---
name: "Armin Ganz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/armin-ganz"
fi1m_id: "armin-ganz"
imdb_id: "nm0304653"
tmdb_id: 4058
wikidata_id: "Q2377372"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "26 March 1948"
died: "9 October 1995"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T09:13:29.263982+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."
---

# Armin Ganz

## Identity

Armin Ganz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/armin-ganz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** armin-ganz
- **IMDb ID:** nm0304653
- **TMDB ID:** 4058
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2377372
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Ganz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2377372, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0304653/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4058

Production designer. Born 26 March 1948 in Tennessee, USA. Died 9 October 1995.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 26 March 1948, Tennessee, USA
- **Died:** 9 October 1995
- **Active:** 1988–1993
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 83 (1), 1990s 72 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Ganz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2377372, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0304653/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4058

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Bull Durham*](https://film.one/film/bull-durham.md) (83)

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## Biography

Armin Ganz was an American production designer and art director. Born on 26 March 1948 in Tennessee, he graduated from Vanderbilt University and earned a graduate degree in architecture from Washington University in St Louis.

Ganz worked as production designer on films including *Bull Durham* (1988), *Blaze* (1989), *Kuffs* (1992) and *Cobb* (1994). He received an Academy Award nomination for best art direction for his set decoration on *Tucker: The Man and His Dream* (1988). His other credits include art direction on *Angel Heart* (1987) and *Birdy* (1984), and production design for the short film *The Appointments of Dennis Jennings* (1988) and television series such as *Fallen Angels*.

Ganz died of a heart attack on 9 October 1995 on his houseboat in Sausalito, California.

*Sources: imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Fallen Angels* (1993), Fi1m 72, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md)
- *Bull Durham* (1988), Fi1m 83, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/bull-durham.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Jack* (1996), In Memory Of, Set Decoration
- *The Little Death* (1996), Production Design
- *Body Language* (1995), Production Design
- *...And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him* (1995), Production Design
- *The Cure* (1995), Production Design
- *JFK: Reckless Youth* (1993), series, Production Design
- *Philadelphia Experiment II* (1993), Production Design
- *Fallen Angels* (1993), series, Production Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md)
- *Red Shoe Diaries* (1992), series, Production Design
- *Love Crimes* (1992), Production Design
- *Kuffs* (1992), Production Design
- *Love Hurts* (1990), Production Design
- *Blaze* (1989), Production Design
- *Tucker: The Man and His Dream* (1988), as Set Decoration
- *Bull Durham* (1988), Production Design — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/bull-durham.md)
- *Tough Guys Don't Dance* (1987), Production Design
- *Angel Heart* (1987), as Art Direction
- *Birdy* (1984), as Art Direction

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1989: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Tucker: The Man and His Dream*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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