---
name: "James Merifield"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-merifield"
fi1m_id: "james-merifield"
imdb_id: "nm0580761"
tmdb_id: 1443031
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T13:27:44.153582+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 Merifield

## Identity

James Merifield

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-merifield
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-merifield
- **IMDb ID:** nm0580761
- **TMDB ID:** 1443031
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580761/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1443031

Production designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Active:** 2002–present
- **Frequently works with:** [David Tennant](https://film.one/person/david-tennant.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 76 (1), 2010s 65 (3), 2020s 57 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 63 to 62 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, History 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $51m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580761/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1443031

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Deep Blue Sea*](https://film.one/film/the-deep-blue-sea.md) (82)
- **BritBox:** [*Little Dorrit*](https://film.one/tv/little-dorrit.md) (76)
- **Netflix:** [*The Thursday Murder Club*](https://film.one/film/the-thursday-murder-club.md) (57)

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

## Biography

James Merifield is a British production designer. His credits include *Mortdecai* (2015), *A Little Chaos* (2015), *Breathe* (2017), *Mary Queen of Scots* (2018), *The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society* (2018), *The Last Letter from Your Lover* (2021) and *The Man Who Fell to Earth* (2022).

He served as production designer on *The Thursday Murder Club* (2025). Merifield has received a Primetime Emmy Award among three wins and three nominations.

*Sources: imdb.com, houseandgarden.co.uk, cntraveller.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *The Thursday Murder Club* (2025), Fi1m 57, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-thursday-murder-club.md)
- *All Is True* (2018), Fi1m 58, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/all-is-true.md)
- *Mary Queen of Scots* (2018), Fi1m 56, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/mary-queen-of-scots.md)
- *The Deep Blue Sea* (2011), Fi1m 82, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-deep-blue-sea.md)
- *Little Dorrit* (2008), Fi1m 76, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/little-dorrit.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

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

- *The Thursday Murder Club* (2025), Production Design — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/the-thursday-murder-club.md)
- *We Were the Lucky Ones* (2024), series, Production Design
- *The Man Who Fell to Earth* (2022), series, Production Design
- *The Last Letter from Your Lover* (2021), Production Design
- *All Is True* (2018), Production Design — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/all-is-true.md)
- *Mary Queen of Scots* (2018), Production Design — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/mary-queen-of-scots.md)
- *The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society* (2018), Production Design
- *Breathe* (2017), Production Design
- *Final Portrait* (2017), Production Design
- *A Little Chaos* (2015), Production Design
- *Mortdecai* (2015), Production Design
- *Effie Gray* (2014), Production Design
- *Austenland* (2013), Production Design
- *The Deep Blue Sea* (2011), Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-deep-blue-sea.md)
- *Will* (2011), Production Design
- *Brighton Rock* (2010), Production Design
- *Little Dorrit* (2008), series, Production Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/little-dorrit.md)
- *Sense and Sensibility* (2008), series, Production Design
- *The Walker* (2007), Production Design
- *Dracula* (2006), Production Design
- *Child of Mine* (2005), Production Design
- *Gideon's Daughter* (2005), Production Design
- *Friends & Crocodiles* (2005), Production Design
- *Tooth* (2004), Production Design
- *Henry VIII* (2003), series, Production Design
- *Murder* (2002), series, Production Design
- *Another Life* (2001), Production Design
- *Revelation* (2001), Production Design
- *The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby* (2001), Production Design
- *The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby* (2001), series, Production Design
- *Circus* (2000), Production Design
- *Basil* (1998), Production Design
- *Lady Chatterley* (1993), series, Production Design
- *The Price of Peace*, Production Design

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