---
name: "Sam Lisenco"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sam-lisenco"
fi1m_id: "sam-lisenco"
imdb_id: "nm1433314"
tmdb_id: 1417252
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "20 December 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-09-23T11:12:57.320824+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."
---

# Sam Lisenco

## Identity

Sam Lisenco

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sam-lisenco
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sam-lisenco
- **IMDb ID:** nm1433314
- **TMDB ID:** 1417252
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1433314/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1417252

Production designer. Born 20 December 1984 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 20 December 1984, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Also known as:** Sammy Lisenco, Samuel Lisenco
- **Frequently works with:** [Scott Rudin](https://film.one/person/scott-rudin.md), [Benny Safdie](https://film.one/person/benny-safdie.md), [Christopher Storer](https://film.one/person/christopher-storer.md), [Josh Safdie](https://film.one/person/josh-safdie.md), [LaKeith Stanfield](https://film.one/person/lakeith-stanfield.md), [Lila Yacoub](https://film.one/person/lila-yacoub.md), [Ronald Bronstein](https://film.one/person/ronald-bronstein.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 83 (4), 2020s 82 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 81 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 7 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Comedy 3, Crime 2, Thriller 2, History 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $86m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1433314/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1417252

## Coming up

- *Remain* (2027-02-03), Production Design

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*May December*](https://film.one/film/may-december.md) (84), [*Eighth Grade*](https://film.one/film/eighth-grade.md) (84)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Uncut Gems*](https://film.one/film/uncut-gems.md) (85)
- **Disney+:** [*The Bear*](https://film.one/tv/the-bear-2022.md) (82)
- **Tubi:** [*Good Time*](https://film.one/film/good-time.md) (82)
- **AMC+:** [*Frances Ha*](https://film.one/film/frances-ha.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Sam Lisenco is an American production designer born on 20 December 1984 in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Boston University's film programme and attended LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. He emerged from the New York independent film scene, where he collaborated early with directors including the Safdie brothers, with whom he attended university and shared living and workspace.

Lisenco has served as production designer on films including *Frances Ha* (2013), *Good Time* (2017), *Uncut Gems* (2019), *Eighth Grade* (2018), *Judas and the Black Messiah* (2021) and *May December* (2023). He has also worked on the series *The Bear* (2022), for which he received a Primetime Emmy nomination for outstanding production design. His credits include frequent collaborations with the Safdie brothers and work with directors such as Noah Baumbach and Todd Haynes.

*Sources: imdb.com, bu.edu, shotonwhat.com, movingimage.org.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *May December* (2023), Fi1m 84, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/may-december.md)
- *The Bear* (2022), Fi1m 82, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-bear-2022.md)
- *Judas and the Black Messiah* (2021), Fi1m 80, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/judas-and-the-black-messiah.md)
- *Uncut Gems* (2019), Fi1m 85, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/uncut-gems.md)
- *Eighth Grade* (2018), Fi1m 84, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/eighth-grade.md)
- *Good Time* (2017), Fi1m 82, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/good-time.md)
- *Frances Ha* (2013), Fi1m 82, Production design, Production Design, Title Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/frances-ha.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *Remain* (2027), Production Design
- *Romeo + Juliet* (2026), Production Design
- *May December* (2023), Production Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/may-december.md)
- *Extrapolations* (2023), series, Production Design
- *The Bear* (2022), series, Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-bear-2022.md)
- *Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel* (2022), Production Design
- *Judas and the Black Messiah* (2021), Production Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/judas-and-the-black-messiah.md)
- *Kajillionaire* (2020), Production Design
- *Beastie Boys Story* (2020), Production Design
- *Uncut Gems* (2019), Production Design — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/uncut-gems.md)
- *Vox Lux* (2018), Production Design
- *Drew Michael* (2018), Production Design
- *Eighth Grade* (2018), Production Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/eighth-grade.md)
- *Good Time* (2017), Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/good-time.md)
- *Growing Up Smith* (2017), Production Design
- *Dean* (2016), Production Design
- *Mistress America* (2015), Production Design
- *The Humbling* (2014), Production Design
- *Hits* (2014), Production Design
- *Frances Ha* (2013), Production Design, Title Designer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/frances-ha.md)
- *Gimme the Loot* (2012), Production Design
- *The Black Balloon* (2012), Producer
- *John's Gone* (2010), as Art Direction
- *The Neistat Brothers* (2010), series, Production Design
- *Daddy Longlegs* (2010), Co-Producer, Special Effects Technician, Production Design
- *Creative Nonfiction* (2009), as The Fisherman, Art Direction
- *The Pleasure of Being Robbed* (2008), as Gus · Producer, Production Design
- *Yeast* (2008), Camera Operator, Sound
- *Puberty: The Movie* (2007), as Art Direction
- *The Back of Her Head* (2007), as Art Direction
- *We're Going to the Zoo* (2006), Writer, Producer, Production Design
- *If You See Something, Say Something* (2006), as Robot
- *De Noche*, Production Design

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