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name: "Nelson Coates"
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fi1m_id: "nelson-coates"
imdb_id: "nm0167655"
tmdb_id: 5508
wikidata_id: "Q15453315"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-27T08:26:44.566225+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."
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# Nelson Coates

## Identity

Nelson Coates

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nelson-coates
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nelson-coates
- **IMDb ID:** nm0167655
- **TMDB ID:** 5508
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15453315
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Coates, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15453315, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0167655/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5508

Production designer. Born 1 January 2000 in Murfreesboro.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 1 January 2000, Murfreesboro
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Coates, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15453315, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0167655/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5508

## Biography

Nelson Coates is an American production designer for feature films and television. He trained at Abilene Christian University and began his career in theatre before moving into film and television in 1989.

His credits include *Crazy Rich Asians* (2018), for which he received the Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Award; *Flight* (2012); *The Proposal* (2009); *In the Heights* (2021); and *Hocus Pocus 2* (2022). He has collaborated repeatedly with director Jon M. Chu and has also worked on the *Fifty Shades* sequels.

Coates has served as president of the Art Directors Guild and is a member of the executive committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Production Design Branch.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, architecturaldigest.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Crazy Rich Asians* (2018), Fi1m 74, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/crazy-rich-asians.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

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

- *Hocus Pocus 2* (2022), Production Design
- *In the Heights* (2021), Production Design
- *The Morning Show* (2019), series, Production Design
- *On the Basis of Sex* (2018), Production Design
- *Crazy Rich Asians* (2018), Production Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/crazy-rich-asians.md)
- *Fifty Shades Freed* (2018), Production Design
- *Unforgettable* (2017), Production Design
- *Fifty Shades Darker* (2017), Production Design
- *Secret in Their Eyes* (2015), Production Design
- *Hot Pursuit* (2015), Production Design
- *The Guilt Trip* (2012), Production Design
- *Flight* (2012), Production Design
- *Big Miracle* (2012), Production Design
- *The Last Song* (2010), Production Design
- *The Proposal* (2009), Production Design
- *Thick as Thieves* (2009), Production Design
- *Prop 8: The Musical* (2008), Production Design
- *The Express* (2008), Production Design
- *School for Scoundrels* (2006), Production Design
- *Aquamarine* (2006), Production Design
- *Man of the House* (2005), Production Design
- *Runaway Jury* (2003), Production Design
- *Antwone Fisher* (2002), Production Design
- *John Doe* (2002), series, Production Design
- *Frailty* (2002), Production Design, Art Direction
- *Impostor* (2001), Production Design
- *Don't Say a Word* (2001), Production Design
- *Stir of Echoes* (1999), Production Design
- *Living Out Loud* (1998), Production Design
- *Disturbing Behavior* (1998), Production Design
- *Kiss the Girls* (1997), Production Design
- *Murder at 1600* (1997), Production Design
- *Albino Alligator* (1997), Production Design
- *Bastard Out of Carolina* (1996), Production Design
- *Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead* (1995), Production Design
- *The Stand* (1994), series, Production Design
- *Blank Check* (1994), Production Design
- *Three of Hearts* (1993), Production Design
- *CB4* (1993), Production Design
- *Universal Soldier* (1992), as Art Direction
- *Cast a Deadly Spell* (1991), as Art Direction
- *Murderous Vision* (1991), as Art Direction
- *Problem Child* (1990), as Art Direction · Assistant Art Director

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