Carl Sprague has worked in the art department of more than 30 films, which between them have a combined total of 29 Oscar nominations, including best picture winner “12 Years a Slave”. He has worked with Martin Scorsese (The Age of Innocence), Steven Spielberg (Amistad), and David Fincher (The Social Network), but the most enduring collaboration has been with Wes Anderson. Carl has been in the art department of three of Anderson’s best-reviewed films — “The Grand Budapest Hotel” (concept illustrator), 2012’s “Moonrise Kingdom” (assistant art director), and 2001’s cult classic “The Royal Tenenbaums” (art director, for which he was nominated for an Art Director’s Guild Award).
CARL J. SPRAGUE | ||||
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(413) 822 4870 | 11 Yale Hill | 73 Bedford Street | ||
carlsprague@gmail.com | Stockbridge MA 01262 | New York NY 10014 | ||
portfolio - www.carlsprague.com | (413) 298 4723 | (212) 924 8124 | ||
FILM CREDITS | Production | Production Company | Director | |
Production Designer | THE POLKA KING | Red Hour Films | Maya Forbes & Wally Wolodarsky | |
Production Designer | PROFESOR MARSTON AND THE WONDER WOMEN | Boxspring Entertainment | Angela Robinson | |
Production Designer | CRISIS IN SIX ACTS | Amazon Studios | Woody Allen | |
Production Designer | INFINITELY POLAR BEAR | Paper Street Productions | Maya Forbes | |
Production Designer | CROOKED ARROWS | Sports Studios | Steve Rash | |
Production Designer | THE LAST KEEPERS | BCDF Entertainment | Maggie Greenwald | |
Production Designer | PEACE LOVE & MISUNDERSTANDING | BCDF Entertainment | Bruce Beresford | |
Production Designer | LAST HARBOR | MFX USA | Paul Epstein | |
Production Designer | ANOTHER HARVEST MOON | Aurora Films | Greg Swartz | |
Production Designer | COMPANY RETREAT | CoTreat Productions | Campbell Scott | |
Production Designer | THE PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANY | Greenestreet Films | Michael Ian Black | |
Production Designer | DISAPPEARANCES | Kingdom County Productions | Jay Craven | |
Production Designer | LONG DISTANCE | Lascaux Pictures | Marcus Stern | |
Production Designer | SATIE & SUZANNE | Rhombus Media | Tim Southam | |
Concept Illustrator | PASSENGERS | Start Media | Brian Kirk | |
Concept Illustrator | GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL | Indian Paint Brush | Wes Anderson | |
Concept Illustrator | LA LA LAND | Black Label Media | Damien Chazelle | |
Concept Illustrator | MOONRISE KINGDOM | Indian Paint Brush | Wes Anderson | |
Concept Illustrator | TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE | New Regency Pictures | Steve McQueen | |
Art Director | WOODY ALLEN SUMMER PROJECT 2014 | HBO | Woody Allen | |
Art Director | CLEAR HISTORY | HBO | Greg Mottola | |
Art Director | BECOMING HELEN KELLER | PBS American Masters | Michael Pressman | |
Art Director - Boston | THE SOCIAL NETWORK | Columbia | David Fincher | |
Art Director | BODY OF PROOF | ABC Television | Nelson McCormick | |
Art Director - NYC | STOP LOSS | Paramount Pictures | Kimberly Pierce | |
Art Director - Boston | SPARTAN | Spartan Productions | David Mamet | |
Art Director - Boston | MONA LISA SMILE | Revolution Pictures | Mike Newell | |
