---
name: "Edward T. McAvoy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/edward-t-mcavoy"
fi1m_id: "edward-t-mcavoy"
imdb_id: "nm0564210"
tmdb_id: 6901
wikidata_id: "Q94858268"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "23 July 1949"
died: "4 May 2005"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-25T01:19:00.747518+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."
---

# Edward T. McAvoy

## Identity

Edward T. McAvoy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/edward-t-mcavoy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** edward-t-mcavoy
- **IMDb ID:** nm0564210
- **TMDB ID:** 6901
- **Wikidata ID:** Q94858268
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94858268, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564210/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6901

Production designer. Born 23 July 1949 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Died 4 May 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 23 July 1949, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
- **Died:** 4 May 2005
- **Active:** 1996–2003
- **Also known as:** Eddie McAvoy
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 77 (3), 2000s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 69 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 2, Comedy 2, Thriller 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $581m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94858268, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564210/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6901

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Ghost World*](https://film.one/film/ghost-world.md) (84)

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## Biography

Edward T. McAvoy was an American production designer and art director. He began his career in the art department on films including *The Rocketeer* (1991), *Outbreak* (1995) and *Honey, I Blew Up the Kid* (1992), later serving as art director on *The Rock* (1996) and *Con Air* (1997).

McAvoy worked as production designer on *Wild Things* (1998), *Office Space* (1999), *Ghost World* (2001), *Monster* (2003) and *The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio* (2005). He also contributed to television projects such as the series *Push, Nevada* (2002) and *The D.A.* (2004). He was born on 23 July 1949 in Worcester, Massachusetts, and died on 4 May 2005 in Temple City, California.

*Sources: imdb.com, metacritic.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Ghost World* (2001), Fi1m 84, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/ghost-world.md)
- *Office Space* (1999), Fi1m 80, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/office-space.md)
- *Con Air* (1997), Fi1m 74, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/con-air.md)
- *The Rock* (1996), Fi1m 78, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/the-rock.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio* (2005), Production Design
- *Monster* (2003), Production Design
- *The United States of Leland* (2003), Production Design
- *Deliver Us from Eva* (2003), Production Design
- *Sorority Boys* (2002), Production Design
- *Ghost World* (2001), Production Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/ghost-world.md)
- *Whatever It Takes* (2000), Production Design
- *Lansky* (1999), Production Design
- *Office Space* (1999), Production Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/office-space.md)
- *Wild Things* (1998), Production Design
- *Con Air* (1997), as Art Direction — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/con-air.md)
- *The Rock* (1996), as Art Direction — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-rock.md)
- *Outbreak* (1995), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/outbreak.md)
- *Airheads* (1994), as Art Direction
- *The Distinguished Gentleman* (1992), Assistant Art Director
- *Honey, I Blew Up the Kid* (1992), Assistant Art Director
- *The Rocketeer* (1991), Assistant Art Director
- *Arachnophobia* (1990), Assistant Art Director
- *The Karate Kid Part III* (1989), as Standby Painter

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