---
name: "Jeffrey Townsend"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jeffrey-townsend"
fi1m_id: "jeffrey-townsend"
imdb_id: "nm0006825"
tmdb_id: 12927
wikidata_id: "Q27704555"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "14 May 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:48:03.887667+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."
---

# Jeffrey Townsend

## Identity

Jeffrey Townsend

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jeffrey-townsend
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jeffrey-townsend
- **IMDb ID:** nm0006825
- **TMDB ID:** 12927
- **Wikidata ID:** Q27704555
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27704555, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006825/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12927

Production designer. Born 14 May 1954 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 14 May 1954, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1985–1993
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 80 (1), 1990s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27704555, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006825/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12927

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*After Hours*](https://film.one/film/after-hours.md) (80)
- **Netflix:** [*Sleepless in Seattle*](https://film.one/film/sleepless-in-seattle.md) (78)

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## Biography

Jeffrey Townsend is an American production designer. Born in New York City on 14 May 1954, he attended the Choate School, Bennington College and the San Francisco Art Institute. He began in print advertising before entering film as a production assistant on *All That Jazz* (1979) and later assisted designers including Pato Guzman and Santo Loquasto. His first feature as production designer was *Dear Mr. Wonderful* (1982).

Townsend has worked on films including *Baby It's You* (1983), *After Hours* (1985), *The Fabulous Baker Boys* (1989) and *Sleepless in Seattle* (1993). He has also served as second unit director on several projects and received a shared Daytime Emmy for writing on the first season of *Rugrats* (1991). He directed commercials, winning a Clio Award in 1987, and composed the music cue for the Gracie Films logo used on *The Simpsons* and other series. In 1993 he married Patrice Elaine Collins and later moved to the Pacific Northwest.

*Sources: imdb.com, innovative-production.com, the-numbers.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Sleepless in Seattle* (1993), Fi1m 78, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/sleepless-in-seattle.md)
- *After Hours* (1985), Fi1m 80, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/after-hours.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Reach the Rock* (1998), Production Design
- *Finding Graceland* (1998), Production Design
- *Faithful* (1996), Production Design
- *Sleepless in Seattle* (1993), Production Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/sleepless-in-seattle.md)
- *Straight Talk* (1992), Production Design
- *Rugrats* (1991), series, Writer
- *The Fabulous Baker Boys* (1989), Production Design
- *Maid to Order* (1987), Production Design
- *After Hours* (1985), Production Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/after-hours.md)
- *Old Enough* (1984), Production Design
- *Reckless* (1984), Production Design
- *Baby It's You* (1983), Production Design

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