Nelson Coates
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Nelson Coates is an American production designer for feature film and television.[1] His motion picture credits include the Lin-Manuel Miranda musical In the Heights, based on the Tony Award-winning Broadway show; Jon M. Chu’s romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians, the highest-grossing romantic comedy of the last decade; Robert Zemeckis’ dramatic thriller Flight, which critics Roger Ebert and Owen Gleiberman placed on their top-10 lists; and the biographical drama Antwone Fisher, which received a 2002 American Film Institute Award.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Coates’ television projects include the mystery drama Home Before Dark and the second season of the drama The Morning Show, both for Apple TV+.[9][10]
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Born | |
Alma mater | Abilene Christian University |
Occupation | Production designer |
Years active | 1989–present |
Notable work | In the Heights, Crazy Rich Asians, Flight, The Proposal, Antwone Fisher |
Office | President, Art Directors Guild and Member, Executive Committee, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences Production Designer Branch |
Awards | 2019 Excellence in Production Design Award, Contemporary Film, Art Directors Guild for Crazy Rich Asians |
Coates is currently serving his second term as President of the Art Directors Guild.[11]