---
name: "Colin Gibson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/colin-gibson"
fi1m_id: "colin-gibson"
imdb_id: "nm0316904"
tmdb_id: 939990
wikidata_id: "Q22075468"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "1 January 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T16:17:17.961841+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."
---

# Colin Gibson

## Identity

Colin Gibson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/colin-gibson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** colin-gibson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0316904
- **TMDB ID:** 939990
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22075468
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Gibson_(production_designer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22075468, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0316904/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/939990

Production designer. Born 1 January 1948 in Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 1 January 1948, Australia
- **Active:** 1994–present
- **Also known as:** Colin 'Sausage Pants' Gibson
- **Frequently works with:** [Doug Mitchell](https://film.one/person/doug-mitchell.md), [George Miller](https://film.one/person/george-miller.md), [Nico Lathouris](https://film.one/person/nico-lathouris.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (2), 2010s 88 (1), 2020s 72 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 81 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 2, Adventure 2, Comedy 2, Drama 2, Science Fiction 2, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $837m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Gibson_(production_designer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22075468, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0316904/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/939990

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga*](https://film.one/film/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Colin Gibson is an Australian production designer. He has collaborated frequently with director George Miller on films including *Babe* (1995), *Babe: Pig in the City* (1998), *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015) and *Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga* (2024).

He worked as art director on *The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert* (1994), for which he shared a BAFTA nomination, and designed the film's bus. For *Mad Max: Fury Road* he served as production designer and won the Academy Award for Best Production Design in 2016, as well as an AACTA Award. He is also credited on *The Great Wall* (2016) and other films.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, au.variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga* (2024), Fi1m 72, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga.md)
- *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015), Fi1m 88, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-fury-road.md)
- *Babe* (1995), Fi1m 88, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/babe.md)
- *The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert* (1994), Fi1m 81, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-priscilla-queen-of-the-desert.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga* (2024), Production Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga.md)
- *Swinging Safari* (2018), Production Design
- *24 Hours to Live* (2017), Production Design
- *The Truth Is in the Stars* (2017), Concept Artist
- *The Great Wall* (2016), as Art Direction
- *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015), Production Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/mad-max-fury-road.md)
- *Nim's Island* (2008), as Cruise Director, Art Direction
- *Serenades* (2001), Production Design
- *Noriega: God's Favorite* (2000), as Art Direction
- *Babe: Pig in the City* (1998), as Art Direction
- *Welcome to Woop Woop* (1998), as Art Direction
- *The Beast* (1996), series, as Art Direction
- *The Beast* (1996), as Art Direction
- *Babe* (1995), as Art Direction — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/babe.md)
- *Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie* (1995), as Art Direction
- *The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert* (1994), as Art Direction — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-priscilla-queen-of-the-desert.md)
- *Sirens* (1994), as Property Buyer
- *Young Einstein* (1988), as Country Yokel
- *The Year My Voice Broke* (1987), as Standby Property Master
- *Wharfies*, Art Department Coordinator

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 2016: Best Production Design (won), for *Mad Max: Fury Road*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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