---
name: "Denise Pizzini"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/denise-pizzini"
fi1m_id: "denise-pizzini"
imdb_id: "nm0686225"
tmdb_id: 38021
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-04T21:26:41.871581+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."
---

# Denise Pizzini

## Identity

Denise Pizzini

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/denise-pizzini
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** denise-pizzini
- **IMDb ID:** nm0686225
- **TMDB ID:** 38021
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0686225/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/38021

Production designer. Born in San Antonio, Texas.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Active:** 1989–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Bernstein](https://film.one/person/adam-bernstein.md), [Alison Tatlock](https://film.one/person/alison-tatlock.md), [Ariel Levine](https://film.one/person/ariel-levine.md), [Gordon Smith](https://film.one/person/gordon-smith.md), [Melissa Bernstein](https://film.one/person/melissa-bernstein.md), [Rhea Seehorn](https://film.one/person/rhea-seehorn.md), [Vince Gilligan](https://film.one/person/vince-gilligan.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 76 (1), 1990s 32 (1), 2000s 76 (2), 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 82 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 64 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Family 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $329m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0686225/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/38021

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Better Call Saul*](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md) (84)
- **Hulu:** [*Community*](https://film.one/tv/community.md) (83)
- **Apple TV:** [*Pluribus*](https://film.one/tv/pluribus.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Denise Pizzini is an American production designer and set decorator. She began her career as an interior designer in San Antonio, Texas, before moving to Los Angeles and working in set decoration on films including *The Italian Job* (2003), *Thirteen Days* (2000), *Life as a House* (2001) and *A Walk in the Clouds* (1995).

She later moved into production design, with credits including *Like Water for Chocolate* (1992), *Chef* (2014), *Community* (2009–2015) and the final season of *Better Call Saul* (2022). More recent work includes *The Muppets Mayhem* (2023) and *Pluribus* (2025).

Pizzini has received an Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Award and an Ariel Award for *Like Water for Chocolate*. She won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Production Design for *Pluribus* (2026) and for *The Muppet Show* (2026).

*Sources: imdb.com, motionpictures.org.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Pluribus* (2025), Fi1m 82, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/pluribus.md)
- *Better Call Saul* (2015), Fi1m 84, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md)
- *Community* (2009), Fi1m 83, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/community.md)
- *Thirteen Days* (2000), Fi1m 70, Set Decoration — [page](https://film.one/film/thirteen-days.md)
- *Problem Child* (1990), Fi1m 32, Set Decoration — [page](https://film.one/film/problem-child-1990.md)
- *Honey, I Shrunk the Kids* (1989), Fi1m 76, Set Dresser — [page](https://film.one/film/honey-i-shrunk-the-kids.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *The Muppet Show* (2026), Production Design
- *Pluribus* (2025), series, Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/pluribus.md)
- *The Muppets Mayhem* (2023), series, Production Design
- *RUN* (2020), series, Production Design
- *Queen America* (2018), series, Production Design
- *The Sweet Life* (2017), Production Design
- *Speechless* (2016), series, Production Design
- *Better Call Saul* (2015), series, Production Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md)
- *Chef* (2014), Production Design
- *Here Comes the Boom* (2012), as Set Decoration
- *What's Your Number?* (2011), as Set Decoration
- *Extraordinary Measures* (2010), as Set Decoration
- *Black Dynamite* (2009), Production Design
- *Community* (2009), series, Production Design — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/community.md)
- *The Proposal* (2009), as Set Decoration
- *School for Scoundrels* (2006), as Set Decoration
- *House of the Dead 2* (2006), Production Design
- *Be Cool* (2005), as Set Decoration
- *First Daughter* (2004), as Set Decoration
- *The Italian Job* (2003), as Set Decoration — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-italian-job-2003.md)
- *Life as a House* (2001), as Set Decoration
- *Thirteen Days* (2000), as Set Decoration — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/thirteen-days.md)
- *Picking Up the Pieces* (2000), Production Design
- *Thick as Thieves* (1999), Production Design
- *The '60s* (1999), as Set Decoration
- *The '60s* (1999), series, as Set Decoration
- *Music from Another Room* (1998), as Set Decoration
- *Paulie* (1998), as Set Decoration
- *Still Breathing* (1997), Production Design
- *Up Close & Personal* (1996), Assistant Set Decoration
- *A Walk in the Clouds* (1995), as Set Decoration
- *Monkey Trouble* (1994), as Set Decoration
- *The Distinguished Gentleman* (1992), Assistant Set Decoration
- *Like Water for Chocolate* (1992), as Settings
- *Problem Child* (1990), as Set Decoration — Fi1m 32, [page](https://film.one/film/problem-child-1990.md)
- *Honey, I Shrunk the Kids* (1989), as Set Dresser — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/honey-i-shrunk-the-kids.md)

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