The Best Production Designers

1. Ruth De Jong

Production_designer | Twin Peaks: The Return

Ruth De Jong was born in San Bernardino, California. She is known for Twin Peaks (2017), Manchester by the Sea (2016) and There Will Be Blood (2007).

2. 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).

Patrice Vermette was born in 1970 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is a production designer and art director, known for Dune (2021), Arrival (2016) and Sicario (2015). He is married to Martine Bertrand.

4. Suzie Davies

Production_designer | Saltburn

Suzie Davies is known for Saltburn (2023), Mr. Turner (2014) and The Courier (2020).

5. Jack Fisk

Production_designer | Killers of the Flower Moon

Jack Fisk was born on December 19, 1945 in Canton, Illinois, USA. He is a production designer and art director, known for Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), The Revenant (2015) and The Tree of Life (2011). He has been married to Sissy Spacek since April 12, 1974. They have two children.

6. Nathan Crowley

Production_designer | Wonka

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" ...

7. Kevin Thompson

Production_designer | Maestro

Kevin Thompson is known for Maestro (2023), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) and Michael Clayton (2007).

8. 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 ...

9. 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).

10. Sarah Greenwood

Production_designer | Anna Karenina

Sarah Greenwood was born in March 1960. She is a production designer and set decorator, known for Anna Karenina (2012), Atonement (2007) and Barbie (2023).

11. Barbara Ling

Production_designer | Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood

Barbara Ling is known for Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019), Falling Down (1993) and Fried Green Tomatoes (1991).

12. 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 ...

13. Hugh Bateup

Production_designer | Cloud Atlas

Hugh Bateup is known for Cloud Atlas (2012), The Matrix (1999) and Superman Returns (2006).

14. Adam Stockhausen

Production_designer | The Grand Budapest Hotel

Adam Stockhausen was born on November 30, 1972 in Brookfield, Wisconsin, USA. He is a production designer and art director, known for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), The French Dispatch (2021) and Asteroid City (2023).

15. 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).

16. Maria Djurkovic

Production_designer | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Maria Djurkovic is known for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), The Imitation Game (2014) and The Hours (2002).

17. David Crank

Production_designer | Knives Out

David Crank is known for Knives Out (2019), The Master (2012) and Inherent Vice (2014).

18. Fiona Crombie

Production_designer | The Favourite

Fiona Crombie is known for The Favourite (2018), Top of the Lake (2013) and Macbeth (2015).

19. Gemma Jackson

Production_designer | Aladdin

Gemma Jackson was born on May 14, 1951 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK. She is a production designer and art director, known for Aladdin (2019), The Gentlemen (2019) and Game of Thrones (2011). She has been married to Andrew McAlpine since 1982.

20. Charles Wood

Production_designer | Guardians of the Galaxy

Charles Wood is known for Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Avengers: Endgame (2019) and Doctor Strange (2016).

21. 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 Danish Girl (2015) and The King's Speech (2010).

22. Jim Clay

Production_designer | Children of Men

Jim Clay was born in 1948 in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK. He is a production designer, known for Children of Men (2006), Belfast (2021) and Murder on the Orient Express (2017).

23. Eugenio Caballero

Production_designer | El laberinto del fauno

Eugenio Caballero was born in 1972 in Mexico. He is a production designer and set decorator, known for Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Roma (2018) and A Monster Calls (2016).

24. Naomi Shohan

Production_designer | The Lovely Bones

Naomi Shohan is known for The Lovely Bones (2009), American Beauty (1999) and A Wrinkle in Time (2018). She has been married to Anthony Drazan since September 6, 2000.

25. Kevin Kavanaugh

Production_designer | The Dark Knight Rises

Kevin Kavanaugh is known for The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Only the Brave (2017) and John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017).

26. Mark Tildesley

Production_designer | No Time to Die

Mark Tildesley was born in 1963 in London, England, UK. He is a production designer and assistant director, known for No Time to Die (2021), Sunshine (2007) and High-Rise (2015). He has been married to Melanie Louise Burr (Tildesley) since 1991. They have one child.

27. Jan Roelfs

Production_designer | GATTACA

Jan Roelfs was born in 1957 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He is a production designer and art director, known for Gattaca (1997), 47 Ronin (2013) and Ghost in the Shell (2017).

28. Howard Cummings

Production_designer | Behind the Candelabra

Howard Cummings is known for Behind the Candelabra (2013), I Am Legend (2007) and Westworld (2016).

