Kris Moran

SET DECORATOR
Artist Bio

KRIS MORAN

SET DECORATOR
JOKER 2019
JOKER 2019
Joker 2019
Joker 2019
The Royal Tenenbaums 2001
Asteroid City 2023
If Beale Street Could Talk 2018
Asteroid City 2023
The Royal Tenenbaums 2001
Joker 2019
If Beale Street Could Talk 2018
Joker 2019
IF 2024
If Beale Street Could Talk 2018
Asteroid City 2023
Joker 2019
Joker 2019
Asteroid City 2023
Moonrise Kingdom 2012
Joker 2019

Kris Moran

Kris Moran is an artist and spatial designer who has worked extensively in set decoration for film and television.

She has collaborated with writer and director Wes Anderson on his elaborate film productions, as Set Decorator for Asteroid City, Moonrise Kingdom and The Darjeeling Limited, and as On-Set Decorator for The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and The Royal Tenenbaums.

Moran was Set Decorator for Deliver Me from Nowhere (dir. Scott Hall) Joker and its sequel Joker: Folie à Deux (New York), (both, dir. Todd Phillips) and If Beale Street Could Talk (dir. Barry Jenkins), and Property Master for The Tempest (dir. Julie Taymor), Jack Goes Boating (dir. Philip Seymour Hoffman), and The Beaver (dir. Jodie Foster).

Moran gained her movie art department experience on nominated and award-winning films since the mid. 1990s, including The Crucible (dir. Nicholas Hytner), Good Will Hunting (dir. Gus Van Sant), Cider House Rules (dir. Lasse Hallström), Me, Myself & Irene (dir. Bobby and Peter Farrelly), Far From Heaven (dir. Todd Haynes), Broken Flowers (dir. Jim Jarmusch), The Producers (dir. Susan Stroman), Across The Universe (dir. Julie Taymor), Doubt (dir. John Patrick Shanley), Morning Glory (dir. Roger Michell), and Wolf of Wall Street (dir. Martin Scorsese).

Beyond her work in film, Moran continues her long-term artist studio practice and is a concept and design consultant for boutique hotels and event spaces.

DELIVER ME FROM, NOWHERE
2025

Set decorator, director Scott Hall, cast Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Stephen Graham, Odessa Young, Gabby Hoffman

IF
2024

Set decorator, director John Krasinski, cast Cailey Fleming, Ryan Reynolds, John Krasinski

Joker: Folie à Deux
2024

NY set decorator, director Todd Phillips, cast Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Zazie Beetz, Catherine Keener

ASTEROID CITY
2023

Set decorator, director Wes Anderson, cast Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks

ON THE ROCKS
2020

Property assistant, director Sofia Coppola, cast Bill Murray, Rashida Jones, Marlon Wayans

JOKER
2019

Set decorator, director Todd Philips, cast Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz

IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK 2018

Set decorator, director Barry Jenkins, cast Kiki Layne, Stephan James, Regina King

THE MEYEROWITZ STORIES 2017

Set decorator, director Noah Baumbach, cast Adam Sandler, Grace Van Patten, Dustin Hoffman

DOUBT
2017

Set decorator, cast Katherine Heigl, Dulé Hill, Laverne Cox, season 1

DOUBT
2017

Set decorator, cast Katherine Heigl, Dulé Hill, Laverne Cox, season 1

THE HISTORY OF LOVE
2016

Set decorator, director Radu Mihaileanu, cast Gemma Arterton, Elliott Gould, Derek Jacobi

THE TIES THAT BIND
2015

Production designer, director Thom Zimny, cast Bruce Springsteen

MASTER OF NONE
2015

Set decorator, cast Aziz Ansari, Eric Wareheim, Lena Waithe, season 1

SNEEKY PETE
2015

Set decorator, cast Giovanni Ribisi, Marin Ireland, Shane McRae, pilot episode

IT’S NOT CRAZY, IT’S SPORTS 2015

Set decorator, cast Jim DiCarlo, John DiCarlo, Cindy DiCarlo, season 1

MADAM SECRETARY
2014

Set decorator, cast Téa Leoni, Tim Daly, Erich Bergen, pilot episode,

WHILE WE’RE YOUNG
2014

Set decorator, director Noah Baumbach, cast Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver

