Biography
Nick Bassett is a New Zealand production designer and art director. Born on 9 November 1970 in Auckland, he began his career in the local film industry, working on productions including Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess, and serving as art director on Young Hercules.
He advanced to art director on feature films such as Vertical Limit (2000) and Avatar (2009), for which he received an Art Directors Guild award, and supervising art director on the series Spartacus (2010–2013). As production designer, his credits include Ash vs Evil Dead (2015–2018), Guns Akimbo (2020), Evil Dead Rise (2023) and the Netflix series Sweet Tooth (2021–2024). He has also designed Insidious: Out of the Further (2026). Bassett received a Primetime Emmy nomination for art direction on the television film Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004).
