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Nelson Coates

  • Production Designer
  • Art Director
  • Art Department
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Nelson Coates
Nelson Coates is known for Crazy Rich Asians (2018), Fifty Shades Freed (2018) and Flight (2012).
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  • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
    • 1 win & 11 nominations total

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Crazy Rich Asians Singapore Skyline with DP Vanja Cernjul, PD Nelson Coates, Director Jon M. Chu, & !st AD Michael "Spike" Topoosian
Dakota Johnson, Nelson Coates, Jamie Dornan during the filming of Fifty Shades Freed in Rocquebrune-Cap- Martin, France
Nelson Coates
On the set of Hot Pursuit
Nelson Coates & Crazy Rich Asians Producer John Penotti on set in Singapore
Nelson Coates & Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan on the set in Kuala Lumpur
On the Bodega set of IN THE HEIGHTS
On the set of IN THE HEIGHTS
On the set of IN THE HEIGHTS with Stephanie Beatriz & Danielle BRBooks
Ronny Chieng & Nelson Coates on the salon set of In The Heights
With Betty White on the set of The Proposal
Nelson Coates

Known for:

Constance Wu and Henry Golding in Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
Crazy Rich Asians
6.9
  • Production Designer
  • 2018
Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan in Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
Fifty Shades Freed
4.5
  • Production Designer
  • 2018
Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, John Goodman, and Kelly Reilly in Flight (2012)
Flight
7.3
  • Production Designer
  • 2012
Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds in The Proposal (2009)
The Proposal
6.7
  • Production Designer
  • 2009

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Production Designer

  • The Morning Show
    • Production Designer
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon in The Morning Show (2019)
    The Morning Show
    • Production Designer
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy in Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
    Hocus Pocus 2
    • Production Designer
    • 2022
  • Lin-Manuel Miranda, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Corey Hawkins, Stephanie Beatriz, Melissa Barrera, Dascha Polanco, Leslie Grace, and Anthony Ramos in In the Heights (2021)
    In the Heights
    • Production Designer
    • 2021
  • Home Before Dark (2020)
    Home Before Dark
    • Production Designer
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Ken Jeong: You Complete Me, Ho (2019)
    Ken Jeong: You Complete Me, Ho
    • Production Designer
    • TV Special
    • 2019
  • Felicity Jones in On the Basis of Sex (2018)
    On the Basis of Sex
    • Production Designer
    • 2018
  • Constance Wu and Henry Golding in Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
    Crazy Rich Asians
    • Production Designer
    • 2018
  • Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan in Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
    Fifty Shades Freed
    • Production Designer
    • 2018
  • Katherine Heigl, Rosario Dawson, and Geoff Stults in Unforgettable (2017)
    Unforgettable
    • Production Designer
    • 2017
  • Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan in Fifty Shades Darker (2017)
    Fifty Shades Darker
    • Production Designer
    • 2017
  • Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, and Chiwetel Ejiofor in Secret in Their Eyes (2015)
    Secret in Their Eyes
    • Production Designer
    • 2015
  • Reese Witherspoon and Sofía Vergara in Hot Pursuit (2015)
    Hot Pursuit
    • Production Designer
    • 2015
  • Friday Night Dinner
    • Production Designer
    • TV Movie
    • 2012
  • Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen in The Guilt Trip (2012)
    The Guilt Trip
    • Production Designer
    • 2012
  • Denzel Washington, Don Cheadle, John Goodman, and Kelly Reilly in Flight (2012)
    Flight
    • Production Designer
    • 2012

Art Director

  • Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Matt O'Leary, and Jeremy Sumpter in Frailty (2001)
    Frailty
    • Art Director
    • 2001
  • Universal Soldier (1992)
    Universal Soldier
    • Art Director
    • 1992
  • Fred Ward in Cast a Deadly Spell (1991)
    Cast a Deadly Spell
    • Art Director
    • TV Movie
    • 1991
  • Murderous Vision (1991)
    Murderous Vision
    • Art Director
    • TV Movie
    • 1991
  • CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984)
    CBS Schoolbreak Special
    • Art Director
    • TV Series
    • 1991
  • John Ritter, Amy Yasbeck, and Michael Oliver in Problem Child (1990)
    Problem Child
    • Art Director
    • 1990
  • Ethan Marten in Mother's Day (1989)
    Mother's Day
    • Art Director
    • TV Movie
    • 1989
  • For Jenny with Love
    • Art Director
    • TV Series
    • 1989

Art Department

  • Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon in The Morning Show (2019)
    The Morning Show
    • production designer
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • John Ritter, Amy Yasbeck, and Michael Oliver in Problem Child (1990)
    Problem Child
    • assistant art director
    • 1990

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