---
name: "Gerald Sullivan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gerald-sullivan"
fi1m_id: "gerald-sullivan"
imdb_id: "nm0838082"
tmdb_id: 62560
roles: ["Art direction"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-01T00:28:35.133465+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."
---

# Gerald Sullivan

## Identity

Gerald Sullivan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gerald-sullivan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gerald-sullivan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0838082
- **TMDB ID:** 62560
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0838082/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62560

Art direction.

## Details

- **Work:** Art direction
- **Active:** 1999–present
- **Also known as:** Jerry Sullivan
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 34 (1), 2000s 82 (1), 2010s 63 (4), 2020s 73 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 63 to 60 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 5, Drama 3, Action 2, Adventure 2, Action & Adventure 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,053m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0838082/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62560

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Mr. & Mrs. Smith*](https://film.one/tv/mr-and-mrs-smith.md) (73)

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

## Biography

Gerald Sullivan is a production designer and former art director. He began in the art department in the mid-1990s, working as a set designer and assistant art director on films including *Face/Off* (1997), *Sleepy Hollow* (1999), *Minority Report* (2002), *Collateral* (2004) and *Superbad* (2007). He advanced to art director roles on *The Dark Knight Rises* (2012) and *Moonrise Kingdom* (2012), and served as supervising art director on *The Grand Budapest Hotel* (2014).

As production designer, Sullivan’s credits include *Rosewater* (2014), *Me and Earl and the Dying Girl* (2015), *The End of the Tour* (2015), *Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody* (2022) and the series *Mr. & Mrs. Smith* (2024), for which he won a Set Decorators Society of America Award. He trained at the Southern California Institute of Architecture before entering film.

*Sources: imdb.com, tvmaze.com, awardsradar.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Mr. & Mrs. Smith* (2024), Fi1m 73, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/mr-and-mrs-smith.md)
- *The Grand Budapest Hotel* (2014), Fi1m 86, Supervising Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-grand-budapest-hotel.md)
- *Moonrise Kingdom* (2012), Fi1m 82, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/moonrise-kingdom.md)
- *Scream 4* (2011), Fi1m 60, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/scream-4.md)
- *The Last Airbender* (2010), Fi1m 24, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-airbender.md)
- *Superbad* (2007), Fi1m 82, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/superbad.md)
- *Wild Wild West* (1999), Fi1m 34, Set Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/wild-wild-west.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *Suburban Fury* (2024), Production Design
- *Mr. & Mrs. Smith* (2024), series, Production Design — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/mr-and-mrs-smith.md)
- *Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody* (2022), Production Design
- *Life Itself* (2018), Production Design
- *The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)* (2017), Production Design
- *The Circle* (2017), Production Design
- *Frank & Lola* (2016), Production Design
- *The Escape* (2016), Production Design
- *The End of the Tour* (2015), Production Design
- *Me and Earl and the Dying Girl* (2015), Production Design
- *Rosewater* (2014), Production Design
- *The Grand Budapest Hotel* (2014), as Soldier · Supervising Art Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-grand-budapest-hotel.md)
- *The Dark Knight Rises* (2012), as Art Direction — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dark-knight-rises.md)
- *Moonrise Kingdom* (2012), as Art Direction — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/moonrise-kingdom.md)
- *Scream 4* (2011), as Art Direction — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/scream-4.md)
- *The Last Airbender* (2010), as Art Direction — Fi1m 24, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-airbender.md)
- *Captain Abu Raed* (2008), Production Design
- *Superbad* (2007), as Art Direction — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/superbad.md)
- *When a Stranger Calls* (2006), as Art Direction
- *Serenity* (2005), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/serenity.md)
- *Flightplan* (2005), Assistant Art Director
- *Collateral* (2004), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/collateral.md)
- *The Day After Tomorrow* (2004), as Art Direction — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/the-day-after-tomorrow.md)
- *Daredevil* (2003), Assistant Art Director
- *Minority Report* (2002), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/minority-report.md)
- *Planet of the Apes* (2001), Set Designer — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/planet-of-the-apes-2001.md)
- *Sleepy Hollow* (1999), as Draughtsman
- *Wild Wild West* (1999), Set Designer — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/wild-wild-west.md)
- *Species II* (1998), Set Designer
- *Face/Off* (1997), Set Designer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/face-off.md)
- *Sponsor*, Production Design

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