Educated in architecture, philosophy, and film, Martha Sparrow's interest in imagined and narrative space propelled her towards a career in production design. She holds a Masters of Architecture from the University of Toronto Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, where she returns as a guest critic.

Martha has worked as a production designer, art director, and set designer in Canada, the United States, and the Middle East with such film makers as Denis Villeneuve, Brian DePalma, Rian Johnson, and Atom Egoyan. Her work with actress, producer, and director Elisabeth Moss on The Handmaid’s Tale and Shining Girls has earned her three Emmy awards, an Art Directors Guild Award, as well as further nominations. Martha has just received another Emmy nomination for her work as supervising art director on Natasha Lyonne’s new series Poker Face, now streaming on Peacock. This coming year she heads the new Margaret Atwood adaptation The Testaments as production designer.