---
name: "Clayton Hartley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/clayton-hartley"
fi1m_id: "clayton-hartley"
imdb_id: "nm0366812"
tmdb_id: 54585
wikidata_id: "Q135206881"
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-07T04:24:11.848524+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."
---

# Clayton Hartley

## Identity

Clayton Hartley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/clayton-hartley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** clayton-hartley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0366812
- **TMDB ID:** 54585
- **Wikidata ID:** Q135206881
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135206881, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0366812/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54585

Production designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Active:** 1985–present
- **Also known as:** Clayton R. Hartley
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam McKay](https://film.one/person/adam-mckay.md), [Judd Apatow](https://film.one/person/judd-apatow.md), [Steve Carell](https://film.one/person/steve-carell.md), [Will Ferrell](https://film.one/person/will-ferrell.md), [Christina Applegate](https://film.one/person/christina-applegate.md), [David Koechner](https://film.one/person/david-koechner.md), [Paul Rudd](https://film.one/person/paul-rudd.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 79 (1), 1990s 81 (1), 2000s 66 (2), 2010s 72 (4), 2020s 52 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 67 across 9 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 9, Drama 4, Romance 2, Science Fiction 2, Horror 1, Sport 1
- **Screen time:** 16 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,039m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135206881, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0366812/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/54585

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy*](https://film.one/film/anchorman-the-legend-of-ron-burgundy.md) (78), [*Instant Family*](https://film.one/film/instant-family.md) (68), [*Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues*](https://film.one/film/anchorman-2-the-legend-continues.md) (58)
- **HBO Max:** [*Veep*](https://film.one/tv/veep.md) (82)
- **Pluto TV:** [*The Big Short*](https://film.one/film/the-big-short.md) (80)
- **Netflix:** [*Don't Look Up*](https://film.one/film/dont-look-up.md) (52)

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

## Biography

Clayton Hartley is an American production designer. He studied art and architecture at Northwestern University and began his career in the film industry as a production assistant on Frances (1982) and Tender Mercies (1983). He progressed through the art department on films including Bad Boys (1984) and The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension (1984), later serving as assistant art director on Hoosiers (1986).

Hartley worked as art director on Jerry Maguire (1996) and The Other Sister (1999) before becoming a production designer. His credits include Almost Famous (2000), American Wedding (2003), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Step Brothers (2008), We're the Millers (2013), The Big Short (2015), Daddy's Home (2015) and Don't Look Up (2021). He has frequently collaborated with directors Cameron Crowe and Adam McKay. He received an Art Directors Guild nomination for his work on Almost Famous. Hartley has been married to Beverly Randolph since 1988.

*Sources: imdb.com, csfd.cz.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *Don't Look Up* (2021), Fi1m 52, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/dont-look-up.md)
- *Instant Family* (2018), Fi1m 68, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/instant-family.md)
- *The Big Short* (2015), Fi1m 80, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-short.md)
- *Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues* (2013), Fi1m 58, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/anchorman-2-the-legend-continues.md)
- *Veep* (2012), Fi1m 82, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/veep.md)
- *Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy* (2004), Fi1m 78, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/anchorman-the-legend-of-ron-burgundy.md)
- *American Wedding* (2003), Fi1m 54, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/american-wedding.md)
- *Jerry Maguire* (1996), Fi1m 81, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/jerry-maguire.md)
- *The Return of the Living Dead* (1985), Fi1m 79, Assistant Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-the-living-dead.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *Unfrosted* (2024), Production Design
- *Spirited* (2022), Production Design
- *Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty* (2022), series, Production Design
- *Don't Look Up* (2021), Production Design — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/dont-look-up.md)
- *The Lovebirds* (2020), Production Design
- *Countdown* (2019), Production Design
- *Instant Family* (2018), Production Design — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/instant-family.md)
- *Daddy's Home 2* (2017), Production Design
- *The House* (2017), Production Design
- *Masterminds* (2016), Production Design
- *Daddy's Home* (2015), Production Design
- *The Big Short* (2015), Production Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-short.md)
- *Welcome to Me* (2015), Production Design
- *Horrible Bosses 2* (2014), Production Design
- *Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues* (2013), Production Design — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/anchorman-2-the-legend-continues.md)
- *We're the Millers* (2013), Production Design
- *Veep* (2012), series, Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/veep.md)
- *The Other Guys* (2010), Production Design
- *She's Out of My League* (2010), Production Design
- *The Perfect Sleep* (2009), Production Design
- *Step Brothers* (2008), Production Design
- *Semi-Pro* (2008), Production Design
- *My Wife Is Retarded* (2007), Production Designer
- *Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby* (2006), Production Design
- *Kicking & Screaming* (2005), Production Design
- *Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie* (2004), Production Design
- *Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy* (2004), Production Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/anchorman-the-legend-of-ron-burgundy.md)
- *American Wedding* (2003), Production Design — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/american-wedding.md)
- *Cheats* (2002), Production Design
- *Double Take* (2001), as Art Direction
- *The Other Sister* (1999), as Art Direction
- *Letters from a Killer* (1998), as Art Direction
- *Jerry Maguire* (1996), as Art Direction — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/jerry-maguire.md)
- *Rise & Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story* (1994), as Set Decoration
- *The Return of the Living Dead* (1985), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-the-living-dead.md)
- *Friday the 13th: A New Beginning* (1985), Construction Coordinator

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