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Sam Lisenco

  • Production Designer
  • Actor
  • Art Director
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Sam Lisenco
Sam Lisenco was born on 20 December 1984 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is a production designer and actor, known for Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), May December (2023) and Good Time (2017).
BornDecember 20, 1984
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BornDecember 20, 1984
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 5 nominations total

    Known for

    Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield in Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
    Judas and the Black Messiah
    7.4
    • Production Designer
    • 2021
    Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman in May December (2023)
    May December
    6.7
    • Production Designer
    • 2023
    Robert Pattinson and Benny Safdie in Good Time (2017)
    Good Time
    7.3
    • Production Designer
    • 2017
    Adam Sandler, Mesfin Lamengo, Sun Zhi Hua-Hilton, and LaKeith Stanfield in Uncut Gems (2019)
    Uncut Gems
    7.4
    • Production Designer
    • 2019

    Credits

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    Production Designer

    • Remain
      • Production Designer
      • Post-production
      • 2027
    • De Noche
      • Production Designer
      • Post-production
    • Romeo and Juliet (2026)
      Romeo and Juliet
      5.3
      Short
      • production designer
      • 2026
    • Clairo: Terrapin (2025)
      Clairo: Terrapin
      6.8
      Music Video
      • Production Designer
      • 2025
    • Adam Sandler in Adam Sandler: Love You (2024)
      Adam Sandler: Love You
      6.7
      TV Special
      • Production Designer
      • 2024
    • Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman in May December (2023)
      May December
      6.7
      • Production Designer
      • 2023
    • Meryl Streep, Sienna Miller, Gemma Chan, Kit Harington, and Daveed Diggs in Extrapolations (2023)
      Extrapolations
      6.2
      TV Mini Series
      • Production Designer
      • 2023
    • Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Liza Colón-Zayas, Jeremy Allen White, Abby Elliott, Lionel Boyce, Matty Matheson, and Ayo Edebiri in The Bear (2022)
      The Bear
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Production Designer
      • 2022
    • Jerrod Carmichael in Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel (2022)
      Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel
      7.8
      TV Special
      • Production Designer
      • 2022
    • Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield in Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
      Judas and the Black Messiah
      7.4
      • Production Designer
      • 2021
    • Mike D, Adam Horovitz, Adam Yauch, and Beastie Boys in Beastie Boys Story (2020)
      Beastie Boys Story
      7.7
      • Production Designer
      • 2020
    • Richard Jenkins, Evan Rachel Wood, and Gina Rodriguez in Kajillionaire (2020)
      Kajillionaire
      6.4
      • Production Designer
      • 2020
    • Adam Sandler, Mesfin Lamengo, Sun Zhi Hua-Hilton, and LaKeith Stanfield in Uncut Gems (2019)
      Uncut Gems
      7.4
      • Production Designer
      • 2019
    • Natalie Portman in Vox Lux (2018)
      Vox Lux
      5.9
      • Production Designer
      • 2018
    • Drew Michael: Drew Michael (2018)
      Drew Michael: Drew Michael
      5.6
      TV Special
      • Production Designer
      • 2018
    • Elsie Fisher in Eighth Grade (2018)
      Eighth Grade
      7.3
      • Production Designer
      • 2018
    • Robert Pattinson and Benny Safdie in Good Time (2017)
      Good Time
      7.3
      • Production Designer
      • 2017

    Actor

    • Creative Nonfiction (2009)
      Creative Nonfiction
      5.0
      • The Fisherman
      • 2009
    • The Pleasure of Being Robbed (2008)
      The Pleasure of Being Robbed
      6.1
      • 2008
    • Tate Donovan in Keroassady (2007)
      Keroassady
      6.1
      • Gas Station Santa
      • 2007
    • Tight Shots
      2.3
      TV Series
      • 2007–2008
    • If You See Something, Say Something
      4.7
      Short
      • Robot
      • 2006
    • Mail Order Wife (2004)
      Mail Order Wife
      6.1
      • Skater (as Samuel Lisenco)
      • 2004

    Art Director

    • John's Gone (2010)
      John's Gone
      6.1
      Short
      • Art Director
      • 2010
    • Little White Flowers
      Short
      • Art Director
      • 2007
    • Puberty: The Movie (2007)
      Puberty: The Movie
      6.7
      • Art Director
      • 2007
    • The Back of Her Head (2007)
      The Back of Her Head
      6.6
      Short
      • Art Director
      • 2007
    • If You See Something, Say Something
      4.7
      Short
      • Art Director
      • 2006

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Sammy Lisenco
    • Born
      • December 20, 1984
      • Brooklyn, New York, USA

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Graduate of B.U. film.
    • Nickname
      • Sammy

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