---
name: "James Hegedus"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-hegedus"
fi1m_id: "james-hegedus"
imdb_id: "nm0373701"
tmdb_id: 12070
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-27T09:15:32.609382+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 Hegedus

## Identity

James Hegedus

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-hegedus
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-hegedus
- **IMDb ID:** nm0373701
- **TMDB ID:** 12070
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0373701/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12070

Production designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Active:** 1996–2001
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 66 (1), 2000s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0373701/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12070

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Shrek*](https://film.one/film/shrek.md) (80)

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

## Biography

James Hegedus is an American production designer and art director whose credits span live-action and animated films. He served as production designer on the animated feature *Shrek* (2001).

His other notable credits include art direction on *Jumanji* (1995), supervising art director on *Mars Attacks!* (1996) and *Get Smart* (2008), and art direction on *The Polar Express* (2004) and *Live Free or Die Hard* (2007). He has also worked as a production illustrator and concept artist on titles including *Defending Your Life* (1991), *Hop* (2011) and *Captain America: The First Avenger* (2011). Hegedus received a second production design credit on the animated film *The Haunted World of El Superbeasto* (2009).

*Sources: imdb.com, shrek.fandom.com, shotonwhat.com, the-numbers.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Shrek* (2001), Fi1m 80, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/shrek.md)
- *Mars Attacks!* (1996), Fi1m 66, Supervising Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/mars-attacks.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Captain America: The First Avenger* (2011), Concept Artist — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-the-first-avenger.md)
- *Hop* (2011), as Production Illustrator
- *Get Smart* (2008), Supervising Art Director
- *Live Free or Die Hard* (2007), as Art Direction — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/live-free-or-die-hard.md)
- *The Polar Express* (2004), as Art Direction — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/the-polar-express.md)
- *Shrek* (2001), Production Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/shrek.md)
- *Mars Attacks!* (1996), Supervising Art Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/mars-attacks.md)
- *Jumanji* (1995), as Art Direction
- *Batman Forever* (1995), Visual Effects Art Director — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/batman-forever.md)
- *The Puppet Masters* (1994), as Art Direction
- *Defending Your Life* (1991), as Production Illustrator

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