Art Director | THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS | Disney | Wes Anderson | |
Art Director - NYC | THE CAVEMAN'S VALENTINE | Jersey Films | Kasi Lemmons | |
Art Director | STATE & MAIN | Fine Line | David Mamet | |
Art Director – NYC | A SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER | Turner Television | Steve Schachter | |
Art Director | THE LOVE LETTER | Dreamworks | Peter Chan | |
Art Director - Boston | THE SOCIAL NETWORK | Columbia Pictures | David Fincher | |
Art Director | LETHAL INNOCENCE | Turtleback Productions | Helen Whitney | |
Art Director | NEW YORK NEWS | Warner Television | Michael Apted | |
Art Director - USA | THE BUCCANEERS | BBC Television | Philip Saville | |
Art Director - Boston | WITH HONORS | Warner Brothers | Alex Keshishian | |
Art Director - Chicago | MICHAEL | Turner Cinema | Nora Ephron | |
Assistant Art Director | SALT | Columbia Pictures | Phillip Noyce | |
Assistant Art Director | YOU'VE GOT MAIL | Warner Bros. | Nora Ephron | |
Assistant Art Director | IN DREAMS | Dreamworks | Neil Jordan | |
Assistant Art Director | AMISTAD | Dreamworks | Steven Spielberg | |
Assistant Art Director | ADDICTED TO LOVE | Warner Bros. | Griffin Dunne | |
Assistant Art Director | BEFORE & AFTER | Disney | Barbet Schroeder | |
Assistant Art Director | THE PAPER | Universal Pictures | Ron Howard | |
Assistant Art Director | THE AGE OF INNOCENCE | Columbia Pictures | Martin Scorsese | |
Set Designer | WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER | Fox | Mark Mylod | |
Set Designer | THE COMPANY MEN | Warner Bros. | John Wells | |
Set Designer | THE ZOOKEEPER | MGM | Frank Coraci | |
PRINT & COMMERCIAL | ||||
Production Designer | SKINS series II | Channel 4/E4 (U.K) | ||
Production Designer | W.B. Mason 2007 | Boston Productions | ||
Production Designer | W.B. Mason 2006 | Boston Productions | ||
Production Designer | Nike"Presto" print campaign | Wieden and Kennedy | ||
Production Designer | Massachusetts Lottery | Element Productions | ||
Production Designer | Crewdson 2007 | Hover Productions | ||
Production Designer | Crewdson 2005 | Hover Productions | ||
Art Director | Crewdson 2004 | Hover Productions | ||
THEATRE DESIGN | ||||
Albany/Berkshire Ballet | THE NUTCRACKER | Madeline Culpo | ||
American Repertory Ballet | THE NUTCRACKER | Douglas Martin | ||
Ballet Metropolis | DRACULA | Darrel Puciarello | ||
Berkshire Theatre Group | POE | Eric Hill | ||
Berkshire Theatre Group & Classic Stage Co. | FIORELLO | Bob Moss | ||
Berkshire Theatre Festival | THE GLASS MENAGERIE | Eric Hill | ||
Berkshire Theatre Festival | A CHRISTMAS CAROL | Eric Hill | ||
Berkshire Theatre Festival | MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION | Anders Cato | ||
Berkshire Theatre Festival | NIGHT OF THE IGUANA | Anders Cato | ||
Berkshire Theatre Festival | AMERICAN BUFFALO | Anders Cato | ||
Berkshire Theatre Festival | THE MISANTHROPE | Anders Cato | ||
Berkshire Theatre Festival | TALLEY'S FOLLY | Anders Cato | ||
Berkshire Theatre Festival | BROWNSTONE | James Warwick | ||
Berkshire Theatre Festival | THE GIFTS OF THE MAGI | Julianne Boyd | ||
Berkshire Theatre Festival | CLOUD NINE | Michael Greif | ||
