---
name: "Fred Hole"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/fred-hole"
fi1m_id: "fred-hole"
imdb_id: "nm0390407"
tmdb_id: 10197
wikidata_id: "Q5495472"
roles: ["Art direction"]
born: "8 May 1935"
died: "4 February 2011"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 10
updated: "2026-10-04T19:04:24.821377+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."
---

# Fred Hole

## Identity

Fred Hole

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/fred-hole
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** fred-hole
- **IMDb ID:** nm0390407
- **TMDB ID:** 10197
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5495472
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hole, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5495472, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0390407/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10197

Art direction. Born 8 May 1935 in Cardiff. Died 4 February 2011.

## Details

- **Work:** Art direction
- **Born:** 8 May 1935, Cardiff
- **Died:** 4 February 2011
- **Active:** 1981–2002
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (5), 1990s 65 (3), 2000s 52 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 65 across 10 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 8, Adventure 7, Science Fiction 5, Thriller 4, Drama 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 21 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $4,022m across 10 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hole, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5495472, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0390407/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10197

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Return of the Jedi*](https://film.one/film/return-of-the-jedi.md) (75)

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

## Biography

Fred Hole (8 May 1935 – 4 February 2011) was a British art director. Born in Cardiff, Wales, he worked in the film industry from the 1960s until 2002, beginning with roles such as chief draughtsman on early James Bond films.

He contributed to numerous major productions, including assistant art director on *Raiders of the Lost Ark* (1981) and *Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back* (1980), and art director or supervising art director on *Return of the Jedi* (1983), *Aliens* (1986), *Alien³* (1992), *Mission: Impossible* (1996), *Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace* (1999), *Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones* (2002) and *Die Another Day* (2002). He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Art Direction for *Return of the Jedi*.

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

## On Fi1m (10)

- *Die Another Day* (2002), Fi1m 50, Supervising Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/die-another-day.md)
- *Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones* (2002), Fi1m 54, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-episode-ii-attack-of-the-clones.md)
- *Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace* (1999), Fi1m 52, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-episode-i-the-phantom-menace.md)
- *Mission: Impossible* (1996), Fi1m 81, Supervising Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible.md)
- *Alien³* (1992), Fi1m 62, Supervising Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/alien3.md)
- *Empire of the Sun* (1987), Fi1m 81, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/empire-of-the-sun.md)
- *Aliens* (1986), Fi1m 91, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/aliens.md)
- *Young Sherlock Holmes* (1985), Fi1m 68, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/young-sherlock-holmes.md)
- *Return of the Jedi* (1983), Fi1m 75, Production design, Art Direction, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/return-of-the-jedi.md)
- *Raiders of the Lost Ark* (1981), Fi1m 93, Assistant Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/raiders-of-the-lost-ark.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Die Another Day* (2002), Supervising Art Director — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/die-another-day.md)
- *Below* (2002), as Art Direction
- *Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones* (2002), as Art Direction — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-episode-ii-attack-of-the-clones.md)
- *Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace* (1999), as Art Direction — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-episode-i-the-phantom-menace.md)
- *Mission: Impossible* (1996), Supervising Art Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible.md)
- *Doomsday Gun* (1994), as Art Direction
- *The Rainbow Thief* (1994), as Art Direction
- *Alive* (1993), as Art Direction
- *Alien³* (1992), Supervising Art Director — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/alien3.md)
- *Avalon* (1990), as Art Direction
- *Mountains of the Moon* (1990), as Art Direction
- *Empire of the Sun* (1987), as Art Direction — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/empire-of-the-sun.md)
- *Aliens* (1986), as Art Direction — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/aliens.md)
- *Young Sherlock Holmes* (1985), as Art Direction — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/young-sherlock-holmes.md)
- *Return to Oz* (1985), as Art Direction
- *Return of the Jedi* (1983), Production Design, Art Direction — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/return-of-the-jedi.md)
- *Raiders of the Lost Ark* (1981), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/raiders-of-the-lost-ark.md)
- *The Famous Five* (1978), series, as Art Direction

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1984: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi*

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

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