---
name: "Gary Frutkoff"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gary-frutkoff"
fi1m_id: "gary-frutkoff"
imdb_id: "nm0004583"
tmdb_id: 3117
wikidata_id: "Q25881681"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "1 January 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-09-23T11:59:57.096163+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."
---

# Gary Frutkoff

## Identity

Gary Frutkoff

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gary-frutkoff
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gary-frutkoff
- **IMDb ID:** nm0004583
- **TMDB ID:** 3117
- **Wikidata ID:** Q25881681
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25881681, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004583/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3117

Production designer. Born 1 January 1951.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 1 January 1951
- **Active:** 1993–2016
- **Frequently works with:** [Steven Soderbergh](https://film.one/person/steven-soderbergh.md), [Jennifer Lopez](https://film.one/person/jennifer-lopez.md), [Scott Frank](https://film.one/person/scott-frank.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 80 (4), 2000s 32 (1), 2010s 70 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 62 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Crime 5, Comedy 2, Romance 2, Action & Adventure 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $89m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25881681, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004583/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3117

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Limey*](https://film.one/film/the-limey.md) (80), [*Hawaii Five-0*](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md) (65)
- **Disney+:** [*This Is Us*](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md) (76)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Gigli*](https://film.one/film/gigli.md) (32)

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

## Biography

Gary Frutkoff is an American production designer working in film and television. His film credits include production design on *King of the Hill* (1993), *Out of Sight* (1998) and *The Limey* (1999).

He has also served as production designer on *Four Rooms* (1995), *Rat Race* (2001), *Shoot 'Em Up* (2007) and episodes of the series *Hawaii Five-0* (2010) and *This Is Us* (2016–2022).

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, dfi.dk.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *This Is Us* (2016), Fi1m 76, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md)
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), Fi1m 65, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md)
- *Gigli* (2003), Fi1m 32, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/gigli.md)
- *The Limey* (1999), Fi1m 80, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-limey.md)
- *Out of Sight* (1998), Fi1m 86, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/out-of-sight.md)
- *Fallen Angels* (1993), Fi1m 72, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md)
- *King of the Hill* (1993), Fi1m 84, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/king-of-the-hill.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *Tracker* (2024), series, Production Design
- *This Is Us* (2016), series, Production Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/this-is-us.md)
- *Sparkle* (2012), Production Design
- *Catch.44* (2011), Production Design
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, Production Design — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md)
- *The Experiment* (2010), Production Design
- *MacGruber* (2010), as Art Direction
- *The Great Buck Howard* (2008), Production Design
- *Shoot 'Em Up* (2007), Production Design
- *Underclassman* (2005), Production Design
- *Gigli* (2003), Production Design — Fi1m 32, [page](https://film.one/film/gigli.md)
- *Orange County* (2002), Production Design
- *Rat Race* (2001), Production Design
- *Chain of Fools* (2001), Production Design
- *The Limey* (1999), Production Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-limey.md)
- *Out of Sight* (1998), Production Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/out-of-sight.md)
- *Zero Effect* (1998), Production Design
- *Inventing the Abbotts* (1997), Production Design
- *Grumpier Old Men* (1995), Production Design
- *Four Rooms* (1995), Production Design
- *Devil in a Blue Dress* (1995), Production Design
- *D2: The Mighty Ducks* (1994), Production Design
- *King of the Hill* (1993), Production Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/king-of-the-hill.md)
- *Fallen Angels* (1993), series, Production Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md)
- *Best of the Best 2* (1993), Production Design
- *Darkman* (1990), Assistant Art Director

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