The Greatest Production Designers Ever!
by jeffreykare | created - 04 Jul 2012 | updated - 16 Sep 2013 | Public1. Rick Carter
Production_designer | Avatar
Rick Carter was born in 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a production designer and art director, known for Avatar (2009), Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) and Lincoln (2012).
Back to the Future Parts II & III, Jurassic Park, Forrest Gump, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Cast Away, The Polar Express, Munich, Avatar, Sucker Punch, War Horse, Lincoln
2. Bo Welch
Production_designer | Edward Scissorhands
Bo Welch was born on December 24, 1951 in Yardley, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a production designer and director, known for Edward Scissorhands (1990), Men in Black (1997) and A Little Princess (1995). He has been married to Catherine O'Hara since April 25, 1992. They have two children.
Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, Men in Black, Wild Wild West, Men in Black II, Land of the Lost, THOR, Men in Black III
3. Rick Heinrichs
Production_designer | Sleepy Hollow
Rick Heinrichs is known for Sleepy Hollow (1999), Glass Onion (2022) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).
The Big Lebowski, Sleepy Hallow, Planet of the Apes, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest & At World's End, The Wolfman, Captain America: The First Avenger, Dark Shadows, Frankenweenie
4. Jess Gonchor
Production_designer | Hail, Caesar!
Jess Gonchor was born on July 15, 1962 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a production designer and art director, known for Hail, Caesar! (2016), No Country for Old Men (2007) and Little Women (2019).
Capote, The Devil Wears Parda, No Country for Old Men, True Grit, Moneyball, The Lone Ranger
5. J. Michael Riva
Production_designer | Iron Man
J. Michael Riva was born on June 28, 1948 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was a production designer and art director, known for Iron Man (2008), The Color Purple (1985) and Django Unchained (2012). He was married to Julia Riva and Wendy Riva. He died on June 7, 2012 in New Orleans, ...
The Color Purple, Charlie's Angels, Zathura, Spider-Man 3, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, The Amazing Spider-Man, Django Unchained
6. Nathan Crowley
Production_designer | The Dark Knight
NATHAN CROWLEY (Production Designer) Born in London, grew up in Islington. Attended Brighton School of Art in England. He has received Academy Award nominations for" The Prestige", "The Dark Knight" and " Interstellar", also Bafta Nominations for "Batman Begins", "The Dark Knight" , "Interstellar" ...
Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Public Enemies, John Carter, The Dark Knight Rises
7. Dante Ferretti
Production_designer | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Dante Ferretti was born on February 26, 1943 in Macerata, Marche, Italy. He is a production designer and set decorator, known for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Shutter Island (2010) and Silence (2016).
Gangs of New York, Cold Mountain, The Aviator, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Shutter Island, HUGO
8. Robert Stromberg
Production_designer | Avatar
Robert Stromberg is known for Avatar (2009), Maleficent (2014) and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003).
Avatar, Alice in Wonderland, Oz: The Great & Powerful
9. Grant Major
Production_designer | King Kong
Grant Major was born in 1955 in Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand. He is a production designer and art director, known for King Kong (2005), The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003).
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, King Kong, The Green Lantern
10. Philip Messina
Production_designer | The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
Philip Messina was born on February 19, 1965 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA. He is a production designer and art director, known for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) and Mother! (2017). He is married to Kristen Toscano Messina.
Erin Brokovich, Traffic, Ocean's Eleven, 8 Mile, The Last Airbender, The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
11. Martin Whist
Production_designer | The Harder They Fall
Martin Whist is known for The Harder They Fall (2021), Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) and The Cabin in the Woods (2011).
Smokin' Aces, Cloverfield, Devil, Super 8, The Cabin in the Woods
12. Alex McDowell
Production_designer | Fight Club
Alex McDowell is an award-winning narrative designer working at the intersection of Design, Technology and Storytelling. He is founder and creative director at Experimental Design, where he and his team design the future for industries and institutions, building worlds across media. He is a ...
