Elisa Sauvé is a native of Buenos Aires who studied fine art, theatre, dance, and photography. She enhanced her artistic curiosity with film studies in New York and Toronto. She has lived and worked worldwide and speaks many languages, including Spanish and English fluently. She recently designed the first season of CROSS with creator Ben Watkins for Amazon. Her latest project was designing the film STEAL AWAY, directed by Clement Virgo. Elisa designed the first season of ACCUSED with showrunner Howard Gordon for Paramount, GRAND ARMY for Netflix under Joshua Donen, the feature film LUCKIEST GIRL ALIVE with director Mike Barker for Netflix, as well as THE LIE for Blumhouse and Universal. Elisa received an Emmy nomination for Best Production Design and won the Directors Guild of Canada award for Best Production Design in 2022, both for the film SNEAKERELLA for Disney+.

Awards & Nominations

2 Wins & 6 Nominations

CHILDREN’S & FAMILY EMMY AWARDS

2022 Nominee Emmys
Outstanding Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design
Sneakerella

DIRECTORS GUILD OF CANADA

2023 Nominee DGC Craft Award
Best Production Design in Television Series
Accused

2022 Winner DGC Craft Award
Outstanding Achievement in Production Design – Television Movie/Mini-Series
Sneakerella

2016 Nominee DGC Craft Award
Production Design – Feature Film
Zoom

CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS, CA

2019 Nominee Canadian Screen Award
Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design
Octavio Is Dead!

GEMINI AWARDS

2011 Nominee Gemini
Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Non-Fiction Program or Series
Everyday Exotic

WORLDFEST HOUSTON

2011 Winner Gold Remi Award
Best Production Design
Everyday Exotic