Lee Sandales

Lee Sandales is an English set decorator. He is mostly known for his work on the films War Horse (2011), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Rogue One (2016) and 1917 (2019). Throughout his career, he has been nominated for two Academy Awards and won a BAFTA Award.

Early life

Sandales was born and grew up in Gateacre, Liverpool. He attended the local comprehensive school, before attending University of Roehampton and getting his first job.^[1]

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2012	War Horse	Best Art Direction (shared with Rick Carter)	Nominated	^[2]
2020	1917	Best Production Design (shared with Dennis Gassner)	Nominated	^[3]

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result	Ref.
2012	War Horse	Best Production Design (shared with Rick Carter)	Nominated
2016	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Best Production Design (shared with Rick Carter and Darren Gilford)	Nominated
2020	1917	Best Production Design (shared with Dennis Gassner)	Won	^[4]

^ Weston, Alan (3 February 2020). "Liverpool man wins award at BAFTAs for 'outstanding' 1917 war film". Liverpool Echo. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
^ "Oscars 2012: Complete nominees and winners list". Los Angeles Times. 27 February 2012. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
^ Bisset, Jennifer (10 February 2020). "Oscars 2020 winners: The complete list of results". CNET. Archived from the original on 10 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
^ "BAFTA Film Awards 2020: Full Winners List". Variety. 2 February 2020. Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.