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, Watchmen, Man of Steel
13. David Gropman
Production_designer | Life of Pi
Born in Los Angeles, California, David received his BA from San Francisco State University and MFA from Yale School of Drama in stage design. Broadway and Off Broadway credits include: The 1940's Radio Hour, Mass Appeal, Lena Horne; The Lady and Her Music, True West and Buried Child. As well he ...
Chocolat, Casanova, Little Children, Hairspray, Doubt, Taking Woodstock, Old Dogs, Date Night, Life of Pi
14. Dominic Watkins
Production_designer | Snow White and the Huntsman
Born in London and currently residing in Los Angeles, Production Designer Dominic Watkins has designed a dozen movies and hundreds of commercials.
Dominic started his career in New York and began working at the premier clubs in New York City like Danceteria, Palladium and The Tunnel as an Art ...
Bad Boys II, The Bourne Supremacy, Alpha Dog, United 93, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Green Zone, Snow White & the Huntsman, Red Dawn
15. Claude Paré
Production_designer | It
Claude Paré is known for It (2017), Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019) and Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011).
Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters
16. Guy Hendrix Dyas
Production_designer | Spencer
Guy Hendrix Dyas is a two-time Academy Award Nominated Production Designer and the recipient of a BAFTA Award for Best Production Design. Guy gained recognition in the design field through his collaborations with directors such as Pablo Larraín, Danny Boyle, Christopher Nolan, Ang Lee and Steven ...
X2: X-Men United, Superman Returns, Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Inception
17. John Myhre
Production_designer | Memoirs of a Geisha
John Myhre was born in 1959. A film buff from an incredibly early age he began watching the TV coverage of the Oscars aged five and received a Super-8 camera for his seventh birthday. After graduating from Nathan Hale High School he studied film at the Bellevue Community College in the 1970s, ...
Elizabeth, X-Men, Ali, Chicago, The Haunted Mansion, Memoirs of a Geisha, Dreamgirls, Wanted, Nine, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, X-Men: Days of Future Past
18. John Barry
Production_designer | Star Wars
John Barry was a British production designer. Started his career in the art department of the movie Cleopatra (1963). He is known chiefly for his imaginative design work on "Star Wars" and "Superman: The Movie". Barry got the opportunity to direct the sci-fi movie "Saturn 3" but was replaced during...
Star Wars, Superman
19. Norman Reynolds
Art_director | Star Wars
Oscar-winning British art director and production designer, most famous for being the creative genius behind the look of the original Star Wars trilogy. Reynolds also worked on many other blockbusters like Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Superman (1978), Empire of the Sun (1987) and Bicentennial Man...
The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Return of the Jedi, Return to Oz, Young Sherlock Holmes, Empire of the Sun, Alien 3, Mission Impossible
20. Arthur Max
Production_designer | Gladiator
A Manhattan born New Yorker, Arthur worked as a Stage Lighting Designer in the late 1960s and early 1970s in the music industry, and then, after studying architecture in England and Italy, went on to do several architectural design projects in London. He entered British film as an assistant to ...
Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, Panic Room, Kingdom of Heaven, American Gangster, Robin Hood, Prometheus
21. Sarah Greenwood
Production_designer | Atonement
Sarah Greenwood was born in March 1960. She is a production designer and set decorator, known for Atonement (2007), Barbie (2023) and Anna Karenina (2012).
Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, The Soloist, Sherlock Holmes, Hanna, Anna Karenina
22. Donald Graham Burt
Production_designer | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Donald Graham Burt is known for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Mank (2020) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011).
Because of Winn-Dixie, Zodiac, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Social Network, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
23. Jim Bissell
Production_designer | 300
Jim Bissell is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a BFA in Theater. After working in New York and L.A. on commercials and low budget features, he won an Emmy Award in 1980 for his work on Palmerstown, U.S.A. followed by a BAFTA nomination for production design on ...
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, The Rocketeer, Jumanji, Good Night and Good Luck, 300, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol,
24. Roger Ford
Production_designer | Rabbit-Proof Fence
Roger Ford is known for Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002), Peter Rabbit (2018) and Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022).
