---
name: "Chad S. Frey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/chad-s-frey"
fi1m_id: "chad-s-frey"
imdb_id: "nm0294544"
tmdb_id: 11102
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 56
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T09:48:49.040090+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."
---

# Chad S. Frey

## Identity

Chad S. Frey

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/chad-s-frey
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** chad-s-frey
- **IMDb ID:** nm0294544
- **TMDB ID:** 11102
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0294544/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11102

Production designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Active:** 1998–2007
- **Also known as:** Chad Frey
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 76 (1), 2000s 46 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 56 to 54 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Horror 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $849m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0294544/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11102

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Rush Hour 3*](https://film.one/film/rush-hour-3.md) (38)

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## Biography

Chad S. Frey is an art director and set designer. He received a production design credit on the film *Rush Hour 3* (2007).

Frey has worked extensively in the art department on feature films and television. His credits as set designer or art director include *Black Panther* (2018), *Ant-Man* (2015), *X-Men: The Last Stand* (2006), *Cloverfield* (2008), *G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra* (2009), *Mission: Impossible III* (2006), *The Patriot* (2000) and *Oz the Great and Powerful* (2013). Television work includes *The Vampire Diaries* (2015–2016) and *Glee* (2012–2014). He is married to Hannah Frey.

*Sources: imdb.com, castfacts.com, allocine.fr.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Rush Hour 3* (2007), Fi1m 38, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour-3.md)
- *X-Men: The Last Stand* (2006), Fi1m 54, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/x-men-the-last-stand.md)
- *Blade* (1998), Fi1m 76, Set Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/blade.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *The Electric State* (2025), Set Designer
- *Black Panther* (2018), Set Designer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/black-panther.md)
- *Sleepless* (2017), Set Designer
- *Ant-Man* (2015), Set Designer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/ant-man.md)
- *Oz the Great and Powerful* (2013), Set Designer
- *Journey 2: The Mysterious Island* (2012), Set Designer
- *The Green Hornet* (2011), as Art Direction
- *G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra* (2009), as Art Direction
- *Cloverfield* (2008), Set Designer
- *Rush Hour 3* (2007), Production Design — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour-3.md)
- *X-Men: The Last Stand* (2006), as Art Direction — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/x-men-the-last-stand.md)
- *Mission: Impossible III* (2006), Set Designer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-iii.md)
- *Starsky & Hutch* (2004), Assistant Art Director
- *The Haunted Mansion* (2003), Set Designer
- *Runaway Jury* (2003), Set Designer
- *National Security* (2003), Set Designer
- *Friday After Next* (2002), Set Designer
- *The Glass House* (2001), Set Designer
- *The Patriot* (2000), Set Designer
- *Bowfinger* (1999), Assistant Art Director
- *Blade* (1998), Set Designer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/blade.md)

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