---
name: "David Sackeroff"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-sackeroff"
fi1m_id: "david-sackeroff"
tmdb_id: 1542971
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "8 November 1944"
died: "10 July 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:39:01.672934+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# David Sackeroff

## Identity

David Sackeroff

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-sackeroff
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-sackeroff
- **TMDB ID:** 1542971
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1542971

Production designer. Born 8 November 1944. Died 10 July 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 8 November 1944
- **Died:** 10 July 2026
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1542971

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Seinfeld*](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md) (90)

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## Biography

David Sackeroff was an American production designer and art director whose television credits include early episodes of the sitcom *Seinfeld* (1989). He served as production designer on the pilot and five episodes of the first season.

Sackeroff worked extensively on other series, including as production designer on more than 200 episodes of *Home Improvement* (1991–1999) and as art director and production designer on *ALF*. He received a Primetime Emmy nomination in 1991 for art direction on the Carol Burnett series *Carol & Company*. His earlier career included theatre design work at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and Off-Broadway productions, following an interest in puppetry and spatial design that began in childhood.

Sackeroff died on 10 July 2026 on Bainbridge Island, Washington, aged 81.

*Sources: variety.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Seinfeld* (1989), Fi1m 90, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Home Improvement* (1991), series, Production Design
- *Seinfeld* (1989), series, Production Design — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)
- *Mother, Mother* (1989), Production Design
- *The Best Legs in Eighth Grade* (1984), as Art Direction

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