---
name: "Bob Shaw"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bob-shaw"
fi1m_id: "bob-shaw"
imdb_id: "nm0004052"
tmdb_id: 1430231
wikidata_id: "Q63152911"
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 87
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-01T04:03:32.859894+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."
---

# Bob Shaw

## Identity

Bob Shaw

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bob-shaw
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bob-shaw
- **IMDb ID:** nm0004052
- **TMDB ID:** 1430231
- **Wikidata ID:** Q63152911
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Shaw_(production_designer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63152911, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004052/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1430231

Production designer. Born in New Jersey.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Active:** 1992–2019
- **Also known as:** Robert Shaw, Robert Shaw, Jr., Robert K. Shaw, Jr.
- **Frequently works with:** [Alan Taylor](https://film.one/person/alan-taylor.md), [Martin Scorsese](https://film.one/person/martin-scorsese.md), [Matthew Weiner](https://film.one/person/matthew-weiner.md), [Phil Abraham](https://film.one/person/phil-abraham.md), [Terence Winter](https://film.one/person/terence-winter.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (3), 2000s 88 (1), 2010s 84 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 87 to 80 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Crime 4, Comedy 1, History 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $435m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Shaw_(production_designer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63152911, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004052/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1430231

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Sopranos*](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md) (94)
- **AMC+:** [*Mad Men*](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md) (88)
- **Netflix:** [*The Irishman*](https://film.one/film/the-irishman.md) (86)
- **Paramount+:** [*The Wolf of Wall Street*](https://film.one/film/the-wolf-of-wall-street.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Bob Shaw is an American production designer and art director. He served as production designer on the HBO series *The Sopranos* (1999–2007) for 53 episodes and designed the pilot of *Mad Men* (2007).

A New Jersey native and half-Italian American, Shaw studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He began his career in theatre before transitioning to film and television, where he collaborated with Martin Scorsese on *The Wolf of Wall Street* (2013) and *The Irishman* (2019).

Shaw received an Academy Award nomination for Best Production Design for *The Irishman* (2019, shared). He has won three Primetime Emmy Awards and received additional nominations for his work on *The Sopranos*, *Mad Men*, *Boardwalk Empire* and *The Gilded Age*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, vanityfair.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *The Irishman* (2019), Fi1m 86, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-irishman.md)
- *The Wolf of Wall Street* (2013), Fi1m 82, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wolf-of-wall-street.md)
- *Mad Men* (2007), Fi1m 88, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md)
- *The Sopranos* (1999), Fi1m 94, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *The Ice Storm* (1997), Fi1m 85, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ice-storm.md)
- *Glengarry Glen Ross* (1992), Fi1m 86, Assistant Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/glengarry-glen-ross.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *The Gilded Age* (2022), series, Production Design
- *The Many Saints of Newark* (2021), Production Design
- *The Irishman* (2019), Production Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-irishman.md)
- *Rough Night* (2017), Production Design
- *Vinyl* (2016), series, Production Design
- *Limitless* (2015), series, Production Design
- *Deliver Us from Evil* (2014), Production Design
- *The Wolf of Wall Street* (2013), Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wolf-of-wall-street.md)
- *The Frontier* (2012), Production Design
- *Too Big to Fail* (2011), Production Design
- *Pan Am* (2011), series, Production Design
- *Mad Men* (2007), series, Production Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md)
- *Brooklyn Rules* (2007), Production Design
- *The 24 Hour Woman* (1999), Production Design
- *The Sopranos* (1999), series, Production Design — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *For Richer or Poorer* (1997), as Art Direction
- *The Rainmaker* (1997), as Art Direction
- *The Ice Storm* (1997), as Art Direction — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ice-storm.md)
- *Eddie* (1996), as Art Direction
- *Die Hard: With a Vengeance* (1995), Set Designer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard-with-a-vengeance.md)
- *Quiz Show* (1994), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/quiz-show.md)
- *RoboCop 3* (1993), Assistant Set Decoration
- *Glengarry Glen Ross* (1992), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/glengarry-glen-ross.md)
- *Mortal Thoughts* (1991), as Art Direction
- *A Shock to the System* (1990), as Art Direction
- *The Pirates of Penzance* (1980), Set Designer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2020: Best Production Design (nominated), for *The Irishman*

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

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