WASCO, David

(Dave Wasco)

PERSONAL

Born in New Jersey; married Sandy Reynolds (a set decorator).

Addresses:

Agent—United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Career:

Production designer and set decorator. Worked as an industrial designer in New York City, c. 1972. Expert on Los Angeles architecture.

Member:

Art Directors Guild.

Awards, Honors:

Art Directors Guild Award nomination (with others), excellence in production design for a contemporary feature film, 2002, for The Royal Tenenbaums; Art Directors Guild Award nomination, excellence in production design for a contemporary feature film, and Golden Satellite Award nomination, International Press Academy, best art direction, both with others, both 2004, for Kill Bill: Vol. 1; Art Directors Guild Award nomination (with others), excellence in production design for a contemporary feature film, 2004, for Collateral.

CREDITS

Film Production Designer:

Goldy: The Last of the Golden Bears, 1984.

Smooth Talk, Spectrafilm, 1985.

Goldy 2: The Saga of the Golden Bear, 1986.

Rachel River, Taurus Entertainment, 1987.

Stacking (also known as Season of Dreams), Spectrafilm, 1987.

Student Confidential, Troma, 1987.

In a Shallow Grave, Atlantic Releasing, 1988.

The Wash, Skouras Pictures, 1988.

Twister, Strand Releasing, 1989.

Healing Hurts, 1991.

Reservoir Dogs, Miramax, 1992.

Where the Rivers Flow North, Caledonia Pictures, 1993.

Killing Zoe, October Films, 1994.

Oleanna, Samuel Goldwyn, 1994.

Pulp Fiction, Miramax, 1994.

Bottle Rocket, Sony Pictures Releasing, 1996.

Jackie Brown, Miramax, 1997.

She's So Lovely (also known as Call It Love), Miramax, 1997.

Touch, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1997.

Rushmore, Buena Vista, 1998.

Bounce, Miramax, 2000.

Heist (also known as Le vol), Warner Bros., 2001.

The Royal Tenenbaums, Buena Vista, 2001.

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (also known as Kill Bill 1 and Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill: Volume One"), Miramax, 2003.

Collateral, DreamWorks, 2004.

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (also known as Kill Bill, Kill Bill 2, and Vol. 2), Miramax, 2004.

Film Work; Other:

Assistant to the production designer, The Beastmaster (also known as Beastmaster–Der Befreier), 1982.

Set designer and set dresser, El Norte, Cinecom/Island Alive, 1983.

Set decorator, Night of the Comet, Atlantic Releasing, 1984.

Film Appearances:

Deputy, Goldy: The Last of the Golden Bears, 1984.

Deputy, Goldy 2: The Saga of the Golden Bear, 1986.

Television Production Designer; Movies:

Traveling Man, CBS, 1989.

A Life in the Theatre, TNT, 1993.

Television Production Designer; Specials:

"Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul," American Masters, PBS, 1995.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

(As Dave Wasco) Jackie Brown: How It Went Down, Miramax Home Entertainment, 2002.

Himself, City of Night: The Making of "Collateral" (documentary short), DreamWorks Home Entertainment, 2004.