SIX BY SONDHEIM
2013

Production designer, directors James Lapine, Autumn de Wilde, Todd Haynes, cast Barbara Barrie, Jack Bashkow, Judy Bennett

A MASTER BUILDER
2013

Set decorator, director Jonathan Demme, cast Wallace Shawn, Julie Hagerty, Larry Pine

BEGIN AGAIN
2013

Set decorator, director John Carney, cast Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Adam Levine

THE WOLF OF WALL STREET 2013

Assistant set decorator, director Martin Scorsese, cast Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie

RUNNER RUNNER
2013

Set decorator, director Brad Furman, cast Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake, Gemma Arterton

MOONRISE KINGDOM
2012

Set decorator, director Wes Anderson, cast Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis

DARK HORSE
2011

Set decorator, director Todd Solondz, cast Jordan Gelber, Selma Blair, Christopher Walken

THE BEAVER
2011

Property master, director Jodie Foster, cast Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin

MILDRED PIERCE
2011

Assistant props, cast Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce, Evan Rachel Wood, mini-series

PIG LADY (short)
2011

Production designer, directors Thomas De Napoli and Steve Makowski, cast Sarah Clements, Troy Gentile, Molly Groome

TWO GATES OF SLEEP
2010

Production designer, director Alistair Banks Griffin, cast Brady Corbet, David Call, Ross Francis

PLEASE GIVE
2010

Set decorator, director Nicole Holofcener, cast Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall

THE TEMPEST
2010

Property master, director Julie Taymor, cast Helen Mirren, Felicity Jones, Djimon Hounsou

JACK GOES BOATING
2010

Property master, director Philip Seymour Hoffman, cast Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Ryan, John Ortiz

MORNING GLORY
2010

Assistant property master, director Roger Michell, cast Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton

DUPLICITY
2009

Assistant property master, director Tom Gilroy, cast Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Tom Wilkinson

AFTERSCHOOL
2008

Production designer, director Antonio Campos, cast Ezra Miller, Jeremy Allen White, Emory Cohen

8
2008

Set decorator for segment (“How can it be?”), directors Jane Campion, Gael García Bernal, Jan Kounen, Mira Nair, Gaspar Noé, Abderrahmane Sissako, Gus Van Sant, Wim Wenders

DOUBT
2008

Assistant property master, director John Patrick Shanley, cast Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams

SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK 2008

Department head/designer (aka key), director Kevin Lima, cast Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, Susan Sarandon

STOP-LOSS
2008

Property master (NY), director Kimberly Peirce, cast Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
2007

Assistant property master, director Julie Taymor, cast Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson

THE DARJEELING LIMITED 2007

Set decorator (NY), director Wes Anderson, cast Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman

NO RESERVATIONS
2007

Assistant props, director Scott Hicks, cast Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin

THE PRODUCERS
2005

Assistant property master, director Susan Stroman, cast Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman

BROKEN FLOWERS
2005

Assistant property master, director Jim Jarmusch, cast Bill Murray, Jessica Lange, Sharon Stone

THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU 2004

Assistant property master, director Wes Anderson, cast Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Anjelica Huston

SPARTAN
2004

Third props, director David Mamet, cast Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, William H. Macy

MAID IN MANHATTAN
2002

Assistant property master, director Wayne Wang, cast Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson

FAR FROM HEAVEN
2002

Assistant property master, director Todd Haynes, cast Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert

THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS 2001

Assistant property master, director Wes Anderson, cast Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anjelica Huston

THE CAVEMAN’S VALENTINE 2001

Assistant property master (NY), director Kasi Lemmons, cast Samuel L. Jackson, Colm Feore, Ann Magnuson

STATE AND MAIN
2000

Assistant property master, director David Mamet, cast Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, Rebecca Pidgeon

ME, MYSELF & IRENE
2000

Assistant property master, directors Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly, cast Jim Carrey, Renée Zellweger, Anthony Anderson

CENTER STAGE
2000

Assistant props, director Nicholas Hytner, cast Amanda Schull, Ethan Stiefel, Sascha Radetsky

THE CIDER HOUSE RULES 1999

Assistant props, director Lasse Hallström, cast Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Michael Cane

