---
name: "David Bleich"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-bleich"
fi1m_id: "david-bleich"
imdb_id: "nm0088181"
tmdb_id: 2013835
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T14:37:50.338331+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."
---

# David Bleich

## Identity

David Bleich

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-bleich
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-bleich
- **IMDb ID:** nm0088181
- **TMDB ID:** 2013835
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0088181/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2013835

Production designer. Born in New York.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Active:** 2023–present
- **Also known as:** Dave Bleich, David R. Bleich
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0088181/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2013835

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*KPop Demon Hunters*](https://film.one/film/kpop-demon-hunters.md) (76)

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

## Biography

David Bleich is a visual effects artist, matte painter and production designer. He has worked in visual effects and animation for over twenty years, with credits in both live-action and animated films.

Originally from New York, Bleich earned a BFA in illustration from the School of Visual Arts and an MFA in computer graphics from Syracuse University. He moved to Los Angeles in 1996 and began his career at Digital Domain as a matte painter on films including *The Fifth Element* (1997) and *Titanic* (1997). He later joined Sony Pictures, where he contributed to animated features, and now works freelance.

His credits include matte painting on *Cast Away* (2000) and visual development on *Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse* (2018), *Puss in Boots: The Last Wish* (2022) and *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem* (2023). He served as production designer on the animated film *KPop Demon Hunters* (2025).

*Sources: imdb.com, trojan-unicorn.com, awn.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *KPop Demon Hunters* (2025), Fi1m 76, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/kpop-demon-hunters.md)
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem* (2023), Fi1m 77, Visual Development — [page](https://film.one/film/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutant-mayhem.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Project Hail Mary* (2026), Concept Artist — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/project-hail-mary.md)
- *KPop Demon Hunters* (2025), Production Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/kpop-demon-hunters.md)
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem* (2023), as Visual Development — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutant-mayhem.md)
- *Puss in Boots: The Last Wish* (2022), as Visual Development
- *Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse* (2018), as Visual Development — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/spider-man-into-the-spider-verse.md)
- *Black Mass* (2015), as Matte Painter
- *Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2* (2013), as Art Direction
- *Cast Away* (2000), as Matte Painter — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/cast-away.md)

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