Paul D. Austerberry is a Canadian film and television production designer of English and Filipino descent. Mr. Austerberry is notably recognized for his architectural engineering in cinematic set design for the 2017 film The Shape of Water ( FOX Searchlight Pictures), for which he won an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Production Design with set decorators Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin, and the 2013 film Pompeii, for which he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Art Direction/Production Design at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015 with Nigel Churcher.