---
name: "David Maturana"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-maturana"
fi1m_id: "david-maturana"
imdb_id: "nm0560554"
tmdb_id: 6744
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T01:04:22.671983+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 Maturana

## Identity

David Maturana

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-maturana
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-maturana
- **IMDb ID:** nm0560554
- **TMDB ID:** 6744
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0560554/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6744

Production designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Also known as:** David Saenz de Maturana
- **Frequently works with:** [Anthony Hines](https://film.one/person/anthony-hines.md), [Dan Mazer](https://film.one/person/dan-mazer.md), [Jeff Schaffer](https://film.one/person/jeff-schaffer.md), [Larry Charles](https://film.one/person/larry-charles.md), [Monica Levinson](https://film.one/person/monica-levinson.md), [Sacha Baron Cohen](https://film.one/person/sacha-baron-cohen.md)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 76 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $401m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0560554/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6744

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Curb Your Enthusiasm*](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md) (84)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Brüno*](https://film.one/film/bruno.md) (58)

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## Biography

David Saenz de Maturana, also credited as David Maturana, is a production designer and art director. He has worked as production designer on the television series *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2017–2024), *The League* (2010–2015), *Kroll Show* (2013–2015) and *Party Down* (2023), and on the films *Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan* (2006, art direction), *Brüno* (2009), *Borat Subsequent Moviefilm* (2020) and *Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie* (2024).

*Sources: imdb.com, maturanadesign.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Brüno* (2009), Fi1m 58, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/bruno.md)
- *Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan* (2006), Fi1m 81, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/borat-cultural-learnings-of-america-for-make-benefit-glorious-nation-of-kazakhstan.md)
- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), Fi1m 84, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie* (2024), Production Design
- *Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan* (2020), Production Design
- *Brews Brothers* (2020), series, Production Design
- *The Female Brain* (2017), Production Design
- *Brüno* (2009), Production Design — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/bruno.md)
- *Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan* (2006), as Art Direction — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/borat-cultural-learnings-of-america-for-make-benefit-glorious-nation-of-kazakhstan.md)
- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, Production Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)

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