Babe, Peter Pan, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Raven
25. Catherine Martin
Producer | Moulin Rouge!
Catherine Martin was born on January 26, 1965 in Lindfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She is a producer and costume designer, known for Moulin Rouge! (2001), The Great Gatsby (2013) and Australia (2008). She has been married to Baz Luhrmann since January 26, 1997. They have two children.
Strictly Ballroom, Romeo + Juliet, Moulin Rouge, Australia, The Great Gatsby
26. Scott Chambliss
Production_designer | Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Scott Chambliss is known for Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and Star Trek (2009).
Star Trek, Cowboys & Aliens, Tomorrowland
27. Owen Paterson
Production_designer | V for Vendetta
Owen Paterson is known for V for Vendetta (2005), The Matrix (1999) and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994).
The Matrix, V for Vendetta
28. Dennis Gassner
Production_designer | Blade Runner 2049
Dennis Gassner was born on October 22, 1948 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is a production designer, known for Blade Runner 2049 (2017), 1917 (2019) and Road to Perdition (2002).
Field of Dreams, Bugsy, Waterwold, The Truman Show, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, Road to Perdition, Big Fish, The Ladykillers, Jarhead, The Golden Compass, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, Into the Woods
29. Hugh Bateup
Production_designer | Cloud Atlas
Hugh Bateup is known for Cloud Atlas (2012), The Matrix (1999) and Superman Returns (2006).
Cloud Atlas, Jupiter Ascending
30. Peter Lamont
Production_designer | Titanic
Peter Lamont was born on November 12, 1929 in London, England, UK. He was a production designer and art director, known for Titanic (1997), Casino Royale (2006) and Aliens (1986). He was married to Ann Aldridge. He died on December 18, 2020.
Aliens, License to Kill, True Lies, Goldeneye, Titanic, Die Another Day, Casino Royale
31. Anthony Pratt
Production_designer | The Phantom of the Opera
Anthony Pratt was born on November 27, 1937 in London, England, UK. He is a production designer and art director, known for The Phantom of the Opera (2004), Hope and Glory (1987) and Excalibur (1981).
The Man in the Iron Mask, Band of Brothers, The Phantom of the Opera, Rome
32. Eve Stewart
Production_designer | Les Misérables
Eve Stewart was born in 1961 in London, England, UK. She is a production designer and art director, known for Les Misérables (2012), The King's Speech (2010) and The Danish Girl (2015).
De-Lovely, Elizabeth I, Becoming Jane, John Adams, The King's Speech, Les Miserables
33. Tom Foden
Production_designer | The Cell
Tom Foden was born in England, UK. He is known for The Cell (2000), Immortals (2011) and One Hour Photo (2002).
The Cell, The Village, Immortals, Mirror Mirror
34. William Sandell
Production_designer | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
William Sandell was born on 9 August 1950 and grew up in Los Angeles. He first entered films as a set dresser and assistant art director with exploitation films like 'Invasion of the Bee Girls' and 'Zombie Prom', receiving his first credit as a production designer with 'The Promise' in 1979. Since ...
Airplane II: The Sequel, RoboCop, Total Recall, Newsies, Hocus Pocus, The Flintstones, Air Force One, The Perfect Storm, Dr. Doolittle 2, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Paycheck, Poseidon, Hotel for Dogs
35. Dan Hennah
Art_director | King Kong
Dan Hennah was born in Hastings, New Zealand. He is known for King Kong (2005), The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). He has been married to Chris Hennah since March 17, 1973.
The Hobbit Trilogy
36. Thomas E. Sanders
Production_designer | Crimson Peak
Thomas E. Sanders was born in 1953 in San Pedro, California, USA. He was a production designer and art director, known for Crimson Peak (2015), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) and Braveheart (1995). He died on July 6, 2017.
Braveheart, Saving Private Ryan, Secretariat, Red Riding Hood, After Earth
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