---
name: "Adam Tomlinson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/adam-tomlinson"
fi1m_id: "adam-tomlinson"
imdb_id: "nm1353942"
tmdb_id: 1419211
roles: ["Art direction"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T17:06:21.040076+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Adam Tomlinson

## Identity

Adam Tomlinson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/adam-tomlinson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** adam-tomlinson
- **IMDb ID:** nm1353942
- **TMDB ID:** 1419211
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1353942/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1419211

Art direction. Born in Chelmsley Wood, West Midlands.

## Details

- **Work:** Art direction
- **Active:** 2004–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 77 (1), 2010s 76 (2), 2020s 78 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 74 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 3, Comedy 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1353942/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1419211

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Adolescence*](https://film.one/tv/adolescence.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Adam Tomlinson is a British production designer. He graduated from Nottingham Trent University and has more than 25 years’ experience in film and television art departments, advancing from runner to lead designer.

His early credits include production design on *Dead Man's Shoes* (2004). Later work encompasses supervising art direction on *The Duke* (2020), *Everybody's Talking About Jamie* (2021) and *Benediction* (2021), and production design on series including *Boiling Point* (2023) and *The Bay* (2022–2024).

Tomlinson was production designer on the Netflix series *Adolescence* (2025), filmed in a continuous one-take format. He won the Royal Television Society Craft & Design Award for Production Design (Scripted) for the series in 2025 and was nominated for an Art Directors Guild Award.

*Sources: imdb.com, adamtomlinsondesign.com, bbc.co.uk, deadline.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Adolescence* (2025), Fi1m 84, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/tv/adolescence.md)
- *Everybody's Talking About Jamie* (2021), Fi1m 73, Supervising Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/everybodys-talking-about-jamie.md)
- *Prey* (2014), Fi1m 74, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/tv/prey-2014.md)
- *The Village* (2013), Fi1m 78, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-village-2013.md)
- *Dead Man's Shoes* (2004), Fi1m 77, Set Designer, Production Design, Production design, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-mans-shoes.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Adolescence* (2025), series, Production Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/adolescence.md)
- *Boiling Point* (2023), series, Production Design
- *Malpractice* (2023), series, Production Design
- *Without Sin* (2022), series, Production Design
- *Benediction* (2021), Supervising Art Director
- *Everybody's Talking About Jamie* (2021), Supervising Art Director — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/everybodys-talking-about-jamie.md)
- *The Duke* (2021), Supervising Art Director
- *Traitors* (2019), series, as Art Direction
- *Prime Suspect 1973* (2017), series, as Art Direction
- *An Inspector Calls* (2015), as Art Direction
- *A Poet in New York* (2014), as Art Direction
- *Prey* (2014), series, as Art Direction — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/prey-2014.md)
- *The Village* (2013), series, as Art Direction — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-village-2013.md)
- *Dead Man's Shoes* (2004), Production Design, Set Designer, Art Direction — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-mans-shoes.md)

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