29. David J. Bomba

Production_designer | Walk the Line

David J. Bomba is known for Walk the Line (2005), Mudbound (2017) and Godless (2017).

30. 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 ...

31. Alex DiGerlando

Production_designer | Beasts of the Southern Wild

Alex DiGerlando is known for Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012), tick, tick... BOOM! (2021) and True Detective (2014).

32. Kay Lee

Production_designer | Destroyer

Kay Lee is known for Destroyer (2018), Bleed for This (2016) and Insecure (2016).

33. Hugues Tissandier

Production_designer | Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Hugues Tissandier is known for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017), The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) and Lucy (2014).

34. Jeannine Oppewall

Production_designer | L.A. Confidential

Jeannine Oppewall was born on November 28, 1946 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA. She is a production designer, known for L.A. Confidential (1997), Pleasantville (1998) and Catch Me If You Can (2002). She was previously married to Paul Schrader.

35. Marcus Rowland

Production_designer | Last Night in Soho

Marcus Rowland is known for Last Night in Soho (2021), Attack the Block (2011) and All the Old Knives (2022).

36. Inbal Weinberg

Production_designer | Suspiria

Inbal Weinberg is known for Suspiria (2018), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) and The Lost Daughter (2021).

37. Anne Ross

Production_designer | The Beguiled

Anne Ross is known for The Beguiled (2017), Lost in Translation (2003) and Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).

38. 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 Jurassic Park (1993).

39. Santo Loquasto

Production_designer | Radio Days

Santo Loquasto was born on July 26, 1944 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a production designer and costume designer, known for Radio Days (1987), Blue Jasmine (2013) and Bullets Over Broadway (1994).

40. James Clyne

Art_department | Avatar

James Clyne has worked as a film industry artist for well over a decade. He spent his childhood in Oregon catching garter snakes, building forts on construction sights and drawing everything his impressionable mind could think of.

James studied fine art at UC Santa Barbara where he focused on oil ...

41. Mark Friedberg

Production_designer | Joker

Mark Friedberg is known for Joker (2019), Synecdoche, New York (2008) and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004).

42. Wynn Thomas

Production_designer | Da 5 Bloods

Wynn Thomas started his career as a production designer for writer director Spike Lee on She's Gotta Have It (1986) and went on to be production designer on many great and classic films among them : A Beautiful Mind (2001); Do the Right Thing (1989); Cinderella Man (2005); Hidden Figures (2016); A ...

43. Jeremy Hindle

Production_designer | Top Gun: Maverick

Jeremy Hindle is known for Top Gun: Maverick (2022), Zero Dark Thirty (2012) and Severance (2022).

44. Jahmin Assa

Production_designer | Creed III

Jahmin Assa is known for Creed III (2023), Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018) and Mid90s (2018).

45. Alain Bainée

Production_designer | Transsiberian

Alain Bainée is known for Transsiberian (2008), Society of the Snow (2023) and Snow White (2012).

46. Zosia Mackenzie

Production_designer | Dream Scenario

Zosia Mackenzie is known for Dream Scenario (2023), Infinity Pool (2023) and Come to Daddy (2019).

47. Jane Musky

Production_designer | When Harry Met Sally...

Jane Musky was born on May 27, 1954 in Maplewood, New Jersey, USA. She is a production designer and art director, known for When Harry Met Sally... (1989), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) and The Seagull (2018). She has been married to Tony Goldwyn since April 18, 1987. They have two children.

48. John Paul Kelly

Production_designer | The Theory of Everything

John Paul Kelly is an Irish production designer, known for his critically acclaimed work on 'A Haunting in Venice', 'The Theory of Everything', 'Stan and Ollie' and 'The Other Boleyn Girl'. JP has won a number of awards for his work having designed a wide variety of feature film and television ...

49. 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).

50. Dan Weil

Production_designer | Le Cinquième Élément

Dan Weil is known for The Fifth Element (1997), The Bourne Identity (2002) and La Femme Nikita (1990).

51. Andrew McAlpine

Production_designer | The Piano

After graduating from Nottingham University, Andrew McAlpine received the 1974 Calouste Gulbenkian Designer's Award in Holography for use in theater. He gained fame for his work on the Jane Campion film, "The Piano", for which McAlpine received the Australian Film Institute Award and the BAFTA ...