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name: "Geoffrey Kirkland"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/geoffrey-kirkland"
fi1m_id: "geoffrey-kirkland"
imdb_id: "nm0456644"
tmdb_id: 32403
wikidata_id: "Q5534727"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "7 October 1939"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-04T16:57:24.420580+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."
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# Geoffrey Kirkland

## Identity

Geoffrey Kirkland

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/geoffrey-kirkland
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** geoffrey-kirkland
- **IMDb ID:** nm0456644
- **TMDB ID:** 32403
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5534727
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Kirkland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5534727, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0456644/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32403

Production designer. Born 7 October 1939 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 7 October 1939, Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1978–2006
- **Frequently works with:** [Alan Parker](https://film.one/person/alan-parker.md), [Alan Marshall](https://film.one/person/alan-marshall.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 61 (1), 1980s 76 (3), 2000s 85 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 70 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 2, Thriller 2, Action 1, History 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $204m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Kirkland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5534727, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0456644/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/32403

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Mississippi Burning*](https://film.one/film/mississippi-burning.md) (72)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Midnight Express*](https://film.one/film/midnight-express.md) (61)

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## Biography

Geoffrey Kirkland is an English production designer. Born on 7 October 1939 in Derby, Derbyshire, he began working in film and television in the 1960s.

He received an Academy Award nomination for best art direction for *The Right Stuff* (1983). Kirkland won BAFTA Awards for production design on *Bugsy Malone* (1976) and *Children of Men* (2006). His other credits include *Midnight Express* (1978), *WarGames* (1983), *Mississippi Burning* (1988), *Space Jam* (1996) and *The Birth of a Nation* (2016). He was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy for *Hemingway & Gellhorn* (2012).

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Children of Men* (2006), Fi1m 85, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/children-of-men.md)
- *Mississippi Burning* (1988), Fi1m 72, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/mississippi-burning.md)
- *The Right Stuff* (1983), Fi1m 86, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-right-stuff.md)
- *Fame* (1980), Fi1m 70, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/fame.md)
- *Midnight Express* (1978), Fi1m 61, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/midnight-express.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *The Hill* (2023), Production Design
- *American Skin* (2019), Production Design
- *Woman Walks Ahead* (2018), Production Design
- *The Birth of a Nation* (2016), Production Design
- *Hemingway & Gellhorn* (2012), Production Design
- *Get Low* (2010), Production Design
- *Pig Hunt* (2008), Production Design
- *Children of Men* (2006), Production Design — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/children-of-men.md)
- *Glory Road* (2006), Production Design
- *After the Sunset* (2004), Production Design
- *The Life of David Gale* (2003), Production Design
- *Angela's Ashes* (1999), Production Design
- *Desperate Measures* (1998), Production Design
- *Space Jam* (1996), Production Design
- *Renaissance Man* (1994), Production Design
- *Come See the Paradise* (1990), Production Design
- *Mississippi Burning* (1988), Production Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/mississippi-burning.md)
- *Wildfire* (1988), Production Design
- *Journey to the Center of the Earth* (1988), Production Design
- *Leonard Part 6* (1987), Production Design
- *Birdy* (1984), Production Design
- *The Right Stuff* (1983), Production Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-right-stuff.md)
- *Shoot the Moon* (1982), Production Design
- *Fame* (1980), Production Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/fame.md)
- *Midnight Express* (1978), Production Design — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/midnight-express.md)
- *Bugsy Malone* (1976), Production Design
- *Terra Infirma*, Production Design

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1984: Best Production Design (nominated), for *The Right Stuff*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Royal Designer for Industry 2001: Royal Designer for Industry (won)

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

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