---
name: "Christopher Hobbs"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christopher-hobbs"
fi1m_id: "christopher-hobbs"
imdb_id: "nm0387583"
tmdb_id: 206531
wikidata_id: "Q125293795"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "15 June 1941"
died: "13 January 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-26T01:17:08.760002+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."
---

# Christopher Hobbs

## Identity

Christopher Hobbs

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/christopher-hobbs
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** christopher-hobbs
- **IMDb ID:** nm0387583
- **TMDB ID:** 206531
- **Wikidata ID:** Q125293795
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hobbs_(production_designer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125293795, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0387583/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/206531

Production designer. Born 15 June 1941 in Chatham, Kent, England. Died 13 January 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 15 June 1941, Chatham, Kent, England
- **Died:** 13 January 2024
- **Active:** 1986–1998
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 79 (1), 1990s 81 (2)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Fantasy 1, History 1, Music 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $10m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hobbs_(production_designer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125293795, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0387583/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/206531

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Caravaggio*](https://film.one/film/caravaggio.md) (79)

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## Biography

Christopher Hobbs (1941–2024) was a British production designer and actor. He began working in film as a props designer on Ken Russell’s *The Devils* (1971) and went on to collaborate extensively with Derek Jarman, contributing to several of the director’s productions including *Caravaggio* (1986), for which he painted sets and canvases.

Hobbs served as production designer on *Velvet Goldmine* (1998), *Mansfield Park* (1999) and the BBC serial *Gormenghast* (2000), the last of which earned him a Royal Television Society award. He also appeared as an actor in Jarman films such as *Sebastiane* (1976) and *Edward II* (1991).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Velvet Goldmine* (1998), Fi1m 81, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/velvet-goldmine.md)
- *Orlando* (1992), Fi1m 81, Set Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/orlando.md)
- *Caravaggio* (1986), Fi1m 79, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/caravaggio.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Completely Bad News* (2019), Production Design
- *Jubilee: A Time Less Golden* (2003), as Interviewee
- *Velvet Goldmine* (1998), Production Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/velvet-goldmine.md)
- *The Tribe* (1998), Production Design
- *The Neon Bible* (1995), Production Design
- *Projections* (1993), Production Design
- *Orlando* (1992), Set Designer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/orlando.md)
- *The Long Day Closes* (1992), Production Design
- *Edward II* (1991), as Equery · Production Designer
- *The Garden* (1990), Production Design
- *Strike It Rich* (1990), Production Design
- *The Wolves of Willoughby Chase* (1989), Production Design
- *Salome's Last Dance* (1988), Set Designer
- *The Last of England* (1987), Production Design
- *The Angelic Conversation* (1987), Actor
- *Caravaggio* (1986), Production Design — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/caravaggio.md)
- *Catalan* (1984), as Art Direction
- *In the Shadow of the Sun* (1981), Actor
- *Jubilee* (1978), Costume Design
- *Sebastiane* (1976), as Emperor's Guest · Title Graphics

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