---
name: "Austen Spriggs"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/austen-spriggs"
fi1m_id: "austen-spriggs"
imdb_id: "nm0819653"
tmdb_id: 1410721
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "1 January 1928"
died: "1 February 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T10:26:19.406803+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."
---

# Austen Spriggs

## Identity

Austen Spriggs

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/austen-spriggs
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** austen-spriggs
- **IMDb ID:** nm0819653
- **TMDB ID:** 1410721
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0819653/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1410721

Production designer. Born 1 January 1928 in Devonshire, England, UK. Died 1 February 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 1 January 1928, Devonshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 1 February 2013
- **Active:** 1979–1989
- **Frequently works with:** [Alec Guinness](https://film.one/person/alec-guinness.md), [Anthony Bate](https://film.one/person/anthony-bate.md), [John le Carré](https://film.one/person/john-le-carre.md), [Jonathan Powell](https://film.one/person/jonathan-powell.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 88 (1), 1980s 84 (2)
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Mystery 2, War & Politics 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $15m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0819653/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1410721

## Biography

Austen Spriggs was a British production designer and art director. Born in Devonshire in 1928, he worked extensively in British television and film from the late 1940s until the early 2000s.

He is credited as production designer on the BBC miniseries *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* (1979) and its sequel *Smiley's People* (1982), both starring Alec Guinness as George Smiley. His feature film credits include *Hamburger Hill* (1987), *My Left Foot* (1989) and *Robin Hood* (1991). Spriggs received three BAFTA nominations, including one for Best Design on *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy*.

He died in the UK in February 2013.

*Sources: imdb.com, screenonline.org.uk, en.wikipedia.org, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown* (1989), Fi1m 85, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/my-left-foot-the-story-of-christy-brown.md)
- *Smiley's People* (1982), Fi1m 82, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/smileys-people.md)
- *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* (1979), Fi1m 88, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/tv/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-1979.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *A Rat's Tale* (1998), Production Design
- *Doggin' Around* (1994), Production Design
- *Robin Hood* (1991), Production Design
- *My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown* (1989), Production Design — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/my-left-foot-the-story-of-christy-brown.md)
- *Hamburger Hill* (1987), Production Design
- *Lamb* (1986), Production Design
- *White Nights* (1985), as Art Direction
- *'Master Harold'... and the Boys* (1985), Production Design
- *Dr. Fischer of Geneva* (1984), Production Manager
- *Ghost in the Water* (1982), Production Design
- *Smiley's People* (1982), series, Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/smileys-people.md)
- *Oppenheimer* (1980), series, Production Design
- *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy* (1979), series, Production Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-1979.md)
- *Who's Who* (1979), Production Design
- *Dinner at the Sporting Club* (1978), Production Design
- *Your Man from Six Counties* (1976), Production Design
- *Diane* (1975), Production Design
- *The Jazz Age* (1968), series, Production Design
- *Sleeping Dog* (1967), Production Design
- *The Poet* (1960), Production Designer
- *Ruth* (1948), as Art Direction

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