Paul Denham Austerberry
{{Short description|Canadian production designer}}
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| birth_place = Toronto, Canada
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1966}}
| education =
| alma_mater = Carleton University (BArch)
| occupation = Film production designer
| yearsactive = 1992-present
| organization = Directors Guild of Ontario
| known_for = {{ubl|The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)|The Shape of Water (2017)|The Color Purple (2023)}}
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| awards = Academy Award for Best Production Design, The Shape of Water (2018)
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Paul Austerberry (born 1966) is a Canadian film and television production designer. For his set design in the 2017 film The Shape of Water he won an Academy Award{{Cite news |title=Paul D. Austerberry received or was part of 4 major nominations in 2018, winning 3 awards. |newspaper=LA Times |url=https://envelope.latimes.com/awards/people/paul-d-austerberry/}}{{Cite news |last=DURKAN |first=DEIRDRE |date=March 1, 2018 |title=Oscars: 10 Things to Know About Best Picture Nominee 'The Shape of Water' |work=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/10-things-know-shape-water-1074774/}} and a BAFTA Award for Best Production Design{{Cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=March 15, 2018 |title='Black Panther,' 'Walking Dead' Rule Saturn Awards Nominations |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/saturn-awards-nominations-2018-black-panther-walking-dead-1202727752/ |website=Variety}} with set decorators Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/movies/oscar-nominations.html |title=2018 Oscar Nominations: 'The Shape of Water' Leads With 13 Nominations|date=January 23, 2018|work=New York Times|access-date=January 23, 2018}}{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/23/oscars-2018-shape-of-water-leads-the-way-with-bumper-13-nominations|title=Oscars 2018: Shape of Water leads the way with bumper 13 nominations|date=January 23, 2018|work=Guardian|access-date=January 23, 2018}} In the 2013 film Pompeii, he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Art Direction/Production Design at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015 with Nigel Churcher.Matt Brennan, [https://www.indiewire.com/2015/03/mommy-orphan-black-john-cusack-win-2015-canadian-screen-awards-188613/ "‘Mommy,’ ‘Orphan Black,’ John Cusack Win 2015 Canadian Screen Awards"]. IndieWire, March 2, 2015.
Early life
Paul Austerberry was born in 1966 to parents Peter and Deanna Austerberry.{{Cite journal |date=Fall 2018 |title=18-180 Ingenious Engineering newsletter fall 2018.indd |url=https://carleton.ca/engineering-design/wp-content/uploads/Ingenious-Fall-2018-Web.pdf |journal=Ingenious |issue=Fall 2018 |pages=Page 9}} Though the City of Toronto is his birthplace, Northern Ontario's Sault Ste. Marie waterfront city is the place where Paul Austerberry, an only child, was raised by his British-born father and Filipina mother.{{Cite news |first= |date=March 5, 2018 |title='Shape of Water' Oscars wins called a 'watershed moment' for Canadian film |work=CiityNews |url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2018/03/04/canadian-trio-wins-an-oscar-for-production-design-on-the-shape-of-water/}}
Filmography
= Art Director =
- Extreme Measures (1996)
- Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)
- Harriet the Spy (1996)
- The Real Blonde (1997)
- Half Baked (1998)
- The Mighty (1998)
- The Corruptor (1999)
- X-Men (2000)
= Production Designer =
- Six Gestures (1997)
- Mercy (2000)
- Exit Wounds (2001)
- Men With Brooms (2002)
- The Tuxedo (2002)
- Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
- Highwaymen (2004)
- Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
- Take the Lead (2006)
- 30 Days of Night (2007)
- Death Race (2008)
- The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
- The Three Musketeers (2011)
- Deadfall (2012)
- Pompeii (2014)
- Len and Company (2015)
- Shut In (2016)
- The Shape of Water (2017){{Cite web |last=Growbar |first=Matt |date=January 10, 2018 |title='The Shape Of Water' Production Designer On Crafting Satisfying Visual Experience For Ultimate Visual Storyteller |url=https://deadline.com/2018/01/the-shape-of-water-paul-d-austerberry-production-designer-interview-news-1202230180/ |website=Deadline Hollywood}}
- It Chapter Two (2019)
- The Flash (2023){{Cite news |last=Weaver |first=Jackson |date=April 29, 2023 |title=The Canadian behind The Flash explains what it takes to design a blockbuster |work=CBC |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/paul-austerberry-the-flash-movie-1.6826721}}
- The Color Purple (2023){{Cite web|last=Sharma|first=Atish|date=2023-11-22|title=Talking Oscar, AI, and Color Purple With Paul D Austerberry|language=en-US|work=Homecrux|url=https://www.homecrux.com/interview-with-paul-denham-austerberry/222385/}}
Awards and nominations
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0042306|Paul Austerberry}}
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{{Academy Award Best Production Design}}
{{Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Feature Film}}
{{BAFTA Award for Best Production Design}}
{{Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Art Direction}}
{{Black Reel Award for Outstanding Production Design}}
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Category:Best Art Direction Academy Award winners
Category:Best Art Direction/Production Design Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners
Category:Best Production Design BAFTA Award winners
Category:Canadian people of English descent
Category:Canadian people of Filipino descent