Biography
Steve Saklad is an American production designer and art director. He trained in theatre design at Yale Drama School after studying at Brandeis University and worked as an assistant scenic designer on several Broadway productions in the 1980s, including La Cage aux Folles and Into the Woods.
Saklad began his film career in the art department on features such as Radio Days (1987) and Mrs. Doubtfire (1993). He advanced to art director on films including The Game (1997), Red Dragon (2002) and Spider-Man 2 (2004), before taking on production design duties. His credits as production designer include Thank You for Smoking (2005), Juno (2007), Up in the Air (2009), Drag Me to Hell (2009), The Muppets (2011), 22 Jump Street (2014), How to Be Single (2016) and Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (2023). He has collaborated repeatedly with director Jason Reitman and has received Art Directors Guild nominations for his work.
