---
name: "Barbara Ling"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/barbara-ling"
fi1m_id: "barbara-ling"
imdb_id: "nm0512686"
tmdb_id: 5585
wikidata_id: "Q807536"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "4 August 1952"
died: "9 July 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T11:35:45.793804+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."
---

# Barbara Ling

## Identity

Barbara Ling

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/barbara-ling
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** barbara-ling
- **IMDb ID:** nm0512686
- **TMDB ID:** 5585
- **Wikidata ID:** Q807536
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Ling, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q807536, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0512686/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5585

Producer. Born 4 August 1952 in Los Angeles. Died 9 July 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 4 August 1952, Los Angeles
- **Died:** 9 July 2026
- **Active:** 1991–2026
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 1 producing, 5 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Joel Schumacher](https://film.one/person/joel-schumacher.md), [Akiva Goldsman](https://film.one/person/akiva-goldsman.md), [Chris O'Donnell](https://film.one/person/chris-odonnell.md), [Peter Macgregor-Scott](https://film.one/person/peter-macgregor-scott.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 59 (4), 2010s 77 (1), 2020s 47 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Ling, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q807536, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0512686/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5585

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Batman Forever*](https://film.one/film/batman-forever.md) (56), [*Batman & Robin*](https://film.one/film/batman-and-robin.md) (35)
- **Hulu:** [*Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood*](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood.md) (77)
- **Apple TV:** [*Michael*](https://film.one/film/michael.md) (47)

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

## Biography

Barbara Ling was an American production designer whose career spanned more than four decades. She began in theatre, designing sets and lighting for over 200 stage, opera and musical productions, before moving into film with lighting work on the 1981 special The Pee-Wee Herman Show. Her screen credits include The Doors (1991), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), Falling Down (1993), Batman Forever (1995) and Batman & Robin (1997).

Ling won the Academy Award for Best Production Design, shared with set decorator Nancy Haigh, for her work on Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019). She also served as production designer on A Man Called Otto (2022) and the 2026 film Michael. She died on 9 July 2026 in Santa Barbara, California.

*Sources: hollywoodreporter.com, variety.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Fried Green Tomatoes* (1991), Fi1m 75, Associate Producer, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/fried-green-tomatoes.md)

### Crew (5)

- *Michael* (2026), Fi1m 47, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/michael.md)
- *Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood* (2019), Fi1m 77, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood.md)
- *Batman & Robin* (1997), Fi1m 35, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/batman-and-robin.md)
- *Batman Forever* (1995), Fi1m 56, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/batman-forever.md)
- *Falling Down* (1993), Fi1m 71, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/falling-down.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Michael* (2026), Production Design — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/michael.md)
- *A Man Called Otto* (2022), Production Design
- *Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood* (2019), Production Design — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood.md)
- *Fallen* (2016), Production Design
- *The Lucky One* (2012), Production Design
- *No Reservations* (2007), Production Design
- *Hearts in Atlantis* (2001), Production Design
- *Random Hearts* (1999), Production Design
- *Batman & Robin* (1997), Production Design — Fi1m 35, [page](https://film.one/film/batman-and-robin.md)
- *Batman Forever* (1995), Production Design — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/batman-forever.md)
- *With Honors* (1994), Production Design
- *Falling Down* (1993), Production Design — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/falling-down.md)
- *Fried Green Tomatoes* (1991), Associate Producer, Production Design — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/fried-green-tomatoes.md)
- *V.I. Warshawski* (1991), Production Design
- *The Doors* (1991), Production Design
- *Men Don't Leave* (1990), Production Design
- *Checking Out* (1988), Production Design
- *Less Than Zero* (1987), Production Design
- *Heaven* (1987), as Art Direction
- *Making Mr. Right* (1987), Production Design
- *True Stories* (1986), Production Design
- *Rattlesnake in a Cooler* (1982), Lighting Design
- *The Pee-wee Herman Show* (1981), Lighting Design
- *The Dirtiest Show in Town* (1980), as Art Direction

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2020: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Once Upon a Time in Hollywood*

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

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