---
name: "Dylan Cole"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dylan-cole"
fi1m_id: "dylan-cole"
imdb_id: "nm1304499"
tmdb_id: 995644
wikidata_id: "Q5318704"
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 60
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T13:07:09.737680+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."
---

# Dylan Cole

## Identity

Dylan Cole

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dylan-cole
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dylan-cole
- **IMDb ID:** nm1304499
- **TMDB ID:** 995644
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5318704
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Cole, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5318704, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1304499/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/995644

Production designer. Born in Southern California.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Amanda Silver](https://film.one/person/amanda-silver.md), [James Cameron](https://film.one/person/james-cameron.md), [Jon Landau](https://film.one/person/jon-landau.md), [Rick Jaffa](https://film.one/person/rick-jaffa.md), [Sam Worthington](https://film.one/person/sam-worthington.md), [Sigourney Weaver](https://film.one/person/sigourney-weaver.md), [Stephen Lang](https://film.one/person/stephen-lang.md), [Zoe Saldaña](https://film.one/person/zoe-saldana.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 55 (1), 2020s 63 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 60 to 60 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 3, Action 2, Fantasy 2, Science Fiction 2, Family 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $4,579m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dylan_Cole, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5318704, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1304499/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/995644

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Avatar: The Way of Water*](https://film.one/film/avatar-the-way-of-water.md) (68), [*Avatar: Fire and Ash*](https://film.one/film/avatar-fire-and-ash.md) (58), [*Maleficent*](https://film.one/film/maleficent.md) (55)

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

## Biography

Dylan Cole is a production designer and concept artist. He has worked in the film industry for over twenty years and contributed art to more than sixty films.

Cole served as concept art director on *Avatar* (2009) and as co-production designer on *Avatar: The Way of Water* (2022) and *Avatar: Fire and Ash* (2025). He was production designer on *Maleficent* (2014). He is an Academy Award nominee.

A Southern California native, Cole has also published the book *Creating Worlds: The Disney and 20th Century Studios Cinematic Art of Dylan Cole*.

*Sources: imdb.com, dylancolestudio.com, wdwnt.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Avatar: Fire and Ash* (2025), Fi1m 58, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/avatar-fire-and-ash.md)
- *Avatar: The Way of Water* (2022), Fi1m 68, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/avatar-the-way-of-water.md)
- *Maleficent* (2014), Fi1m 55, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/maleficent.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Avatar: Fire and Ash* (2025), Production Design — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/avatar-fire-and-ash.md)
- *Avatar: The Way of Water* (2022), Production Design — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/avatar-the-way-of-water.md)
- *Maleficent* (2014), Production Design — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/maleficent.md)
- *A Sound of Thunder* (2005), Concept Artist
- *The Ring Two* (2005), Visual Effects Art Director

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2023: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Avatar: The Way of Water*

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

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