---
name: "Jocelyn Herbert"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jocelyn-herbert"
fi1m_id: "jocelyn-herbert"
tmdb_id: 1619131
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "22 February 1917"
died: "6 May 2003"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:31:05.334817+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."
---

# Jocelyn Herbert

## Identity

Jocelyn Herbert

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jocelyn-herbert
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jocelyn-herbert
- **TMDB ID:** 1619131
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1619131

Production designer. Born 22 February 1917 in London, England. Died 6 May 2003.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 22 February 1917, London, England
- **Died:** 6 May 2003
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1619131

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*if....*](https://film.one/film/if-1968.md) (82)

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## Biography

Jocelyn Herbert (22 February 1917 – 6 May 2003) was a British stage designer who also worked as a production designer and costume designer in film. Educated at the Slade School of Art, she began her career in the 1950s with the English Stage Company at the Royal Court Theatre and maintained a long association with the National Theatre.

Her film credits include production design on Lindsay Anderson’s *if....* (1968) and *O Lucky Man!* (1973), Karel Reisz’s *Isadora* (1968), and Tony Richardson’s *The Hotel New Hampshire* (1984). She also designed *The Whales of August* (1987) and contributed to *Tom Jones* (1963) as colour consultant.

In theatre and opera she designed numerous productions, including works by Samuel Beckett at the Royal Court and operas at Sadler’s Wells, the Paris Opera and the Metropolitan Opera, New York.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *if....* (1968), Fi1m 82, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/if-1968.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Prometheus* (1999), Production Design
- *The Whales of August* (1987), Production Design
- *The Hotel New Hampshire* (1984), Costume Design, Production Design
- *The Oresteia* (1983), Production Design
- *O Lucky Man!* (1973), Production Design
- *Ned Kelly* (1970), Costume Design, Production Design
- *if....* (1968), Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/if-1968.md)
- *Isadora* (1968), Production Design

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