---
name: "Howard Cummings"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/howard-cummings"
fi1m_id: "howard-cummings"
imdb_id: "nm0191896"
tmdb_id: 9041
wikidata_id: "Q28055832"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "16 February 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 14
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T04:52:08.896398+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."
---

# Howard Cummings

## Identity

Howard Cummings

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/howard-cummings
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** howard-cummings
- **IMDb ID:** nm0191896
- **TMDB ID:** 9041
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28055832
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28055832, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0191896/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9041

Producer. Born 16 February 1954 in Kern County, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 16 February 1954, Kern County, California, USA
- **Active:** 1995–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 14: 1 producing, 13 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Steven Soderbergh](https://film.one/person/steven-soderbergh.md), [Gregory Jacobs](https://film.one/person/gregory-jacobs.md), [Channing Tatum](https://film.one/person/channing-tatum.md), [Michael Polaire](https://film.one/person/michael-polaire.md), [Scott Z. Burns](https://film.one/person/scott-z-burns.md), [Antonio Banderas](https://film.one/person/antonio-banderas.md), [Fred Toye](https://film.one/person/frederick-e-o-toye.md), [Jeffrey Wright](https://film.one/person/jeffrey-wright.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 72 (2), 2000s 65 (1), 2010s 73 (9), 2020s 77 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28055832, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0191896/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9041

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Usual Suspects*](https://film.one/film/the-usual-suspects.md) (82), [*Behind the Candelabra*](https://film.one/film/behind-the-candelabra.md) (81), [*Lovecraft Country*](https://film.one/tv/lovecraft-country.md) (74)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Fallout*](https://film.one/tv/fallout.md) (80), [*Haywire*](https://film.one/film/haywire.md) (74), [*Side Effects*](https://film.one/film/side-effects.md) (70)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Knick*](https://film.one/tv/the-knick.md) (82)
- **Netflix:** [*The Laundromat*](https://film.one/film/the-laundromat.md) (48)

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

## Biography

Howard Cummings is an American production designer. Born on 16 February 1954 in Kern County, California, he has worked extensively in film and television.

He has collaborated frequently with director Steven Soderbergh, serving as production designer on *Contagion* (2011), *Haywire* (2011), *Magic Mike* (2012), *Side Effects* (2013), *Behind the Candelabra* (2013), *Logan Lucky* (2017) and *The Laundromat* (2019). Other credits include *The Underneath* (1995) and the series *Fallout* (2024).

Cummings won two Primetime Emmy Awards and received a BAFTA nomination for his work on *Behind the Candelabra*. He has also designed for *Westworld* and earlier films such as *The Usual Suspects* (1995).

*Sources: imdb.com, crew-united.com, kfd.kinepolis.be.*

## On Fi1m (14)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Fallout* (2024), Fi1m 80, Production design, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/fallout.md)

### Crew (13)

- *Lovecraft Country* (2020), Fi1m 74, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/tv/lovecraft-country.md)
- *The Laundromat* (2019), Fi1m 48, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-laundromat.md)
- *Logan Lucky* (2017), Fi1m 76, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/logan-lucky.md)
- *Westworld* (2016), Fi1m 74, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/westworld-2016.md)
- *The Knick* (2014), Fi1m 82, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-knick.md)
- *Behind the Candelabra* (2013), Fi1m 81, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/behind-the-candelabra.md)
- *Side Effects* (2013), Fi1m 70, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/side-effects.md)
- *Magic Mike* (2012), Fi1m 70, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/magic-mike.md)
- *Contagion* (2011), Fi1m 78, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/contagion.md)
- *Haywire* (2011), Fi1m 74, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/haywire.md)
- *I Am Legend* (2007), Fi1m 65, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-legend.md)
- *The Underneath* (1995), Fi1m 62, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-underneath.md)
- *The Usual Suspects* (1995), Fi1m 82, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-usual-suspects.md)

## Complete filmography (47)

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

- *Fallout* (2024), series, Production Design, Co-Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/fallout.md)
- *Reminiscence* (2021), Production Design
- *Lovecraft Country* (2020), series, Production Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/lovecraft-country.md)
- *The Laundromat* (2019), Production Design — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/the-laundromat.md)
- *Logan Lucky* (2017), Production Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/logan-lucky.md)
- *Good Morning* (2017), Production Design
- *Westworld* (2016), series, Associate Producer, Production Design, Co-Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/westworld-2016.md)
- *Magic Mike XXL* (2015), Production Design
- *The Knick* (2014), series, Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-knick.md)
- *Behind the Candelabra* (2013), Production Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/behind-the-candelabra.md)
- *Side Effects* (2013), Production Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/side-effects.md)
- *Magic Mike* (2012), Production Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/magic-mike.md)
- *Haywire* (2011), Production Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/haywire.md)
- *Contagion* (2011), Production Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/contagion.md)
- *Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief* (2010), Production Design
- *I Love You, Beth Cooper* (2009), Production Design
- *Ghost Town* (2008), Production Design
- *I Am Legend* (2007), as Art Direction — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-legend.md)
- *Wind Chill* (2007), Production Design
- *Art School Confidential* (2006), Production Design
- *Rent* (2005), Production Design
- *Secret Window* (2004), Production Design
- *Death to Smoochy* (2002), Production Design
- *What's the Worst That Could Happen?* (2001), Production Design
- *The Next Best Thing* (2000), Production Design
- *Double Jeopardy* (1999), Production Designer, Production Design
- *The Rainmaker* (1997), Production Design
- *The Long Kiss Goodnight* (1996), Production Design
- *The Trigger Effect* (1996), Production Design
- *The Spitfire Grill* (1996), Production Design
- *The Usual Suspects* (1995), Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-usual-suspects.md)
- *Indictment: The McMartin Trial* (1995), Production Design
- *The Underneath* (1995), Production Design — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-underneath.md)
- *A Dangerous Affair* (1995), Production Design
- *Foreign Student* (1994), Production Design
- *Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker* (1994), Production Design
- *Pat Metheny Group - More Travels* (1993), Production Designer
- *Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore* (1992), Production Design
- *Mortal Thoughts* (1991), Production Design
- *A Shock to the System* (1990), Production Design
- *Signs of Life* (1989), Production Design
- *Lemon Sky* (1988), Production Design
- *Courtship* (1987), Director
- *On Valentine's Day* (1986), Production Design
- *Three Sovereigns for Sarah* (1985), Production Design
- *Girls Nite Out* (1982), Production Design
- *Starstruck* (1981), as Art Direction

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