---
name: "Ethan Tobman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ethan-tobman"
fi1m_id: "ethan-tobman"
imdb_id: "nm0864841"
tmdb_id: 198641
wikidata_id: "Q28113086"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "30 May 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-13T21:47:59.480723+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."
---

# Ethan Tobman

## Identity

Ethan Tobman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ethan-tobman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ethan-tobman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0864841
- **TMDB ID:** 198641
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28113086
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Tobman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28113086, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0864841/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/198641

Production designer. Born 30 May 1979 in Montreal, Québec, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 30 May 1979, Montreal, Québec, Canada
- **Active:** 2015–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 76 (2), 2020s 59 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 66 to 63 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Fantasy 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $579m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Tobman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28113086, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0864841/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/198641

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Menu*](https://film.one/film/the-menu.md) (72), [*Free Guy*](https://film.one/film/free-guy.md) (67), [*Madame Web*](https://film.one/film/madame-web.md) (38)
- **HBO Max:** [*Room*](https://film.one/film/room.md) (84)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Beautiful Boy*](https://film.one/film/beautiful-boy.md) (68)

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

## Biography

Ethan Tobman (born 30 May 1979) is a Canadian production designer and director. Born in Montreal, he attended New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. His first short film, Remote, which he wrote and directed, screened at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.

Tobman is known for his production design on films including Room (2015), for which he shared a Canadian Screen Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design; Beautiful Boy (2018); The Report (2019); Free Guy (2021); The Menu (2022); and Madame Web (2024). He has also worked extensively on music videos and live performances, including projects for Beyoncé and Taylor Swift.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, ethantobman.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Madame Web* (2024), Fi1m 38, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/madame-web.md)
- *The Menu* (2022), Fi1m 72, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-menu.md)
- *Free Guy* (2021), Fi1m 67, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/free-guy.md)
- *Beautiful Boy* (2018), Fi1m 68, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/beautiful-boy.md)
- *Room* (2015), Fi1m 84, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/room.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

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

- *Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show* (2025), Creative Producer, Production Design
- *Madame Web* (2024), Production Design — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/madame-web.md)
- *TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR* (2023), Creative Producer, Production Design
- *The Menu* (2022), Production Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-menu.md)
- *Pam & Tommy* (2022), series, Production Design
- *All Too Well: The Short Film* (2021), Production Design
- *Free Guy* (2021), Production Design — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/free-guy.md)
- *The Mosquito Coast* (2021), series, Production Design
- *Black Is King* (2020), Production Design
- *The Report* (2019), Production Design
- *Beautiful Boy* (2018), Production Design — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/beautiful-boy.md)
- *Kin* (2018), Production Design
- *Wilson* (2017), Production Design
- *Lemonade* (2016), Production Design
- *Room* (2015), Production Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/room.md)
- *The D Train* (2015), Production Design
- *And So It Goes* (2014), Production Design
- *That Awkward Moment* (2014), Production Design
- *What If* (2013), Production Design
- *Empire State* (2013), Production Design
- *Love and Honor* (2013), Production Design
- *Heroes and Demons* (2012), Production Design
- *Twelve* (2010), Production Design
- *College* (2008), Production Design
- *The Naked Brothers Band: Polar Bears* (2008), Production Design
- *The Naked Brothers Band: Battle of the Bands* (2007), Production Design
- *America Brown* (2005), Production Design
- *The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie* (2005), as Art Direction
- *Sorry, Haters* (2005), Production Design
- *Second Best* (2004), as Set Decoration
- *Twist* (2003), Production Design
- *The Event* (2003), as Set Decoration
- *Are You Afraid of the Dark?* (1992), series, as Peter Kirlan III
- *Princes In Exile* (1991), as Neil

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