---
name: "Doug J. Meerdink"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/doug-j-meerdink"
fi1m_id: "doug-j-meerdink"
imdb_id: "nm0576199"
tmdb_id: 497
roles: ["Supervising art director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T14:17:43.320793+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."
---

# Doug J. Meerdink

## Identity

Doug J. Meerdink

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/doug-j-meerdink
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** doug-j-meerdink
- **IMDb ID:** nm0576199
- **TMDB ID:** 497
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0576199/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/497

Supervising art director.

## Details

- **Work:** Supervising art director
- **Active:** 2001–2017
- **Also known as:** Douglas Meerdink, Douglas J. Meerdink
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 61 (4), 2010s 71 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 63 to 58 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Thriller 3, Action 2, Adventure 2, Crime 2, Drama 2, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,294m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0576199/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/497

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Informant!*](https://film.one/film/the-informant.md) (71)

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

## Biography

Doug J. Meerdink is a production designer and art director. He has worked in the art department on numerous feature films, progressing to supervising art director and production designer roles.

His production design credits include *The Informant!* (2009), *The Watch* (2012), *Cedar Rapids* (2011), *Uncle Drew* (2018), *The Cloverfield Paradox* (2018) and *Yes Day* (2021). He served as supervising art director on *Ocean's Thirteen* (2007), *Kong: Skull Island* (2017) and *The King's Man* (2021), and as art director on *War of the Worlds* (2005), *Cloverfield* (2008), *Jurassic Park III* (2001) and *Downsizing* (2017). Earlier credits include assistant art director on *Armageddon* (1998) and *Contact* (1997). He has also worked on television series including *Revolution* (2012–2013) and *Undercovers* (2010–2012). He is also credited as Douglas J. Meerdink.

*Sources: imdb.com, the-numbers.com, castfacts.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Kong: Skull Island* (2017), Fi1m 71, Supervising Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/kong-skull-island.md)
- *The Informant!* (2009), Fi1m 71, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-informant.md)
- *Ocean's Thirteen* (2007), Fi1m 63, Supervising Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-thirteen.md)
- *The Good German* (2006), Fi1m 53, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-german.md)
- *Jurassic Park III* (2001), Fi1m 58, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-park-iii.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *Pinocchio* (2022), Supervising Art Director
- *The King's Man* (2021), Supervising Art Director
- *YES DAY* (2021), Production Design
- *Uncle Drew* (2018), Production Design
- *The Cloverfield Paradox* (2018), Production Design
- *Downsizing* (2017), as Art Direction — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/downsizing.md)
- *Kong: Skull Island* (2017), Supervising Art Director — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/kong-skull-island.md)
- *Revolution* (2012), series, Production Design
- *The Watch* (2012), Production Design
- *Cedar Rapids* (2011), Production Design
- *The Informant!* (2009), Production Design — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-informant.md)
- *Cloverfield* (2008), as Art Direction
- *Ocean's Thirteen* (2007), Supervising Art Director — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/oceans-thirteen.md)
- *The Good German* (2006), as Art Direction — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-german.md)
- *War of the Worlds* (2005), as Art Direction — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/war-of-the-worlds.md)
- *The Italian Job* (2003), as Art Direction — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-italian-job-2003.md)
- *The Scorpion King* (2002), as Art Direction
- *Jurassic Park III* (2001), as Art Direction — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-park-iii.md)
- *The Perfect Storm* (2000), Set Designer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-perfect-storm.md)
- *Armageddon* (1998), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/armageddon.md)
- *Contact* (1997), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/contact.md)
- *Bloodfist 7: Manhunt* (1995), as Art Direction
- *The Alien Within* (1995), Production Design

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/doug-j-meerdink