---
name: "David Wasco"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-wasco"
fi1m_id: "david-wasco"
imdb_id: "nm0913300"
tmdb_id: 5779
wikidata_id: "Q3018955"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 15
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 15
updated: "2026-10-23T04:11:36.697878+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 Wasco

## Identity

David Wasco

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-wasco
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-wasco
- **IMDb ID:** nm0913300
- **TMDB ID:** 5779
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3018955
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3018955, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0913300/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5779

Production designer. Born 1 January 1950 in New Jersey.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 1 January 1950, New Jersey
- **Active:** 1983–2017
- **Frequently works with:** [Lawrence Bender](https://film.one/person/lawrence-bender.md), [Quentin Tarantino](https://film.one/person/quentin-tarantino.md), [Owen Wilson](https://film.one/person/owen-wilson.md), [Uma Thurman](https://film.one/person/uma-thurman.md), [Wes Anderson](https://film.one/person/wes-anderson.md), [Barry Mendel](https://film.one/person/barry-mendel.md), [Daryl Hannah](https://film.one/person/daryl-hannah.md), [David Carradine](https://film.one/person/david-carradine.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 72 (1), 1990s 82 (5), 2000s 82 (5), 2010s 68 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 69 across 15 titles
- **Score spread:** 8 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 10, Crime 9, Thriller 7, Comedy 6, Action 2, Romance 2
- **Screen time:** 31 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,427m across 14 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3018955, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0913300/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5779

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*La La Land*](https://film.one/film/la-la-land.md) (81), [*Bottle Rocket*](https://film.one/film/bottle-rocket.md) (78), [*Kill Bill: Vol. 2*](https://film.one/film/kill-bill-vol-2.md) (77), [*Kill Bill: Vol. 1*](https://film.one/film/kill-bill-vol-1.md) (72)
- **Apple TV:** [*Pulp Fiction*](https://film.one/film/pulp-fiction.md) (82), [*Molly's Game*](https://film.one/film/mollys-game.md) (70)
- **Disney+:** [*Inglourious Basterds*](https://film.one/film/inglourious-basterds.md) (92)
- **Paramount+:** [*Collateral*](https://film.one/film/collateral.md) (85)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

David Wasco is an American production designer. He frequently collaborates with his wife, set decorator Sandy Reynolds-Wasco. Their credits include production design on Quentin Tarantino’s *Reservoir Dogs* (1992), *Pulp Fiction* (1994), *Jackie Brown* (1997), *Kill Bill: Vol. 1* (2003), *Kill Bill: Vol. 2* (2004) and *Inglourious Basterds* (2009).

Wasco was born in New Jersey. He began working as an industrial designer in New York City in 1972 and received his first production design credits in the mid-1980s. The couple also designed *La La Land* (2016), for which they won the Academy Award for Best Production Design.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, productiondesignerscollective.org, encyclopedia.com.*

## On Fi1m (15)

- *Molly's Game* (2017), Fi1m 70, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/mollys-game.md)
- *La La Land* (2016), Fi1m 81, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/la-la-land.md)
- *Fifty Shades of Grey* (2015), Fi1m 49, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/fifty-shades-of-grey.md)
- *Seven Psychopaths* (2012), Fi1m 72, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/seven-psychopaths.md)
- *Inglourious Basterds* (2009), Fi1m 92, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/inglourious-basterds.md)
- *Collateral* (2004), Fi1m 85, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/collateral.md)
- *Kill Bill: Vol. 2* (2004), Fi1m 77, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/kill-bill-vol-2.md)
- *Kill Bill: Vol. 1* (2003), Fi1m 72, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/kill-bill-vol-1.md)
- *The Royal Tenenbaums* (2001), Fi1m 84, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-royal-tenenbaums.md)
- *Rushmore* (1998), Fi1m 83, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/rushmore.md)
- *Jackie Brown* (1997), Fi1m 83, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/jackie-brown.md)
- *Bottle Rocket* (1996), Fi1m 78, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/bottle-rocket.md)
- *Pulp Fiction* (1994), Fi1m 82, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/pulp-fiction.md)
- *Reservoir Dogs* (1992), Fi1m 86, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/reservoir-dogs.md)
- *El Norte* (1983), Fi1m 72, Set Designer, Set Dresser — [page](https://film.one/film/el-norte.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

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

- *Wisdom Gone Wild* (2022), Production Design, Production Designer
- *Molly's Game* (2017), Production Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/mollys-game.md)
- *La La Land* (2016), Production Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/la-la-land.md)
- *Fifty Shades of Grey* (2015), Production Design — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/fifty-shades-of-grey.md)
- *Seven Psychopaths* (2012), Production Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/seven-psychopaths.md)
- *Rampart* (2011), Production Design
- *Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair* (2011), Production Design
- *Inglourious Basterds* (2009), Production Design — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/inglourious-basterds.md)
- *Redbelt* (2008), Production Design
- *Stop-Loss* (2008), Production Design
- *Freedomland* (2006), Production Design
- *Collateral* (2004), Production Design — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/collateral.md)
- *Kill Bill: Vol. 2* (2004), Production Design — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/kill-bill-vol-2.md)
- *Kill Bill: Vol. 1* (2003), Production Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/kill-bill-vol-1.md)
- *Heist* (2001), Production Design
- *The Royal Tenenbaums* (2001), Production Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-royal-tenenbaums.md)
- *Bounce* (2000), Production Design
- *Rushmore* (1998), Production Design — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/rushmore.md)
- *Jackie Brown* (1997), Production Design — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/jackie-brown.md)
- *She's So Lovely* (1997), Production Design
- *Touch* (1997), Production Design
- *Bottle Rocket* (1996), Production Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/bottle-rocket.md)
- *Oleanna* (1994), Production Design
- *Pulp Fiction* (1994), Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/pulp-fiction.md)
- *A Life in the Theatre* (1993), Production Design
- *Killing Zoe* (1993), Production Design
- *Where the Rivers Flow North* (1993), Production Design
- *Reservoir Dogs* (1992), Production Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/reservoir-dogs.md)
- *Twister* (1989), Production Design
- *Traveling Man* (1989), Production Design
- *Rachel River* (1989), Production Design
- *The Wash* (1988), Production Design
- *In a Shallow Grave* (1988), Production Design
- *Student Confidential* (1987), Production Design
- *Stacking* (1987), Production Design
- *Goldy 2: The Saga of the Golden Bear* (1986), Production Design
- *Smooth Talk* (1985), Production Design
- *Night of the Comet* (1984), as Set Decoration
- *Goldy: The Last of the Golden Bears* (1984), as Deputy
- *El Norte* (1983), as Set Dresser · Set Designer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/el-norte.md)
- *Never Mind the Sex Pistols, Here's the Bollocks* (1978), Camera Operator

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2017: Best Production Design (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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