CHRIS SPELLMAN’s (Production Designer) films as production designer include James Franco’s The Disaster Artist, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s This is the End, Lorene Scafaria’s Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Jay and Mark Duplass’ Jeff, Who Lives at Home, Jody Hill’s Observe and Report, David Gordon Green’s Pineapple Express and Joe, and Greg Mottola’s Superbad. Spellman was also production designer on the live-action portion of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, directed by Stephen Hillenburg and Mark Osborne.
Born in New Orleans, Spellman moved to Los Angeles after college. In L.A., he met production designer Dennis Gassner and set decorator Nancy Haigh, who served as mentors. Spellman became set decorator on works from such filmmakers as Joel and Ethan Coen, on The Big Lebowski and The Man Who Wasn’t There; Robert Altman, on Dr. T and the Women; Paul Thomas Anderson, on Magnolia; Michael Mann, on The Insider; Judd Apatow, on Knocked Up, as well as episodes o
CHRIS SPELLMAN’s (Production Designer) films as production designer include James Franco’s The Disaster Artist, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s This is the End, Lorene Scafaria’s Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Jay and Mark Duplass’ Jeff, Who Lives at Home, Jody Hill’s Observe and Report, David Gordon Green’s Pineapple Express and Joe, and Greg Mottola’s Superbad. Spellman was also production designer on the live-action portion of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, directed by Stephen Hillenburg and Mark Osborne.
Born in New Orleans, Spellman moved to Los Angeles after college. In L.A., he met production designer Dennis Gassner and set decorator Nancy Haigh, who served as mentors. Spellman became set decorator on works from such filmmakers as Joel and Ethan Coen, on The Big Lebowski and The Man Who Wasn’t There; Robert Altman, on Dr. T and the Women; Paul Thomas Anderson, on Magnolia; Michael Mann, on The Insider; Judd Apatow, on Knocked Up, as well as episodes of “Freaks and Geeks,” “Undeclared”; and Peggy Rajski, on the Academy Award-winning short film Trevor.
Spellman’s feature credits as set decorator also include Albert Brooks’ Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World, Peter Segal’s Anger Management, Jake Kasdan’s Orange County, Rob Cohen’s xXx, George Armitage’s Grosse Point Blank, Joe Johnston’s October Sky, and Frank Oz’s The Indian in the Cupboard.
