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name: "Charles M. Lagola"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-m-lagola"
fi1m_id: "charles-m-lagola"
tmdb_id: 1880488
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:52:24.660807+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."
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# Charles M. Lagola

## Identity

Charles M. Lagola

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/charles-m-lagola
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** charles-m-lagola
- **TMDB ID:** 1880488
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1880488

Production designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Also known as:** Charlie Lagola
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1880488

## Streaming the US now

- **The Criterion Channel:** [*Bad Lieutenant*](https://film.one/film/bad-lieutenant.md) (80)

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## Biography

Charles M. Lagola is a production designer and art director. He was born in 1959.

His film credits as production designer include *Bad Lieutenant* (1992), *The Addiction* (1995) and *The Funeral* (1996). He worked as art director or set designer on *King of New York* (1990), *Fried Green Tomatoes* (1991), *My Boyfriend's Back* (1993) and *The Godfather Part III* (1990).

Lagola has designed numerous television series and television films, including long runs on *ER* and *The Practice*. He received an Art Directors Guild award for his work as art director on the television film *George Wallace* (1997) and a Primetime Emmy nomination.

*Sources: imdb.com, charlielagola.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Bad Lieutenant* (1992), Fi1m 80, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/bad-lieutenant.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Gone* (2018), series, Production Design
- *Quantico* (2015), series, as Art Direction
- *Crazy As Hell* (2002), Production Design
- *George Wallace* (1997), as Art Direction
- *George Wallace* (1997), series, as Art Direction
- *The Prosecutors* (1996), Production Design
- *Shattered Mind* (1996), Production Design
- *The Funeral* (1996), Production Design
- *The Addiction* (1995), Production Design
- *Household Saints* (1993), as Art Direction
- *My Boyfriend's Back* (1993), as Art Direction
- *Excessive Force* (1993), as Art Direction
- *Bad Lieutenant* (1992), Production Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/bad-lieutenant.md)
- *Little Noises* (1992), Production Design
- *Maniac Cop 2* (1990), Production Design
- *When the Mountains Tremble* (1983), Assistant Art Director

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