---
name: "Bill Boes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bill-boes"
fi1m_id: "bill-boes"
imdb_id: "nm0091365"
tmdb_id: 1128347
wikidata_id: "Q24849477"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "17 October 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 60
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T06:31:11.994304+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."
---

# Bill Boes

## Identity

Bill Boes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bill-boes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bill-boes
- **IMDb ID:** nm0091365
- **TMDB ID:** 1128347
- **Wikidata ID:** Q24849477
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24849477, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0091365/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1128347

Production designer. Born 17 October 1963 in Santa Cruz, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 17 October 1963, Santa Cruz, California, USA
- **Active:** 1993–2019
- **Frequently works with:** [Raja Gosnell](https://film.one/person/raja-gosnell.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 71 (2), 2000s 48 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 60 to 56 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 2, Fantasy 2, Science Fiction 2, Adventure 1, Animation 1, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $847m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24849477, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0091365/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1128347

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Fantastic Four*](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four-2005.md) (48)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Scooby-Doo*](https://film.one/film/scooby-doo.md) (48)

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## Biography

Bill Boes is an American production designer. He was born on 17 October 1963 in Santa Cruz, California.

Boes began his career in the art department, working as assistant art director on films including *The Nightmare Before Christmas* (1993) and *Sleepy Hollow* (1999). He made his debut as production designer on *Monkeybone* (2001) and has since designed sets for *Scooby-Doo* (2002), *Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed* (2004), *Fantastic Four* (2005), *The Smurfs* (2011), *Journey 2: The Mysterious Island* (2012) and *Happy Death Day 2U* (2019).

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, the-numbers.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Fantastic Four* (2005), Fi1m 48, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four-2005.md)
- *Scooby-Doo* (2002), Fi1m 48, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/scooby-doo.md)
- *Alien Resurrection* (1997), Fi1m 60, Assistant Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/alien-resurrection.md)
- *The Nightmare Before Christmas* (1993), Fi1m 82, Modeling, Assistant Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-nightmare-before-christmas.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *Killing Castro* (2026), Production Design
- *Elevation* (2024), Production Design
- *Aftermath* (2024), Production Design
- *Shortcomings* (2023), Production Design
- *Upside-Down Magic* (2020), Production Design
- *Eli* (2019), Production Design
- *Tall Girl* (2019), Production Design
- *Happy Death Day 2U* (2019), Production Design
- *Unbound* (2017), Production Design
- *Eloise* (2016), Production Design
- *Incarnate* (2016), Production Design
- *Sinister 2* (2015), Production Design
- *The Smurfs 2* (2013), Production Design
- *Santa Baby* (2012), Production Design
- *Journey 2: The Mysterious Island* (2012), Production Design
- *The Smurfs* (2011), Production Design
- *Beverly Hills Chihuahua* (2008), Production Design
- *Fantastic Four* (2005), Production Design — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four-2005.md)
- *Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events* (2004), Assistant Art Director
- *Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed* (2004), Production Design
- *Scooby-Doo* (2002), Production Design — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/scooby-doo.md)
- *Monkeybone* (2001), Production Design
- *Sleepy Hollow* (1999), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/sleepy-hollow.md)
- *Alien Resurrection* (1997), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/alien-resurrection.md)
- *James and the Giant Peach* (1996), as Art Direction
- *The Nightmare Before Christmas* (1993), Assistant Art Director, Modeling — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-nightmare-before-christmas.md)
- *Slow Bob in the Lower Dimensions* (1991), as Modeling
- *UFO Abduction* (1989), Special Effects
- *Three for the Show* (1955), as Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)

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