---
name: "Jefferson Sage"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jefferson-sage"
fi1m_id: "jefferson-sage"
imdb_id: "nm0756061"
tmdb_id: 41081
wikidata_id: "Q134289169"
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-25T01:44:48.828410+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."
---

# Jefferson Sage

## Identity

Jefferson Sage

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jefferson-sage
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jefferson-sage
- **IMDb ID:** nm0756061
- **TMDB ID:** 41081
- **Wikidata ID:** Q134289169
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134289169, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0756061/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41081

Production designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Active:** 1997–2016
- **Also known as:** Jeff Sage
- **Frequently works with:** [Melissa McCarthy](https://film.one/person/melissa-mccarthy.md), [Paul Feig](https://film.one/person/paul-feig.md), [Jake Kasdan](https://film.one/person/jake-kasdan.md), [Judd Apatow](https://film.one/person/judd-apatow.md), [Kristen Wiig](https://film.one/person/kristen-wiig.md), [Miguel Arteta](https://film.one/person/miguel-arteta.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 86 (2), 2010s 66 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 66 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 5, Drama 2, Action 1, Crime 1, Fantasy 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $743m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134289169, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0756061/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41081

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Bridesmaids*](https://film.one/film/bridesmaids.md) (82), [*New Girl*](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md) (80)
- **Paramount+:** [*Freaks and Geeks*](https://film.one/tv/freaks-and-geeks.md) (88)
- **Netflix:** [*Ghostbusters*](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-2016.md) (64)

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

## Biography

Jefferson Sage is a production designer and art director. He served as production designer on the television series *Freaks and Geeks* (1999–2000).

Sage has worked extensively in film and television, with production design credits on *Bridesmaids* (2011), *Knocked Up* (2007), *Ghostbusters* (2016), *Spy* (2015), *The Heat* (2013), *Bad Teacher* (2011), *Paul* (2011), *A Simple Favor* (2018) and *Sex Tape* (2014), among others. He has frequently collaborated with director Paul Feig and producer Judd Apatow. Sage received three award nominations.

*Sources: imdb.com, deadline.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Ghostbusters* (2016), Fi1m 64, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-2016.md)
- *Tammy* (2014), Fi1m 38, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/tammy.md)
- *Bridesmaids* (2011), Fi1m 82, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/bridesmaids.md)
- *New Girl* (2011), Fi1m 80, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md)
- *Freaks and Geeks* (1999), Fi1m 88, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/tv/freaks-and-geeks.md)
- *Donnie Brasco* (1997), Fi1m 84, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/donnie-brasco.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *Jackpot!* (2024), Production Design
- *Coming 2 America* (2021), Production Design
- *A Simple Favor* (2018), Production Design
- *Ghostbusters* (2016), Production Design — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-2016.md)
- *Spy* (2015), Production Design
- *Sex Tape* (2014), Production Design
- *Tammy* (2014), Production Design — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/tammy.md)
- *The Heat* (2013), Production Design
- *This Is 40* (2012), Production Design
- *New Girl* (2011), series, Production Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md)
- *Bad Teacher* (2011), Production Design
- *Bridesmaids* (2011), Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/bridesmaids.md)
- *Paul* (2011), Production Design
- *Funny People* (2009), Production Design
- *Year One* (2009), Production Design
- *Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story* (2007), Production Design
- *Knocked Up* (2007), Production Design
- *The TV Set* (2007), Production Design
- *The Bone Collector* (1999), Supervising Art Director
- *Freaks and Geeks* (1999), series, Production Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/freaks-and-geeks.md)
- *Analyze This* (1999), as Art Direction
- *One True Thing* (1998), as Art Direction
- *Donnie Brasco* (1997), as Art Direction — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/donnie-brasco.md)
- *Bed of Roses* (1996), as Art Direction
- *Roommates* (1995), as Art Direction
- *Safe Passage* (1994), as Art Direction
- *Blink* (1993), as Art Direction
- *Housesitter* (1992), as Art Direction
- *Mississippi Masala* (1991), as Art Direction
- *Bloodhounds of Broadway* (1989), as Art Direction
- *Stealing Home* (1988), Assistant Art Director

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