---
name: "Paul Denham Austerberry"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-d-austerberry"
fi1m_id: "paul-d-austerberry"
imdb_id: "nm0042306"
tmdb_id: 40835
wikidata_id: "Q47528379"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 58
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-05T15:04:12.960584+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."
---

# Paul Denham Austerberry

## Identity

Paul Denham Austerberry

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-d-austerberry
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-d-austerberry
- **IMDb ID:** nm0042306
- **TMDB ID:** 40835
- **Wikidata ID:** Q47528379
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Denham_Austerberry, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47528379, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0042306/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40835

Production designer. Born 1 January 2000 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 1 January 2000, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- **Active:** 2004–present
- **Also known as:** Paul D. Austerberry, Paul Austerberry
- **Frequently works with:** [Andy Muschietti](https://film.one/person/andy-muschietti.md), [Barbara Muschietti](https://film.one/person/barbara-muschietti.md), [Guillermo del Toro](https://film.one/person/guillermo-del-toro.md), [Jason Fuchs](https://film.one/person/jason-fuchs.md), [Jeremy Bolt](https://film.one/person/jeremy-bolt.md), [Michael Shannon](https://film.one/person/michael-shannon.md), [Milla Jovovich](https://film.one/person/milla-jovovich.md), [Paul W. S. Anderson](https://film.one/person/paul-w-s-anderson.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 43 (1), 2010s 59 (5), 2020s 62 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 58 to 58 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 6 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 4, Adventure 4, Drama 4, Fantasy 3, Science Fiction 3, Horror 2
- **Screen time:** 17 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,259m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Denham_Austerberry, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47528379, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0042306/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40835

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Shape of Water*](https://film.one/film/the-shape-of-water.md) (83), [*The Color Purple*](https://film.one/film/the-color-purple-2023.md) (73), [*It Chapter Two*](https://film.one/film/it-chapter-two.md) (55), [*Pacific Rim: Uprising*](https://film.one/film/pacific-rim-uprising.md) (52), [*The Flash*](https://film.one/film/the-flash.md) (50)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Twilight Saga: Eclipse*](https://film.one/film/the-twilight-saga-eclipse.md) (55), [*The Three Musketeers*](https://film.one/film/the-three-musketeers-2011.md) (50)
- **AMC+:** [*Resident Evil: Apocalypse*](https://film.one/film/resident-evil-apocalypse.md) (43)

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

## Biography

Paul Denham Austerberry is a Canadian production designer. He studied architecture at Carleton University and has worked in film and television since the 1990s.

Austerberry is known for his production design on *The Shape of Water* (2017), for which he shared an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Production Design. Other credits include *The Twilight Saga: Eclipse* (2010), *Pompeii* (2014), for which he won a Canadian Screen Award, *It Chapter Two* (2019), *The Flash* (2023) and *The Color Purple* (2023). He is based in Toronto.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, cbc.ca.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *The Color Purple* (2023), Fi1m 73, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-color-purple-2023.md)
- *The Flash* (2023), Fi1m 50, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-flash.md)
- *It Chapter Two* (2019), Fi1m 55, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/it-chapter-two.md)
- *Pacific Rim: Uprising* (2018), Fi1m 52, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/pacific-rim-uprising.md)
- *The Shape of Water* (2017), Fi1m 83, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-shape-of-water.md)
- *The Three Musketeers* (2011), Fi1m 50, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-three-musketeers-2011.md)
- *The Twilight Saga: Eclipse* (2010), Fi1m 55, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-twilight-saga-eclipse.md)
- *Resident Evil: Apocalypse* (2004), Fi1m 43, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/resident-evil-apocalypse.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *IT: Welcome to Derry* (2025), series, Production Design
- *The Color Purple* (2023), Production Design — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-color-purple-2023.md)
- *Making The Flash: Worlds Collide* (2023), Thanks
- *The Flash* (2023), Production Design — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/the-flash.md)
- *It Chapter Two* (2019), Production Design — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/it-chapter-two.md)
- *The Christmas Chronicles* (2018), Production Design
- *Pacific Rim: Uprising* (2018), Production Design — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/pacific-rim-uprising.md)
- *The Shape of Water* (2017), Production Design — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-shape-of-water.md)
- *Shut In* (2016), Production Design
- *Len and Company* (2015), Production Design
- *Pompeii* (2014), Production Design
- *The Liberator* (2013), Production Design
- *Deadfall* (2012), Production Design
- *The Three Musketeers* (2011), Production Design — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/the-three-musketeers-2011.md)
- *The Twilight Saga: Eclipse* (2010), Production Design — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-twilight-saga-eclipse.md)
- *Death Race* (2008), Production Design
- *30 Days of Night* (2007), Production Design
- *Take the Lead* (2006), Production Design
- *Assault on Precinct 13* (2005), Production Design
- *Resident Evil: Apocalypse* (2004), Production Design — Fi1m 43, [page](https://film.one/film/resident-evil-apocalypse.md)
- *Highwaymen* (2004), Production Design
- *The Tuxedo* (2002), Production Design
- *Men with Brooms* (2002), Production Design
- *Exit Wounds* (2001), Production Design
- *X-Men* (2000), as Art Direction — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/x-men.md)
- *Mercy* (2000), Production Design
- *Forever Mine* (1999), as Art Direction
- *The Corruptor* (1999), as Art Direction
- *The Real Blonde* (1998), as Art Direction
- *Half Baked* (1998), as Art Direction
- *Extreme Measures* (1996), as Art Direction
- *Satie and Suzanne* (1996), as Art Direction
- *Harriet the Spy* (1996), as Art Direction
- *Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy* (1996), as Art Direction
- *Trapped in Paradise* (1994), Assistant Art Director
- *Split Images* (1992), as Set Dresser

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 2018: Best Production Design (won), for *The Shape of Water*

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

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