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name: "David Doernberg"
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roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "29 August 1967"
died: "2 March 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T13:19:48.110707+00:00"
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# David Doernberg

Production designer. Born 29 August 1967 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Died 2 March 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 29 August 1967, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- **Died:** 2 March 2012

## Biography

David Doernberg was an American production designer. He was born on 29 August 1967 in New Haven, Connecticut, and died on 2 March 2012 in New York City.

He began working in the late 1980s and early 1990s on music videos before moving into independent features as a propmaster on films including *Amateur* (1994) and *Party Girl* (1995). He later worked as production designer on *River of Grass* (1994), *Gummo* (1997), *Junebug* (2005), *Palindromes* (2005), *Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist* (2008) and *Meek's Cutoff* (2010).

*Sources: imdb.com, filmmakermagazine.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Meek's Cutoff* (2011), Fi1m 82, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/meeks-cutoff.md)

## Also known for

- *Kids* (1995), Property Master
- *Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist* (2008), Production Design
- *Gummo* (1997), Production Design
- *Junebug* (2005), Production Design
- *Palindromes* (2005), Production Design
- *Amateur* (1994), Property Master
- *Party Girl* (1995), Property Master
- *River of Grass* (1995), Production Design

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