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Ruth De Jong

Ruth De Jong is an American art director and production designer. She was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Production Design for the film Oppenheimer. She was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More) for her work on the television program Twin Peaks. She has worked frequently o…

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The Odyssey

The Odyssey · 2026

MovieAdventureAction

Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point.

Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer · 2023

MovieDramaHistory

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood · 2007

There Will Be Blood

Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.

Nope

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.

Manchester by the Sea

Manchester by the Sea · 2016

Manchester by the Sea

After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.

MovieHorrorMystery

Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.

Inherent Vice

Inherent Vice · 2014

MovieDramaMystery

In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.

The Tree of Life

The Tree of Life · 2011

The Tree of Life

MovieDramaFantasy

The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.

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The Odyssey

The Odyssey · 2026

MovieAdventureAction

Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that stretch both his cunning and his humanity to the breaking point.

Production Design

Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer · 2023

MovieDramaHistory

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

Production Design

There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood · 2007

There Will Be Blood

Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.

Production Assistant

Nope

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.

Production Design

Manchester by the Sea

Manchester by the Sea · 2016

Manchester by the Sea

After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.

Production Design

MovieHorrorMystery

Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.

Production Design

Inherent Vice

Inherent Vice · 2014

MovieDramaMystery

In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.

Art Direction

The Tree of Life

The Tree of Life · 2011

The Tree of Life

MovieDramaFantasy

The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.

Art Department Coordinator

Water for Elephants

Water for Elephants · 2011

Water for Elephants

MovieDramaRomance

In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married performer Marlena.

Assistant Art Director

The Master

The Master · 2012

Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World War II.

Assistant Art Director

Knight of Cups

Knight of Cups · 2015

MovieDramaRomance

Rick is a screenwriter living in Los Angeles. While successful in his career, his life feels empty. Haunted and confused, he finds temporary solace in the decadent Hollywood excess that defines his existence. Women provide a distraction to his daily pain, and every encounter brings him closer to finding his place in the world.

Art Direction

Song to Song

Song to Song · 2017

MovieRomanceDrama

In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples — struggling songwriters Faye and BV, and music mogul Cook and the waitress whom he ensnares — chase success through a rock ‘n’ roll landscape of seduction and betrayal.

Art Direction

To the Wonder

To the Wonder · 2013

MovieDramaRomance

Neil is torn between two loves: Marina, the European woman who comes to the United States to be with him, and Jane, the old flame from his hometown he reconnects with. Neil’s doubts about his life and loves are reflected in the crisis of faith experienced by Father Quintana, who only sees pain and the loss of hope in the world.

Assistant Art Director

Voyage of Time: Life's Journey

Voyage of Time: Life's Journey · 2017

Voyage of Time: Life's Journey

MovieDocumentaryDrama

A celebration of the universe, displaying the whole of time, from its start to its final collapse. This film examines all that occurred to prepare the world that stands before us now: science and spirit, birth and death, the grand cosmos and the minute life systems of our planet.

Art Direction

Swedish Auto

Swedish Auto · 2006

MovieDramaRomance

Carter is a small-town mechanic who observes life from the shadows. When he discovers that a young woman is similarly watching him, he is compelled to confront a world that he has always avoided.

Production Design

Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience

Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience · 2016

Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience

MovieDocumentary

A celebration of the universe, displaying the whole of time, from its start to its final collapse. This film examines all that occurred to prepare the world that stands before us now: science and spirit, birth and death, the grand cosmos and the minute life systems of our planet.

Art Direction

The Future

The Future · 2011

MovieDramaFantasy

When a couple decides to adopt a stray cat their perspective on life changes radically, literally altering the course of time and space and testing their faith in each other and themselves.

Art Direction

Dead Man's Burden

Dead Man's Burden · 2012

Dead Man's Burden

MovieDramaWestern

A western set on the New Mexico frontier a few years after the Civil War and centered on a struggling young family and the mining company who wants to buy their land.

Production Design

Familiar Strangers

Familiar Strangers · 2008

Familiar Strangers

MovieComedyDrama

"Familiar Strangers" asks the question. "Is it really possible to relate to ones parents and siblings after being replaced by the family dog? . . . Perhaps as friends - weird friends?" An off beat - funny - heartfelt story of family negotiating the changing relationships between parents and children, especially as those children grow into adulthood.

Production Design

This Must Be the Only Fantasy

This Must Be the Only Fantasy · 2013

This Must Be the Only Fantasy

Set in present day Los Angeles, the film begins with a friendly teenage gathering but quickly evolves into a mystical journey, complete with a nefarious horseman, young hooligans who are not who they appear to be and a white unicorn.

Production Design

Yellowstone

Yellowstone · 2018

SeriesWesternDrama

Follow the violent world of the Dutton family, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States. Led by their patriarch John Dutton, the family defends their property against constant attack by land developers, an Indian reservation, and America’s first National Park.

Production Design

Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks · 1990

SeriesDramaMystery

The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.

Production Design