---
name: "Crispian Sallis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/crispian-sallis"
fi1m_id: "crispian-sallis"
imdb_id: "nm0758605"
tmdb_id: 945
wikidata_id: "Q2671948"
roles: ["Set decoration"]
born: "24 June 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-09-25T01:34:37.262612+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."
---

# Crispian Sallis

## Identity

Crispian Sallis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/crispian-sallis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** crispian-sallis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0758605
- **TMDB ID:** 945
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2671948
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crispian_Sallis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2671948, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0758605/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/945

Set decoration. Born 24 June 1959 in England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Set decoration
- **Born:** 24 June 1959, England, UK
- **Active:** 1985–present
- **Also known as:** Timothy Crispian Sallis
- **Academy Awards:** 3 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 68 (2), 1990s 81 (2), 2010s 55 (2), 2020s 48 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 65 to 60 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 4 under 60
- **Genres:** Thriller 6, Action 3, Drama 2, History 2, Science Fiction 2, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 16 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $760m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crispian_Sallis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2671948, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0758605/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/945

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Waiting for the Barbarians*](https://film.one/film/waiting-for-the-barbarians.md) (53)

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## Biography

Crispian Sallis is a British production designer and set decorator. Born Timothy Crispian Sallis on 24 June 1959 in England, he is the son of actors Peter Sallis and Elaine Usher. He entered the film industry straight from school as a production assistant to director Michael Winner on *The Big Sleep* (1978) and later worked as a runner on Ridley Scott's *Alien* (1979) before moving into the art department.

Sallis has worked extensively as a set decorator on films including *Aliens* (1986), *Driving Miss Daisy* (1989), *JFK* (1991), *Twelve Monkeys* (1995), *Event Horizon* (1997) and *Gladiator* (2000). He received three Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction for the first, third and last of these. He has also served as production designer on films such as *Welcome to the Punch* (2013), *The Infiltrator* (2016) and *Waiting for the Barbarians* (2019). Sallis won a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on the television series *The Tudors*.

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

## On Fi1m (7)

- *The Rhythm Section* (2020), Fi1m 48, Set Decoration — [page](https://film.one/film/the-rhythm-section.md)
- *Waiting for the Barbarians* (2019), Fi1m 53, Production Design, Production design, Set Decoration — [page](https://film.one/film/waiting-for-the-barbarians.md)
- *Legend* (2015), Fi1m 57, Set Decoration — [page](https://film.one/film/legend-2015.md)
- *Twelve Monkeys* (1995), Fi1m 82, Set Decoration — [page](https://film.one/film/twelve-monkeys.md)
- *JFK* (1991), Fi1m 80, Set Decoration — [page](https://film.one/film/jfk.md)
- *Aliens* (1986), Fi1m 91, Set Decoration — [page](https://film.one/film/aliens.md)
- *A View to a Kill* (1985), Fi1m 46, as Man (Uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/a-view-to-a-kill.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

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

- *Death Do Us Part* (2026), Production Design, Set Decoration
- *Tin Soldier* (2025), Production Design
- *Words of War* (2025), Production Design, Set Decoration
- *The Rhythm Section* (2020), as Set Decoration — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/the-rhythm-section.md)
- *Waiting for the Barbarians* (2019), Production Design, Set Decoration — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/waiting-for-the-barbarians.md)
- *StartUp* (2016), series, Production Design
- *The Infiltrator* (2016), Production Design
- *Legend* (2015), as Set Decoration — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/legend-2015.md)
- *Byzantium* (2013), as Art Direction
- *Welcome to the Punch* (2013), Production Design
- *Camelot* (2011), series, as Set Decoration
- *The Cottage* (2008), Production Design
- *It's a Boy Girl Thing* (2006), as Set Decoration
- *Keeping Mum* (2005), Production Design
- *Breakfast on Pluto* (2005), as Set Decoration
- *Colour Me Kubrick* (2005), Production Design
- *Trauma* (2004), Production Design
- *Gladiatress* (2004), Production Design
- *My Little Eye* (2002), Production Design
- *Once Upon a Time in the Midlands* (2002), Production Design
- *Borstal Boy* (2001), Production Design
- *Hannibal* (2001), as Set Decoration
- *Gladiator* (2000), as Set Decoration — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/gladiator.md)
- *A Room for Romeo Brass* (1999), Production Design
- *Event Horizon* (1997), as Set Decoration
- *Prince Valiant* (1997), Production Design
- *Twelve Monkeys* (1995), as Man (Uncredited), Set Decoration — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/twelve-monkeys.md)
- *The Jungle Book* (1994), as Man (Uncredited)
- *Fall from Grace* (1994), Production Design
- *CrissCross* (1992), Production Design
- *JFK* (1991), as Set Decoration — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/jfk.md)
- *Desperate Hours* (1990), as Set Decoration
- *Revenge* (1990), as Set Decoration
- *Driving Miss Daisy* (1989), as Set Decoration
- *Jack the Ripper* (1988), series, as Set Decoration
- *Off Limits* (1988), as Set Decoration
- *Aliens* (1986), as Set Decoration — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/aliens.md)
- *A View to a Kill* (1985), as Man (Uncredited), Set Decoration — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/a-view-to-a-kill.md)
- *Top Secret!* (1984), as Set Decoration
- *The Return of the Soldier* (1983), Assistant Art Director

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 3 nominated

- 2001: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Gladiator*
- 1990: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Driving Miss Daisy*
- 1987: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Aliens*

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

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