---
name: "Steve Saklad"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/steve-saklad"
fi1m_id: "steve-saklad"
imdb_id: "nm0757213"
tmdb_id: 39038
wikidata_id: "Q24817438"
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-07T19:11:47.695341+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."
---

# Steve Saklad

## Identity

Steve Saklad

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/steve-saklad
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** steve-saklad
- **IMDb ID:** nm0757213
- **TMDB ID:** 39038
- **Wikidata ID:** Q24817438
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24817438, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0757213/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39038

Production designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Active:** 1993–present
- **Also known as:** Steven A. Saklad, Steven Saklad
- **Frequently works with:** [Jason Reitman](https://film.one/person/jason-reitman.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 71 (3), 2000s 73 (3), 2010s 80 (1), 2020s 75 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 70 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Comedy 4, Romance 3, Thriller 3, Family 2, Mystery 2
- **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,486m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24817438, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0757213/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/39038

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Muppets*](https://film.one/film/the-muppets.md) (80)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.*](https://film.one/film/are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret.md) (75)
- **Apple TV:** [*Up in the Air*](https://film.one/film/up-in-the-air.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Steve Saklad is an American production designer and art director. He trained in theatre design at Yale Drama School after studying at Brandeis University and worked as an assistant scenic designer on several Broadway productions in the 1980s, including La Cage aux Folles and Into the Woods.

Saklad began his film career in the art department on features such as Radio Days (1987) and Mrs. Doubtfire (1993). He advanced to art director on films including The Game (1997), Red Dragon (2002) and Spider-Man 2 (2004), before taking on production design duties. His credits as production designer include Thank You for Smoking (2005), Juno (2007), Up in the Air (2009), Drag Me to Hell (2009), The Muppets (2011), 22 Jump Street (2014), How to Be Single (2016) and Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023). He has collaborated repeatedly with director Jason Reitman and has received Art Directors Guild nominations for his work.

*Sources: brandeis.edu, productiondesignerscollective.org, imdb.com, m.the-numbers.com, pushing-pixels.org.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.* (2023), Fi1m 75, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret.md)
- *The Muppets* (2011), Fi1m 80, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-muppets.md)
- *Up in the Air* (2009), Fi1m 74, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/up-in-the-air.md)
- *Juno* (2007), Fi1m 81, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/juno.md)
- *Red Dragon* (2002), Fi1m 64, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/red-dragon.md)
- *The Game* (1997), Fi1m 76, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/the-game.md)
- *Mrs. Doubtfire* (1993), Fi1m 74, Set Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/mrs-doubtfire.md)
- *Sommersby* (1993), Fi1m 63, Assistant Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/sommersby.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

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

- *The Deliverance* (2024), Production Design
- *Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.* (2023), Production Design — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret.md)
- *Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers* (2022), Production Design
- *Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar* (2021), Production Design, Production Designer
- *The Front Runner* (2018), Production Design
- *How to Be Single* (2016), Production Design
- *Empire* (2015), series, Production Design
- *22 Jump Street* (2014), Production Design
- *Labor Day* (2013), Production Design
- *The Apparition* (2012), Production Design
- *The Muppets* (2011), Production Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-muppets.md)
- *Up in the Air* (2009), Production Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/up-in-the-air.md)
- *Drag Me to Hell* (2009), Production Design
- *Swing Vote* (2008), Production Design
- *Juno* (2007), Production Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/juno.md)
- *Thank You for Smoking* (2005), Production Design
- *Shadowboxer* (2005), Production Design
- *Spider-Man 2* (2004), as Art Direction — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-2.md)
- *Red Dragon* (2002), as Art Direction — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/red-dragon.md)
- *Murder by Numbers* (2002), Set Designer
- *The Family Man* (2000), as Art Direction
- *Mercury Rising* (1998), as Art Direction
- *The Game* (1997), as Art Direction — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-game.md)
- *The Ghost and the Darkness* (1996), Supervising Art Director
- *Before and After* (1996), as Art Direction
- *The Quick and the Dead* (1995), as Art Direction
- *When a Man Loves a Woman* (1994), as Art Direction
- *Mrs. Doubtfire* (1993), Set Designer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/mrs-doubtfire.md)
- *The Saint of Fort Washington* (1993), as Art Direction
- *Mr. Wonderful* (1993), as Art Direction
- *Sommersby* (1993), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/sommersby.md)
- *The Mambo Kings* (1992), as Art Direction
- *Mermaids* (1990), as Art Direction
- *Radio Days* (1987), Assistant Art Director

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