---
name: "Ida Random"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ida-random"
fi1m_id: "ida-random"
imdb_id: "nm0709944"
tmdb_id: 5167
wikidata_id: "Q2161556"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "2 April 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-13T04:18:53.386643+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."
---

# Ida Random

## Identity

Ida Random

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ida-random
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ida-random
- **IMDb ID:** nm0709944
- **TMDB ID:** 5167
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2161556
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Random, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2161556, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0709944/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5167

Production designer. Born 2 April 1945 in Scotland.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 2 April 1945, Scotland
- **Active:** 1980–2011
- **Frequently works with:** [Danny DeVito](https://film.one/person/danny-devito.md), [Kevin Kline](https://film.one/person/kevin-kline.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 70 (6), 2000s 54 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 64 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Comedy 3, Crime 2, Romance 2, Thriller 2, Action 1
- **Screen time:** 13 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,165m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Random, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2161556, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0709944/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5167

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Rain Man*](https://film.one/film/rain-man.md) (76)
- **Apple TV:** [*Throw Momma from the Train*](https://film.one/film/throw-momma-from-the-train.md) (68)
- **Tubi:** [*The Big Chill*](https://film.one/film/the-big-chill.md) (67)
- **Netflix:** [*Fast & Furious*](https://film.one/film/fast-and-furious.md) (54)

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

## Biography

Ida Random is a production designer. Born in April 1945 in Johnstone, Scotland, she moved to California to study art and design before beginning her film career as an art director.

She received an Academy Award nomination for her work on *Rain Man* (1988). Her breakthrough as production designer came with *The Big Chill* (1983), after which she collaborated with director Lawrence Kasdan on *Silverado* (1985) and *Wyatt Earp* (1994). Other credits include *The War of the Roses* (1989), *Hoffa* (1992), *The Postman* (1997), *Spanglish* (2004), *The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift* (2006) and *Fast & Furious* (2009).

In 2022 Random received the Art Directors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award.

*Sources: imdb.com, idarandom.com, hollywoodreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Fast & Furious* (2009), Fi1m 54, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/fast-and-furious.md)
- *The War of the Roses* (1989), Fi1m 75, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-war-of-the-roses.md)
- *Rain Man* (1988), Fi1m 76, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/rain-man.md)
- *Throw Momma from the Train* (1987), Fi1m 68, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/throw-momma-from-the-train.md)
- *The Big Chill* (1983), Fi1m 67, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-chill.md)
- *On Golden Pond* (1981), Fi1m 72, Assistant Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/on-golden-pond.md)
- *Urban Cowboy* (1980), Fi1m 61, Assistant Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/urban-cowboy.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *Delivery Man* (2013), Production Design
- *Chasing Mavericks* (2012), Production Design
- *People Like Us* (2012), Production Design
- *No Strings Attached* (2011), Production Design
- *Charlie St. Cloud* (2010), Production Design
- *Fast & Furious* (2009), Production Design — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/fast-and-furious.md)
- *Never Back Down* (2008), Production Design
- *The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift* (2006), Production Design
- *Spanglish* (2004), Production Design
- *Suspect Zero* (2004), Production Design
- *A Man Apart* (2003), Production Design
- *Along Came a Spider* (2001), Production Design
- *The Postman* (1997), Production Design
- *The Fan* (1996), Production Design
- *Wyatt Earp* (1994), Production Design
- *Hoffa* (1992), Production Design
- *Housesitter* (1992), Production Design
- *Defending Your Life* (1991), Production Design
- *The War of the Roses* (1989), Production Design — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-war-of-the-roses.md)
- *How I Got Into College* (1989), Production Design
- *Rain Man* (1988), Production Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/rain-man.md)
- *Throw Momma from the Train* (1987), Production Design — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/throw-momma-from-the-train.md)
- *Who's That Girl* (1987), Production Design
- *The Thanksgiving Promise* (1986), Production Design
- *About Last Night...* (1986), Production Design
- *Silverado* (1985), Production Design
- *Body Double* (1984), Production Design
- *Irreconcilable Differences* (1984), as Woman at Party · Production Design
- *The Big Chill* (1983), Production Design — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/the-big-chill.md)
- *Frances* (1982), as Art Direction
- *The Kid From Nowhere* (1982), as Art Direction
- *On Golden Pond* (1981), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/on-golden-pond.md)
- *Urban Cowboy* (1980), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/urban-cowboy.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1989: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Rain Man*

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

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