---
name: "Nina Ruscio"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nina-ruscio"
fi1m_id: "nina-ruscio"
imdb_id: "nm0750602"
tmdb_id: 932238
wikidata_id: "Q16990216"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "27 August 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T21:52:52.146229+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."
---

# Nina Ruscio

## Identity

Nina Ruscio

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nina-ruscio
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nina-ruscio
- **IMDb ID:** nm0750602
- **TMDB ID:** 932238
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16990216
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16990216, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750602/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/932238

Production designer. Born 27 August 1960 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 27 August 1960, Los Angeles County, California, USA
- **Active:** 1991–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 71 (1), 2020s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16990216, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750602/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/932238

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Pitt*](https://film.one/tv/the-pitt.md) (81)

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## Biography

Nina Ruscio is an American production designer and art director. Born on 27 August 1960 in Los Angeles County, California, she is the daughter of actors Al Ruscio and Kate Williamson.

She began working in the art department in the mid-1980s and has credits as art director on films including *Volcano* (1997) and *Spy Game* (2001). As production designer, her feature film work includes *Just Married* (2003), *Cheaper by the Dozen* (2003), *Big Fat Liar* (2002) and *Are We Done Yet?* (2007). On television she has designed multiple seasons of *Shameless* (2011–2021), *Animal Kingdom* (2016–2022) and *The Flight Attendant* (2020–2022).

Ruscio served as production designer on the series *The Pitt* (2025). She has received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her work on *The Pitt* and *The Flight Attendant*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Pitt* (2025), Fi1m 81, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-pitt.md)
- *A Rage in Harlem* (1991), Fi1m 71, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/a-rage-in-harlem.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *The Pitt* (2025), series, Production Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-pitt.md)
- *The Flight Attendant* (2020), series, Production Design
- *Are We Done Yet?* (2007), Production Design
- *Fat Albert* (2004), Production Design
- *Cheaper by the Dozen* (2003), Production Design
- *Normal* (2003), Production Design
- *Just Married* (2003), Production Design
- *Big Fat Liar* (2002), Production Design
- *When Billie Beat Bobby* (2001), Production Design
- *If These Walls Could Talk 2* (2000), Production Design
- *Breakfast of Champions* (1999), Production Design
- *Toothless* (1997), Production Design
- *The Wonderful World of Disney* (1997), series, Production Design
- *All Tied Up* (1994), Production Design
- *Blind Side* (1993), Production Design
- *Cold Heaven* (1992), as Art Direction
- *Intimate Stranger* (1991), Production Design
- *Cool as Ice* (1991), Production Design
- *A Rage in Harlem* (1991), as Art Direction — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/a-rage-in-harlem.md)
- *Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael* (1990), as Art Direction
- *Love at Large* (1990), Assistant Art Director

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