---
name: "Brigitte Broch"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brigitte-broch"
fi1m_id: "brigitte-broch"
imdb_id: "nm0110488"
tmdb_id: 6208
wikidata_id: "Q916177"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "21 November 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-09-21T03:30:01.525740+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."
---

# Brigitte Broch

## Identity

Brigitte Broch

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brigitte-broch
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brigitte-broch
- **IMDb ID:** nm0110488
- **TMDB ID:** 6208
- **Wikidata ID:** Q916177
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Broch, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q916177, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0110488/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6208

Production designer. Born 21 November 1943 in Koszalin.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 21 November 1943, Koszalin
- **Active:** 1992–2010
- **Frequently works with:** [Alejandro González Iñárritu](https://film.one/person/alejandro-g-inarritu.md), [Guillermo Arriaga](https://film.one/person/guillermo-arriaga.md), [Jon Kilik](https://film.one/person/jon-kilik.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 77 (2), 2000s 70 (5), 2010s 63 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 67 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Romance 4, Thriller 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 17 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $677m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Broch, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q916177, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0110488/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6208

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Amores Perros*](https://film.one/film/amores-perros.md) (85)
- **Hulu:** [*Babel*](https://film.one/film/babel.md) (64)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Reader*](https://film.one/film/the-reader.md) (56)

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

## Biography

Brigitte Broch is a German-born Mexican production designer. Born on 21 November 1943 in Köslin, Pomerania (now Koszalin, Poland), she moved to Mexico in 1968 and became a naturalised Mexican citizen.

She has worked as production designer or art director on films including *Cronos* (1993), *Romeo + Juliet* (1996), *Amores Perros* (2000), *Moulin Rouge!* (2001), *21 Grams* (2003), *Babel* (2006), *The Reader* (2008), *Biutiful* (2010) and *Safe House* (2012). She received an Academy Award nomination for art direction on *Romeo + Juliet* and won the award (shared) for *Moulin Rouge!*, becoming the first Mexican woman to win an Oscar for production design.

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

## On Fi1m (8)

- *Biutiful* (2010), Fi1m 63, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/biutiful.md)
- *The Reader* (2008), Fi1m 56, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-reader.md)
- *Babel* (2006), Fi1m 64, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/babel.md)
- *21 Grams* (2003), Fi1m 72, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/21-grams.md)
- *Moulin Rouge!* (2001), Fi1m 75, Set Decoration — [page](https://film.one/film/moulin-rouge.md)
- *Amores Perros* (2000), Fi1m 85, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/amores-perros.md)
- *Romeo + Juliet* (1996), Fi1m 82, Set Decoration — [page](https://film.one/film/romeo-juliet.md)
- *Sólo con tu pareja* (1992), Fi1m 72, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/solo-con-tu-pareja.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *Madame Luna* (2024), Production Designer
- *The Inmate* (2018), series, Production Design
- *Traición* (2018), Art Designer, Costume Illustrator
- *Little Secret* (2016), Production Design
- *Safe House* (2012), Production Design
- *Biutiful* (2010), Production Design — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/biutiful.md)
- *Hidalgo: la historia jamás contada* (2010), Production Design
- *Abel* (2010), Production Design
- *The Reader* (2008), Production Design — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/the-reader.md)
- *Vantage Point* (2008), Production Design
- *Babel* (2006), Production Design — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/babel.md)
- *She Hate Me* (2004), Production Design
- *21 Grams* (2003), Production Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/21-grams.md)
- *Real Women Have Curves* (2002), Production Design
- *Powder Keg* (2001), Production Design
- *Moulin Rouge!* (2001), as Set Decoration — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/moulin-rouge.md)
- *Amores Perros* (2000), Production Design — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/amores-perros.md)
- *Sex, Shame & Tears* (1999), as Art Direction
- *The Other Conquest* (1999), as Art Direction
- *Sweet Release* (1997), as Art Direction
- *Romeo + Juliet* (1996), as Set Decoration — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/romeo-juliet.md)
- *Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman* (1996), Production Design
- *The Tree of Music* (1995), as Art Direction
- *Rough Magic* (1995), as Art Direction
- *Amber* (1994), Production Design
- *The Garden of Eden* (1994), as Art Direction
- *Cronos* (1993), as Art Direction
- *Sólo con tu pareja* (1992), Production Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/solo-con-tu-pareja.md)
- *Highway Patrolman* (1991), as Set Decoration

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 2002: Best Production Design (won), for *Moulin Rouge!*
- 1997: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Romeo + Juliet*

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

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