---
name: "Dennis De Groot"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dennis-de-groot"
fi1m_id: "dennis-de-groot"
imdb_id: "nm0208703"
tmdb_id: 1677564
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_over: 10
updated: "2026-10-07T13:47:14.044884+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."
---

# Dennis De Groot

## Identity

Dennis De Groot

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dennis-de-groot
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dennis-de-groot
- **IMDb ID:** nm0208703
- **TMDB ID:** 1677564
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0208703/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1677564

Production designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Active:** 1994–2017
- **Frequently works with:** [Graham Linehan](https://film.one/person/graham-linehan.md), [Steve Coogan](https://film.one/person/steve-coogan.md), [Armando Iannucci](https://film.one/person/armando-iannucci.md), [Peter Baynham](https://film.one/person/peter-baynham.md), [Richard Ayoade](https://film.one/person/richard-ayoade.md), [Adam Tandy](https://film.one/person/adam-tandy.md), [Andy Riley](https://film.one/person/andy-riley.md), [Arthur Mathews](https://film.one/person/arthur-mathews.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 85 (3), 2000s 76 (5), 2010s 79 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 69 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 7 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 10, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 3, Mystery 2, Action & Adventure 1, Crime 1, Drama 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0208703/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1677564

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Garth Marenghi's Darkplace*](https://film.one/tv/garth-marenghis-darkplace.md) (83)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Black Books*](https://film.one/tv/black-books.md) (82)
- **Disney+:** [*The Mighty Boosh*](https://film.one/tv/the-mighty-boosh.md) (80)
- **BritBox:** [*The IT Crowd*](https://film.one/tv/the-it-crowd.md) (76)
- **Apple TV:** [*Motherland*](https://film.one/tv/motherland-2017.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Dennis De Groot is a British production designer. His credits include production design on the comedy series *I'm Alan Partridge* (1997) and *The Mighty Boosh* (2004).

He has worked on numerous British television comedies, with production design credits including *The Day Today* (1994), *Black Books* (2000), *Little Britain* (2003), *Garth Marenghi's Darkplace* (2004), *The IT Crowd* (2006), *Inside No. 9* (2014), *Crashing* (2016) and *Motherland* (2017). He also served as production designer on *The Goes Wrong Show* (2019). Earlier in his career he contributed to films including *Monty Python's Life of Brian* (1979) and *Time Bandits* (1981).

De Groot received an RTS Craft and Design Award for production design on *The Goes Wrong Show*.

*Sources: imdb.com, comedy.co.uk, theknowledgeonline.com.*

## On Fi1m (10)

- *Motherland* (2017), Fi1m 74, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/motherland-2017.md)
- *Inside No. 9* (2014), Fi1m 84, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/inside-no-9.md)
- *The IT Crowd* (2006), Fi1m 76, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-it-crowd.md)
- *Garth Marenghi's Darkplace* (2004), Fi1m 83, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/tv/garth-marenghis-darkplace.md)
- *The Mighty Boosh* (2004), Fi1m 80, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mighty-boosh.md)
- *Little Britain* (2003), Fi1m 58, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/little-britain.md)
- *Black Books* (2000), Fi1m 82, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-books.md)
- *I'm Alan Partridge* (1997), Fi1m 88, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/im-alan-partridge.md)
- *Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge* (1994), Fi1m 82, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/tv/knowing-me-knowing-you-with-alan-partridge.md)
- *The Day Today* (1994), Fi1m 86, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-day-today.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

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

- *The Horne Section Television Programme* (2018), Production Design
- *Bliss* (2018), series, Production Design
- *Motherland* (2017), series, Production Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/motherland-2017.md)
- *Crashing* (2016), series, Production Design
- *Inside No. 9* (2014), series, Production Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/inside-no-9.md)
- *Bad Education* (2012), series, Production Designer
- *Alan Partridge on Open Books with Martin Bryce* (2012), Production Designer
- *The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret* (2010), series, Production Designer
- *The Bubble* (2010), series, Production Design
- *Beautiful People* (2008), series, Production Design
- *Man to Man with Dean Learner* (2006), series, Production Design
- *The IT Crowd* (2006), series, Production Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-it-crowd.md)
- *The Robinsons* (2005), series, Production Design
- *The Mighty Boosh* (2004), series, Production Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mighty-boosh.md)
- *Garth Marenghi's Darkplace* (2004), series, Production Design — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/garth-marenghis-darkplace.md)
- *Little Britain* (2003), series, Production Design — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/tv/little-britain.md)
- *Eyes Down* (2003), series, Production Design
- *Hardware* (2003), series, Production Design
- *Mirrorball* (2000), Production Design
- *Black Books* (2000), series, Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-books.md)
- *Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned* (2000), series, Production Design
- *Jam* (2000), series, Production Design
- *Perfect World* (2000), series, Production Design
- *Hippies* (1999), series, Production Design
- *Big Train* (1998), series, Production Design
- *I'm Alan Partridge* (1997), series, Production Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/im-alan-partridge.md)
- *The Day Today* (1994), series, Production Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-day-today.md)
- *Careless Talk* (1985), as Art Direction
- *1884* (1983), Director
- *The Golden Grape* (1982), Production Manager

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