Berkshire Theatre Festival | THE WATER ENGINE | R.J. Cutler | ||
Berkshire Opera | HANSEL & GRETEL | Bethany Reeves | ||
Center City Ballet | LES SYLPHIDES | Linda Kopp | ||
Center City Ballet | CINDERELLA | Linda Kopp | ||
Company One | SUNSPOTS | Juanita Rockwell | ||
Company One | THE OLDEST PROFESSION | Juanita Rockwell | ||
The Colonial Theatre | DAMN YANKEES | James Warwick | ||
The Colonial Theatre | THEY'RE PLAYING OUR SONG | James Warwick | ||
Chester Theatre | DUET FOR ONE | James Warwick | ||
Miniature Theatre | THE RETREAT FROM MOSCOW | James Warwick | ||
Miniature Theatre | SKYLIGHT | James Warwick | ||
Mixed Company | STANTON'S GARAGE | Joan Ackerman | ||
MTG/Minnesota Opera | DIARY OF AN AFRICAN AMERICAN | Diane Wondisford | ||
Music/Theatre Group | THE PALM COURT | Diane Wondisford | ||
Music/Theatre Group | THE MOTHER OF US ALL | Diane Wondisford | ||
Music/Theatre Group | BRASILIERINHO | Diane Wondisford | ||
Oldcastle Theatre | NORTHERN BOULEVARD | Eric Peterson | ||
Oldcastle Theatre | LEADING LADIES | Eric Peterson | ||
Oldcastle Theatre | THE GRASS IS GREENER | Eric Peterson | ||
Oldcastle Theatre | MORNING'S AT SEVEN | Eric Peterson | ||
Oldcastle Theatre | THE BOYS NEXT DOOR | Eric Peterson | ||
Oldcastle Theatre | RELATIVELY SPEAKING | Eric Peterson | ||
Oldcastle Theatre | MOON OVER BUFFALO | Eric Peterson | ||
Oldcastle Theatre | POSTMORTEM | Eric Peterson | ||
Oldcastle Theatre | THE NORMAN CONQUESTS | Eric Peterson | ||
Oldcastle Theatre | HOMEWARD BOUND | James Goldstone | ||
Oldcastle Theatre | 13 RUE DE L'AMOUR | Frank Latson | ||
Oldcastle Theatre Co. | CITY OF CONVERSATION | Eric Peterson | ||
Shakespeare & Co. | TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA | Dennis Krausnick | ||
Shakespeare & Co. | COMEDY OF ERRORS | Dennis Krausnick | ||
Shakespeare & Co. | ROUGH CROSSING | Kevin Coleman | ||
Shakespeare & Co. | THE LADIES MAN | Kevin Coleman | ||
Shakespeare & Co. | THE PROMISE & THE MISSION OF JANE | Eleanor Holdridge | ||
Shakespeare & Co. | ANTONY & CLEOPATRA | Michael Hammond | ||
Shakespeare & Co. | KERFOL | Michael Hammond | ||
Shakespeare & Co. | ICE GLEN | Tina Packer | ||
Shakespeare & Co. | LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES | Tina Packer | ||
OPERA | ||||
Hubbard Hall Opera Theatre | MADAMA BUTTERFLY | Alexina Jones | ||
SHOWS & EVENTS | ||||
Park Hyatt Hotel, Shanghai | MIU MIU Fall 2011 | |||
Stage & Story, Stockbridge MA | Designer group show | |||
Gallery 51, North Adams MA | Designer group show | |||
Tulip Street Gallery, Salem MA | Designer group show | |||
The Mount, Lenox MA | Edith Wharton's The Fruit of the Tree | |||
EDUCATION | ||||
Harvard University | B.A. Magna cum Laude, V.E.S. (Film) and Philosophy | |||
Member of U.S.A. Local 829 | ||||
French & German | ||||
AWARDS & Nominations | ||||
The Age of Innocence | Academy Awards Nomination 1994 | |||
The Royal Tenenbaums | Art Directors Guild Nomination 2002 | |||
The Social Network | Art Directors Guild Nomination 2011 | |||
Twelve Years a Slave | Art Directors Guild Nomination 2014 | |||
Twelve Years a Slave | BAFTA nomination 2014 | |||
Twelve Years a Slave | Academy Awards Nomination 2014 | |||