---
name: "Adrienne Atkinson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/adrienne-atkinson"
fi1m_id: "adrienne-atkinson"
imdb_id: "nm0040668"
tmdb_id: 1484143
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "20 October 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T01:38:17.208733+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."
---

# Adrienne Atkinson

## Identity

Adrienne Atkinson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/adrienne-atkinson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** adrienne-atkinson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0040668
- **TMDB ID:** 1484143
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0040668/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1484143

Production designer. Born 20 October 1954 in Scotland, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 20 October 1954, Scotland, UK
- **Active:** 1983–1987
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0040668/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1484143

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Housekeeping*](https://film.one/film/housekeeping.md) (78)

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## Biography

Adrienne Atkinson is a Scottish production designer and art director. She began working in film in 1979 as production designer and costume designer on Bill Forsyth's *That Sinking Feeling*, and continued to collaborate with Forsyth on *Gregory's Girl* (1980, art direction), *Local Hero* (1983, art direction), *Comfort and Joy* (1984, production design) and *Housekeeping* (1987, production design).

Her other credits as production designer include *Restless Natives* (1985), *Breaking In* (1989) and *Killing Dad or How to Love Your Mother* (1989). She has also worked as art director on films such as *Winter Flight* (1984) and *Mr. Love* (1986).

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, svenskfilmdatabas.se.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Housekeeping* (1987), Fi1m 78, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/housekeeping.md)
- *Local Hero* (1983), Fi1m 86, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/local-hero.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Breaking In* (1989), Production Design
- *Killing Dad* (1989), Production Design
- *Housekeeping* (1987), Production Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/housekeeping.md)
- *Restless Natives* (1985), Production Design
- *Comfort and Joy* (1984), Production Design
- *Local Hero* (1983), as Art Direction — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/local-hero.md)
- *Screamtime* (1983), as Art Direction
- *Gregory's Girl* (1980), as Art Direction
- *That Sinking Feeling* (1980), Production Design

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