Oscar-Nominated Production Designer Jack Fisk Talks ‘The Revenant’

A wild bear, rolling hills of snow, and the sheer will to survive—those are the hallmarks of The Revenant. Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu and starring Leonardo DiCaprio as frontiersman Hugh Glass, The Revenant garnered twelve Academy Award nominations and three Golden Globe wins for its harrowing portrayal of one man’s struggle to survive and exact revenge. The film is marked by a stark, visually expansive style rooted firmly in a historical frontier wilderness. To understand what went into creating such a vast world for the film, The Creators Project spoke to Jack Fisk, The Revenant’s Academy Award-nominated production designer, about his experiences working on the film.

The Creators Project: When you’re working on a project, what are some of your biggest concerns?

Jack Fisk: A couple of things. One, I hope that the sets don’t distract from the story, that they don’t draw attention to themselves individually. And that there’s a continuity of look throughout the picture, so that everything looks like it goes together.