---
name: "Jackson DeGovia"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jackson-de-govia"
fi1m_id: "jackson-de-govia"
imdb_id: "nm0208614"
tmdb_id: 7716
wikidata_id: "Q15820587"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "22 March 1941"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-04T21:59:38.047667+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."
---

# Jackson DeGovia

## Identity

Jackson DeGovia

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jackson-de-govia
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jackson-de-govia
- **IMDb ID:** nm0208614
- **TMDB ID:** 7716
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15820587
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15820587, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0208614/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7716

Production designer. Born 22 March 1941 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 22 March 1941, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
- **Active:** 1988–2005
- **Also known as:** Jackson De Govia
- **Frequently works with:** [Bruce Willis](https://film.one/person/bruce-willis.md), [John McTiernan](https://film.one/person/john-mctiernan.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 89 (1), 1990s 81 (3), 2000s 79 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 74 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Thriller 3, Comedy 2, Music 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,266m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15820587, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0208614/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7716

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Die Hard*](https://film.one/film/die-hard.md) (89)
- **Netflix:** [*Speed*](https://film.one/film/speed.md) (86)
- **AMC+:** [*The 40 Year-Old Virgin*](https://film.one/film/the-40-year-old-virgin.md) (79)
- **Disney+:** [*Sister Act*](https://film.one/film/sister-act.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Jackson De Govia is an American production designer and art director. He was born on 22 March 1941 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

He has worked on numerous feature films, with production design credits including *Die Hard* (1988), *Speed* (1994), *Die Hard with a Vengeance* (1995), *Volcano* (1997), *The 40-Year-Old Virgin* (2005) and *Forgetting Sarah Marshall* (2008). He has also contributed to television productions and received a Primetime Emmy Award.

*Sources: imdb.com, 50mphpodcast.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The 40 Year-Old Virgin* (2005), Fi1m 79, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-40-year-old-virgin.md)
- *Die Hard: With a Vengeance* (1995), Fi1m 78, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard-with-a-vengeance.md)
- *Speed* (1994), Fi1m 86, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/speed.md)
- *Sister Act* (1992), Fi1m 78, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/sister-act.md)
- *Die Hard* (1988), Fi1m 89, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

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

- *Forgetting Sarah Marshall* (2008), Production Design
- *Drillbit Taylor* (2008), Production Design
- *Anamorph* (2007), Production Design
- *The 40 Year-Old Virgin* (2005), Production Design — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/the-40-year-old-virgin.md)
- *The Stepford Wives* (2004), Production Design
- *Joe Somebody* (2001), Production Design
- *The Score* (2001), Production Design
- *Bowfinger* (1999), Production Design
- *My Giant* (1998), Production Design
- *Volcano* (1997), Production Design
- *Multiplicity* (1996), Production Design
- *Die Hard: With a Vengeance* (1995), Production Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard-with-a-vengeance.md)
- *Gypsy* (1994), Production Design
- *Speed* (1994), Production Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/speed.md)
- *Sister Act* (1992), Production Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/sister-act.md)
- *Hudson Hawk* (1991), Production Design
- *Dad* (1989), Production Design
- *In Country* (1989), Production Design
- *Punchline* (1988), Production Design
- *Two Idiots in Hollywood* (1988), Production Design
- *Die Hard* (1988), Production Design — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard.md)
- *Roxanne* (1987), Production Design
- *Nobody's Fool* (1986), Production Design
- *'night, Mother* (1986), Production Design
- *Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins* (1985), Production Design
- *Red Dawn* (1984), Production Design
- *Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone* (1983), Production Design
- *The Winds of War* (1983), series, Production Design
- *It's My Turn* (1980), Production Design
- *My Bodyguard* (1980), Production Design
- *Butch and Sundance: The Early Days* (1979), as Art Direction
- *No Other Love* (1979), Production Design
- *Boulevard Nights* (1979), Production Design
- *When Every Day Was the Fourth of July* (1978), as Art Direction
- *Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS* (1975), Production Design, Production Designer
- *The Four Deuces* (1975), Production Design
- *Prisoners* (1975), Production Design
- *Lepke* (1975), Production Design
- *F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Last of the Belles* (1974), as Art Direction
- *The Cheerleaders* (1973), Production Design
- *Journey Through the Past* (1972), Makeup Artist
- *The People* (1972), as Art Direction

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