---
name: "James Chinlund"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-chinlund"
fi1m_id: "james-chinlund"
imdb_id: "nm0157913"
tmdb_id: 9546
wikidata_id: "Q6131307"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "17 March 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-09-27T08:56:30.210891+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."
---

# James Chinlund

## Identity

James Chinlund

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-chinlund
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-chinlund
- **IMDb ID:** nm0157913
- **TMDB ID:** 9546
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6131307
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Chinlund, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6131307, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0157913/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9546

Production designer. Born 17 March 1971 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 17 March 1971, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1998–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 9: 1 acting, 8 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Dylan Clark](https://film.one/person/dylan-clark.md), [Matt Reeves](https://film.one/person/matt-reeves.md), [Andy Serkis](https://film.one/person/andy-serkis.md), [Darren Aronofsky](https://film.one/person/darren-aronofsky.md), [Ellen Burstyn](https://film.one/person/ellen-burstyn.md), [Eric Watson](https://film.one/person/eric-watson.md), [Mark Bomback](https://film.one/person/mark-bomback.md), [Peter Chernin](https://film.one/person/peter-chernin.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 77 (1), 2000s 73 (2), 2010s 71 (4), 2020s 72 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 70 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Science Fiction 4, Action 3, Adventure 3, Romance 2, Thriller 2
- **Screen time:** 17 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $5,194m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Chinlund, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6131307, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0157913/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9546

## Coming up

- *Narnia: The Magician's Nephew* (2027-02-10), Production Design

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Avengers*](https://film.one/film/the-avengers.md) (80), [*Dawn of the Planet of the Apes*](https://film.one/film/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md) (78), [*The Lion King*](https://film.one/film/the-lion-king-2019.md) (52)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Batman*](https://film.one/film/the-batman.md) (74), [*War for the Planet of the Apes*](https://film.one/film/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes.md) (74), [*The Smashing Machine*](https://film.one/film/the-smashing-machine.md) (70)
- **Peacock:** [*Requiem for a Dream*](https://film.one/film/requiem-for-a-dream.md) (80)

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

## Biography

James Chinlund is an American production designer. He was born on 17 March 1971 in New York City and studied fine art at CalArts in Los Angeles, focusing on sculpture and large-scale installation work. After graduating, he returned to New York and began working in film as a carpenter before moving into production design on music videos and independent films.

His early feature credits include production design on *Requiem for a Dream* (2000) and *The Fountain* (2006) for Darren Aronofsky, *25th Hour* (2002) for Spike Lee, and *Auto Focus* (2002) for Paul Schrader. Later credits include *The Avengers* (2012), *Dawn of the Planet of the Apes* (2014), *War for the Planet of the Apes* (2017), *The Lion King* (2019) and *The Batman* (2022). He served as production designer on *The Smashing Machine* (2025).

Chinlund has also worked in commercials and fashion, designing sets and campaigns for brands including Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Gucci.

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

## On Fi1m (9)

### Performed in (1)

- *Requiem for a Dream* (2000), Fi1m 80, as Space Oddity — [page](https://film.one/film/requiem-for-a-dream.md)

### Crew (8) — the average rests on these

- *The Smashing Machine* (2025), Fi1m 70, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-smashing-machine.md)
- *The Batman* (2022), Fi1m 74, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-batman.md)
- *The Lion King* (2019), Fi1m 52, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lion-king-2019.md)
- *War for the Planet of the Apes* (2017), Fi1m 74, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *Dawn of the Planet of the Apes* (2014), Fi1m 78, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *The Avengers* (2012), Fi1m 80, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-avengers.md)
- *The Fountain* (2006), Fi1m 66, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fountain.md)
- *Buffalo '66* (1998), Fi1m 77, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/buffalo-66.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Narnia: The Magician's Nephew* (2027), Production Design
- *The Smashing Machine* (2025), Production Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-smashing-machine.md)
- *The Batman* (2022), Production Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-batman.md)
- *The Lion King* (2019), Production Design — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lion-king-2019.md)
- *War for the Planet of the Apes* (2017), Production Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/war-for-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *Dawn of the Planet of the Apes* (2014), Production Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/dawn-of-the-planet-of-the-apes.md)
- *The Avengers* (2012), Production Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-avengers.md)
- *D-Minus* (2011), Production Design
- *Black Hole* (2010), Production Designer
- *We Were Once a Fairytale* (2009), Production Design
- *Towelhead* (2008), Production Design
- *The Fountain* (2006), Production Design — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fountain.md)
- *The Final Cut* (2004), Production Design
- *25th Hour* (2002), Production Design
- *Auto Focus* (2002), Production Design
- *Storytelling* (2001), Production Design
- *Lift* (2001), Production Design
- *Requiem for a Dream* (2000), as Space Oddity · Production Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/requiem-for-a-dream.md)
- *Speed of Life* (1999), Production Design
- *Bongwater* (1998), as Art Direction
- *Buffalo '66* (1998), as Art Direction — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/buffalo-66.md)

## Gallery

- ![James Chinlund](https://film.one/media/person/7940/gallery-5b5687b57fd6.jpg) James Chinlund — Tadavis, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/JamesChinlund_Fountain.jpeg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![James Chinlund bio photo (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/7940/gallery-764d54f355f1.jpg) James Chinlund bio photo (2012) — Tadavis, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/James_Chinlund.jpeg/1280px-James_Chinlund.jpeg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![James Chinlund](https://film.one/media/person/7940/gallery-03b0d8043ead.jpg) James Chinlund — Image via TMDB
- ![James Chinlund](https://film.one/media/person/7940/gallery-2827f9947930.jpg) James Chinlund — Image via TMDB

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