---
name: "Christopher Nowak"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christopher-nowak"
fi1m_id: "christopher-nowak"
imdb_id: "nm0637350"
tmdb_id: 12637
roles: ["Art direction"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T01:31:54.974639+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 Nowak

## Identity

Christopher Nowak

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/christopher-nowak
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** christopher-nowak
- **IMDb ID:** nm0637350
- **TMDB ID:** 12637
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0637350/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12637

Art direction.

## Details

- **Work:** Art direction
- **Active:** 1981–1998
- **Also known as:** Chris Nowak, Christopher A. Nowak
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 70 (3), 1990s 64 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 61 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Action 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $669m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0637350/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12637

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The X-Files*](https://film.one/film/the-x-files-1998.md) (64)

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## Biography

Christopher Nowak is an American production designer and art director. He studied environmental design at Texas A&M University and theatre design at Yale University, where he earned an M.F.A. He began his career as a set designer in regional theatre in the 1970s, including work at Playwrights Horizons and other New York companies, before moving into film as an assistant art director and later production designer.

Nowak’s film credits as production designer include *Vampire’s Kiss* (1989), *My Father the Hero* (1994), *The Basketball Diaries* (1995), *The Real Blonde* (1997), *The X-Files* (1998), *Find Me Guilty* (2006) and *Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead* (2007). He has also worked as an art director on films such as *Coming to America* (1988), *Parenthood* (1989), *Green Card* (1990) and *Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls* (1995). His television work includes production design on series and pilots in the 1990s and 2000s.

*Sources: imdb.com, encyclopedia.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The X-Files* (1998), Fi1m 64, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-x-files-1998.md)
- *Parenthood* (1989), Fi1m 78, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/parenthood.md)
- *Coming to America* (1988), Fi1m 76, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/coming-to-america.md)
- *Fort Apache, the Bronx* (1981), Fi1m 56, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/fort-apache-the-bronx.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *Deliverance Creek* (2014), Production Design
- *The Ordained* (2013), Production Design
- *Before the Devil Knows You're Dead* (2007), Production Design
- *Find Me Guilty* (2006), Production Design
- *Strip Search* (2004), Production Design
- *The X-Files* (1998), Production Design — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-x-files-1998.md)
- *The Real Blonde* (1998), Production Design
- *Bullet* (1996), Production Design
- *Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls* (1995), as Art Direction — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/ace-ventura-when-nature-calls.md)
- *The Basketball Diaries* (1995), Production Design
- *My Father the Hero* (1994), Production Design
- *Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules* (1991), Production Design
- *Green Card* (1990), as Art Direction
- *Parenthood* (1989), as Art Direction — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/parenthood.md)
- *Vampire's Kiss* (1989), Production Design
- *Coming to America* (1988), as Art Direction — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/coming-to-america.md)
- *The Squeeze* (1987), as Art Direction
- *The Incredible Ida Early* (1987), Production Design
- *Sweet Liberty* (1986), as Art Direction
- *Hanky Panky* (1982), as Art Direction
- *Gemini* (1982), as Art Direction
- *Fort Apache, the Bronx* (1981), as Art Direction — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/fort-apache-the-bronx.md)

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