---
name: "Andrew McAlpine"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/andrew-mcalpine"
fi1m_id: "andrew-mcalpine"
imdb_id: "nm0564028"
tmdb_id: 19872
wikidata_id: "Q25712247"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "17 August 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-07T18:16:31.324729+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."
---

# Andrew McAlpine

## Identity

Andrew McAlpine

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/andrew-mcalpine
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** andrew-mcalpine
- **IMDb ID:** nm0564028
- **TMDB ID:** 19872
- **Wikidata ID:** Q25712247
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25712247, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564028/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19872

Production designer. Born 17 August 1948 in Auckland.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 17 August 1948, Auckland
- **Active:** 1993–2017
- **Frequently works with:** [Harvey Keitel](https://film.one/person/harvey-keitel.md), [Rosamund Pike](https://film.one/person/rosamund-pike.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 71 (3), 2000s 68 (2), 2010s 68 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 68 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Romance 3, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 13 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $409m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25712247, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564028/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19872

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*An Education*](https://film.one/film/an-education.md) (82), [*Clockers*](https://film.one/film/clockers.md) (74), [*The Beach*](https://film.one/film/the-beach.md) (55)
- **Netflix:** [*Denial*](https://film.one/film/denial.md) (64)
- **Disney+:** [*Flubber*](https://film.one/film/flubber.md) (50)

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

## Biography

Andrew McAlpine is a production designer born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 17 August 1948. After graduating from Nottingham University he received the 1974 Calouste Gulbenkian Designer’s Award in Holography for theatre use. He co-founded the Commonstock theatre company and worked with directors and choreographers including Sally Potter and Richard Alston before moving into film and music videos in the 1980s.

McAlpine is best known for his production design on Jane Campion’s *The Piano* (1993), for which he received BAFTA and Australian Film Institute awards. Other credits include *Sid and Nancy* (1986), *Clockers* (1995), *The Beach* (2000), *An Education* (2009), *Me Before You* (2016) and *Serenity* (2019). He has worked with directors Spike Lee and Danny Boyle, and is long based in the United Kingdom.

*Sources: imdb.com, andrewmcalpine.net, nzonscreen.com, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *King Charles III* (2017), Fi1m 73, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/king-charles-iii.md)
- *Denial* (2016), Fi1m 64, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/denial.md)
- *An Education* (2009), Fi1m 82, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/an-education.md)
- *The Beach* (2000), Fi1m 55, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-beach.md)
- *Flubber* (1997), Fi1m 50, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/flubber.md)
- *Clockers* (1995), Fi1m 74, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/clockers.md)
- *The Piano* (1993), Fi1m 88, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-piano.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *My Mother's Wedding* (2025), Production Design
- *Rosaline* (2022), Production Design
- *Serenity* (2019), Production Design
- *King Charles III* (2017), Production Design — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/king-charles-iii.md)
- *Denial* (2016), Production Design — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/denial.md)
- *Me Before You* (2016), Production Design
- *Half of a Yellow Sun* (2013), Production Design
- *Quartet* (2012), Production Design
- *Love Birds* (2011), Production Design
- *Made in Dagenham* (2010), Production Design
- *An Education* (2009), Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/an-education.md)
- *Dean Spanley* (2008), Production Design
- *The Sentinel* (2006), Production Design
- *Æon Flux* (2005), Production Design
- *The Reckoning* (2004), Production Design
- *The In-Laws* (2003), Production Design
- *The Recruit* (2003), Production Design
- *The Beach* (2000), Production Design — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-beach.md)
- *Holy Man* (1998), Production Design
- *Flubber* (1997), Production Design — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/flubber.md)
- *Home for the Holidays* (1995), Production Design
- *Clockers* (1995), Production Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/clockers.md)
- *Bad Company* (1995), Production Design
- *The Piano* (1993), Production Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-piano.md)
- *Deceived* (1991), Production Design
- *American Friends* (1991), Production Design
- *Shadow of China* (1990), Production Design
- *Slipstream* (1989), Production Design
- *The Rachel Papers* (1989), Production Design
- *Stormy Monday* (1988), Production Design
- *High Season* (1987), Production Designer
- *Straight to Hell* (1987), Production Design
- *Aria* (1987), Production Design
- *Sid and Nancy* (1986), Production Design
- *Zastrozzi: A Romance* (1986), series, Production Design
- *The House* (1984), Production Design

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