---
name: "Cecilia Montiel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cecilia-montiel"
fi1m_id: "cecilia-montiel"
imdb_id: "nm0600044"
tmdb_id: 11422
wikidata_id: "Q3664115"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "1 January 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T07:23:14.033408+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."
---

# Cecilia Montiel

## Identity

Cecilia Montiel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cecilia-montiel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** cecilia-montiel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0600044
- **TMDB ID:** 11422
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3664115
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3664115, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0600044/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11422

Production designer. Born 1 January 1955 in Lima, Peru.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 1 January 1955, Lima, Peru
- **Active:** 1995–2001
- **Frequently works with:** [Antonio Banderas](https://film.one/person/antonio-banderas.md), [Robert Rodriguez](https://film.one/person/robert-rodriguez.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 75 (1), 2000s 56 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3664115, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0600044/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11422

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*From Dusk Till Dawn*](https://film.one/film/from-dusk-till-dawn.md) (75)

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

## Biography

Cecilia Montiel is a production designer. Born in 1955 in Lima, Peru, she has worked on numerous feature films, frequently collaborating with director Robert Rodriguez.

Her credits include production design on *Desperado* (1995), *From Dusk Till Dawn* (1996), *The Mask of Zorro* (1998), *The Mexican* (2001), *Biker Boyz* (2003), *The Legend of Zorro* (2005), *Species: The Awakening* (2007), *The Informers* (2008) and *Beyond the Lights* (2014).

*Sources: imdb.com, moviefone.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Mexican* (2001), Fi1m 56, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-mexican.md)
- *From Dusk Till Dawn* (1996), Fi1m 75, as Herself — [page](https://film.one/film/from-dusk-till-dawn.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Beyond the Lights* (2014), Production Design
- *Gun Hill* (2014), Production Design
- *The Last Godfather* (2010), Production Design
- *Dead Awake* (2010), Production Design
- *Quit* (2010), Production Design
- *The Informers* (2008), Production Design
- *Species: The Awakening* (2007), Production Design
- *The Legend of Zorro* (2005), Production Design
- *Biker Boyz* (2003), Production Design
- *The Mexican* (2001), Production Design — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/the-mexican.md)
- *Under Suspicion* (2000), Production Design
- *Vatel* (2000), Production Design
- *Crazy in Alabama* (1999), Production Design
- *The Mask of Zorro* (1998), Production Design
- *The Winner* (1996), Production Design
- *From Dusk Till Dawn* (1996), Production Design — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/from-dusk-till-dawn.md)
- *Desperado* (1995), Production Design
- *Sin compasión* (1994), Production Design
- *Floundering* (1994), Production Design
- *Nurses on the Line: The Crash of Flight 7* (1993), as Art Direction
- *Death and the Compass* (1992), Production Design
- *Highway Patrolman* (1991), Production Design
- *Judgment* (1990), as Art Direction
- *Walker* (1987), as Art Direction

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