Spencer) worked on the live action film *[Barbie](/source/Barbie_(film))*, directed by [Greta Gerwig](/source/Greta_Gerwig), for which Greenwood and Spencer received their 7th Oscar nomination.

Greenwood has been nominated seven times for an Academy Award – in [2006](/source/78th_Academy_Awards) for *[Pride & Prejudice](/source/Pride_%26_Prejudice_(2005_film))*,[3] in [2008](/source/80th_Academy_Awards) for *[Atonement](/source/Atonement_(2007_film))*,[4] in [2010](/source/82nd_Academy_Awards) for *[Sherlock Holmes](/source/Sherlock_Holmes_(2009_film))*,[5] in [2013](/source/85th_Academy_Awards) for *[Anna Karenina](/source/Anna_Karenina_(2012_film))*[6] in [2018](/source/90th_Academy_Awards) for both [*Beauty and the Beast*](/source/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(2017_film)),[7] and [*Darkest Hour*](/source/Darkest_Hour_(film)).,[8] and in [2024](/source/96th_Academy_Awards) for [*Barbie*](/source/Barbie_(film)).[9] In 2008, she was elected best production designer for *Atonement* at the [61st British Academy Film Awards](/source/61st_British_Academy_Film_Awards),[10] the [26th European Film Awards](/source/26th_European_Film_Awards),[11] and won the Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Period Film for the same film.[12]

## Filmography

Year Title Production Role Director 2005 Pride and Prejudice Production Designer Joe Wright 2007 Atonement Joe Wright 2009 Sherlock Holmes Guy Ritchie 2011 Hanna Joe Wright Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Guy Ritchie 2012 Anna Karenina Joe Wright 2018 Beauty and the Beast Bill Condon 2017 Darkest Hour Joe Wright 2020 Rebecca Ben Whealtey 2023 Barbie Greta Gerwig 2024 Back to Black Sam Taylor-Johnson

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["A world of its own! Production designer Sarah Greenwood talks Barbie, Wimbledon and her career"](https://www.arts.ac.uk/colleges/wimbledon-college-of-arts/stories/a-world-of-its-own-production-designer-sarah-greenwood-talks-barbie-wimbledon-and-her-career). *arts.ac.uk*. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [""I Think We Sampled 100 Pinks": Production Designer Sarah Greenwood and Set Decorator Katie Spencer on Barbie"](https://filmmakermagazine.com/122294-barbie-production-design/). *filmmakermagazine.com*. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Pride and Prejudice (2005) Awards](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414387/awards?ref_=tt_awd). Retrieved 2018-03-05.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Atonement (2007) Awards](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0783233/awards?ref_=tt_awd). Retrieved 2018-03-05.

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

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Oscars2013_6-0)** ["Oscars 2013: Full list of nominees"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20973004). *BBC News*. Retrieved 10 January 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [*Beauty and the Beast*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2771200/awards), retrieved 5 March 2018

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Darkest Hour (2017) Awards and nominations"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4555426/awards?ref_=tt_awd). *IMDB*. Retrieved 5 March 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Barbie (2023) Awards and nominations"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517268/awards?ref_=tt_awd). *IMDB*. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Film in 2013 | BAFTA Awards"](http://awards.bafta.org/award/2013/film). *awards.bafta.org*. Retrieved 5 March 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Winners 2013"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190901183350/https://www.europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/efanight/winners). *[European Film Awards](/source/European_Film_Awards)*. European Film Academy. Archived from [the original](http://www.europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/efanight/winners) on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["2012 Winners & Nominees for Feature Film • Television & Commercials"](http://www.adg.org/?art=2012_award). [Art Directors Guild](/source/Art_Directors_Guild). Retrieved 14 September 2016.

## External links

- [Sarah Greenwood](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339391/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

Awards for Sarah Greenwood v t e Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Feature Film Feature Film (1996–1999) Stuart Craig (1996) Peter Lamont (1997) Eugenio Zanetti (1998) Rick Heinrichs (1999) Period or Fantasy (2000–2005) Arthur Max (2000) Catherine Martin (2001) Grant Major (2002) Grant Major (2003) Rick Heinrichs (2004) John Myhre (2005) Contemporary (2000–present) David Gropman (2000) Aline Bonetto (2001) Jeannine Oppewall (2002) Henry Bumstead (2003) Alex McDowell (2004) David J. Bomba (2005) Peter Lamont (2006) Jess Gonchor (2007) Mark Digby (2008) Karl Júlíusson (2009) Thérèse DePrez (2010) Donald Graham Burt (2011) Dennis Gassner (2012) K. K. Barrett (2013) Kevin Thompson (2014) Arthur Max (2015) David Wasco (2016) François Audouy (2017) Nelson Coates (2018) Lee Ha-jun (2019) Wynn Thomas (2020) Mark Tildesley (2021) Rick Heinrichs (2022) Suzie Davies (2023) Suzie Davies (2024) Florencia Martin (2025) Fantasy (2006–present) Eugenio Caballero (2006) Dennis Gassner (2007) Nathan Crowley (2008) Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (2009) Guy Hendrix Dyas (2010) Stuart Craig (2011) David Gropman (2012) Andy Nicholson (2013) Charles Wood (2014) Colin Gibson (2015) Guy Hendrix Dyas (2016) Dennis Gassner (2017) Hannah Beachler (2018) Charles Wood (2019) Nathan Crowley (2020) Patrice Vermette (2021) Jason Kisvarday (2022) James Price and Shona Heath (2023) Nathan Crowley (2024) Kasra Farahani (2025) Period (2006–present) Tingxiao Huo (2006) Jack Fisk (2007) Donald Graham Burt (2008) Sarah Greenwood (2009) Eve Stewart (2010) Dante Ferretti (2011) Sarah Greenwood (2012) Catherine Martin (2013) Adam Stockhausen (2014) Jack Fisk (2015) Wynn Thomas (2016) Paul Denham Austerberry (2017) Fiona Crombie (2018) Barbara Ling (2019) Donald Graham Burt (2020) Tamara Deverell (2021) Florencia Martin (2022) Ruth De Jong (2023) Craig Lathrop (2024) Tamara Deverell (2025) Animated (2017–present) Harley Jessup (2017) Adam Stockhausen and Paul Harrod (2018) Bob Pauley (2019) Steve Pilcher (2020) Ian Gooding and Lorelay Bové (2021) Guy Davis and Curt Enderle (2022) Patrick O'Keefe (2023) Raymond Zibach (2024) Mingjue Helen Chen and Dave Bleich (2025) 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 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) v t e Saturn Award for Best Production Design Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (2009) Darren Gilford (2010) Dante Ferretti (2011) Dan Hennah (2012) Dan Hennah (2013) Nathan Crowley (2014) Thomas E. Sanders (2015) Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (2016) Hannah Beachler (2017) Charles Wood (2018/19) Barbara Ling (2019/20) Tamara Deverell (2021/22) Sarah Greenwood (2022/23) Patrice Vermette (2023/24) Jille Azis and Kasra Farahani (2024/25) Note: The years are listed as per convention, usually the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the next year. 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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