IN DREAMS
1999

Assistant property master, director Neil Jordan, cast Annette Bening, Robert Downey Jr., Katie Sagona

GOOD WILL HUNTING
1997

Assistant property master (Boston), director Gus Van Sant, cast Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck

THE MATCHMAKER
1997

Assistant property master (Boston), director Mark Joffe, cast Janeane Garofalo, David O’Hara, Milo O’Shea

THE SPANISH PRISONER
1997

Assistant property master, director David Mamet, cast Steve Martin, Ben Gazzara, Campbell Scott

THE CRUCIBLE
1996

Property assistant, director Nicholas Hytner, cast Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield

AMERICAN BUFFALO
1996

Property assistant, director Michael Corrente, cast Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Franz, Sean Nelson

ORIGINAL SINS
1995

Property master, director Jan Egleson, cast Mark Harmon, Julianne Phillips, Ron Perlman

LASSIE
1994

Assistant property master, director Daniel Petrie, cast Helen Slater, Tom Guiry, Jon Tenney

DELIVER ME FROM, NOWHERE
2025

Set decorator, director Scott Hall, cast Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Stephen Graham, Odessa Young, Gabby Hoffman

IF
2024

Set decorator, director John Krasinski, cast Cailey Fleming, Ryan Reynolds, John Krasinski

Joker: Folie à Deux
2024

NY set decorator, director Todd Phillips, cast Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Zazie Beetz, Catherine Keener

ASTEROID CITY
2023

Set decorator, director Wes Anderson, cast Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks

ON THE ROCKS
2020

Property assistant, director Sofia Coppola, cast Bill Murray, Rashida Jones, Marlon Wayans

JOKER
2019

Set decorator, director Todd Philips, cast Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz

IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK 2018

Set decorator, director Barry Jenkins, cast Kiki Layne, Stephan James, Regina King

THE MEYEROWITZ STORIES 2017

Set decorator, director Noah Baumbach, cast Adam Sandler, Grace Van Patten, Dustin Hoffman

DOUBT
2017

Set decorator, cast Katherine Heigl, Dulé Hill, Laverne Cox, season 1

THE HISTORY OF LOVE
2016

Set decorator, director Radu Mihaileanu, cast Gemma Arterton, Elliott Gould, Derek Jacobi

THE TIES THAT BIND
2015

Production designer, director Thom Zimny, cast Bruce Springsteen

MASTER OF NONE
2015

Set decorator, cast Aziz Ansari, Eric Wareheim, Lena Waithe, season 1

SNEEKY PETE
2015

Set decorator, cast Giovanni Ribisi, Marin Ireland, Shane McRae, pilot episode

IT’S NOT CRAZY, IT’S SPORTS 2015

Set decorator, cast Jim DiCarlo, John DiCarlo, Cindy DiCarlo, season 1

MADAM SECRETARY
2014

Set decorator, cast Téa Leoni, Tim Daly, Erich Bergen, pilot episode,

WHILE WE’RE YOUNG
2014

Set decorator, director Noah Baumbach, cast Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver

SIX BY SONDHEIM
2013

Production designer, directors James Lapine, Autumn de Wilde, Todd Haynes, cast Barbara Barrie, Jack Bashkow, Judy Bennett

A MASTER BUILDER
2013

Set decorator, director Jonathan Demme, cast Wallace Shawn, Julie Hagerty, Larry Pine

BEGIN AGAIN
2013

Set decorator, director John Carney, cast Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Adam Levine

THE WOLF OF WALL STREET 2013

Assistant set decorator, director Martin Scorsese, cast Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie

RUNNER RUNNER
2013

Set decorator, director Brad Furman, cast Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake, Gemma Arterton

MOONRISE KINGDOM
2012

Set decorator, director Wes Anderson, cast Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Bruce Willis

DARK HORSE
2011

Set decorator, director Todd Solondz, cast Jordan Gelber, Selma Blair, Christopher Walken

THE BEAVER
2011

Property master, director Jodie Foster, cast Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin

MILDRED PIERCE
2011

Assistant props, cast Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce, Evan Rachel Wood, mini-series

PIG LADY (short)
2011

Production designer, directors Thomas De Napoli and Steve Makowski, cast Sarah Clements, Troy Gentile, Molly Groome

TWO GATES OF SLEEP
2010

Production designer, director Alistair Banks Griffin, cast Brady Corbet, David Call, Ross Francis

PLEASE GIVE
2010

Set decorator, director Nicole Holofcener, cast Catherine Keener, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall

THE TEMPEST
2010

Property master, director Julie Taymor, cast Helen Mirren, Felicity Jones, Djimon Hounsou

JACK GOES BOATING
2010

Property master, director Philip Seymour Hoffman, cast Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Ryan, John Ortiz

MORNING GLORY
2010

Assistant property master, director Roger Michell, cast Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton

DUPLICITY
2009

Assistant property master, director Tom Gilroy, cast Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Tom Wilkinson

AFTERSCHOOL
2008

Production designer, director Antonio Campos, cast Ezra Miller, Jeremy Allen White, Emory Cohen

8
2008

Set decorator for segment (“How can it be?”), directors Jane Campion, Gael García Bernal, Jan Kounen, Mira Nair, Gaspar Noé, Abderrahmane Sissako, Gus Van Sant, Wim Wenders

DOUBT
2008

Assistant property master, director John Patrick Shanley, cast Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams

SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK 2008

Department head/designer (aka key), director Kevin Lima, cast Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, Susan Sarandon

STOP-LOSS
2008

Property master (NY), director Kimberly Peirce, cast Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
2007

Assistant property master, director Julie Taymor, cast Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson

THE DARJEELING LIMITED 2007

Set decorator (NY), director Wes Anderson, cast Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman

NO RESERVATIONS
2007

Assistant props, director Scott Hicks, cast Catherine Zeta-Jones, Aaron Eckhart, Abigail Breslin

THE PRODUCERS
2005

Assistant property master, director Susan Stroman, cast Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman

BROKEN FLOWERS
2005

Assistant property master, director Jim Jarmusch, cast Bill Murray, Jessica Lange, Sharon Stone

THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU 2004

Assistant property master, director Wes Anderson, cast Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Anjelica Huston

SPARTAN
2004

Third props, director David Mamet, cast Val Kilmer, Derek Luke, William H. Macy

MAID IN MANHATTAN
2002

Assistant property master, director Wayne Wang, cast Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson

FAR FROM HEAVEN
2002

Assistant property master, director Todd Haynes, cast Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert

THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS 2001

Assistant property master, director Wes Anderson, cast Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anjelica Huston

THE CAVEMAN’S VALENTINE 2001

Assistant property master (NY), director Kasi Lemmons, cast Samuel L. Jackson, Colm Feore, Ann Magnuson

STATE AND MAIN
2000

Assistant property master, director David Mamet, cast Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, Rebecca Pidgeon

ME, MYSELF & IRENE
2000

Assistant property master, directors Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly, cast Jim Carrey, Renée Zellweger, Anthony Anderson

CENTER STAGE
2000

Assistant props, director Nicholas Hytner, cast Amanda Schull, Ethan Stiefel, Sascha Radetsky

THE CIDER HOUSE RULES 1999

Assistant props, director Lasse Hallström, cast Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Michael Cane

IN DREAMS
1999

Assistant property master, director Neil Jordan, cast Annette Bening, Robert Downey Jr., Katie Sagona

GOOD WILL HUNTING
1997

Assistant property master (Boston), director Gus Van Sant, cast Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck

THE MATCHMAKER
1997

Assistant property master (Boston), director Mark Joffe, cast Janeane Garofalo, David O’Hara, Milo O’Shea

THE SPANISH PRISONER
1997

Assistant property master, director David Mamet, cast Steve Martin, Ben Gazzara, Campbell Scott

THE CRUCIBLE
1996

Property assistant, director Nicholas Hytner, cast Daniel Day-Lewis, Winona Ryder, Paul Scofield

AMERICAN BUFFALO
1996

Property assistant, director Michael Corrente, cast Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Franz, Sean Nelson

ORIGINAL SINS
1995

Property master, director Jan Egleson, cast Mark Harmon, Julianne Phillips, Ron Perlman

LASSIE
1994

Assistant property master, director Daniel Petrie, cast Helen Slater, Tom Guiry, Jon Tenney