---
name: "John Barry"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-barry"
fi1m_id: "john-barry"
imdb_id: "nm0058045"
tmdb_id: 568911
wikidata_id: "Q1600325"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "3 July 1935"
died: "1 June 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-04T16:27:14.873312+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."
---

# John Barry

## Identity

John Barry

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-barry
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-barry
- **IMDb ID:** nm0058045
- **TMDB ID:** 568911
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1600325
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barry_(production_designer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1600325, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0058045/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/568911

Production designer. Born 3 July 1935 in London, England, UK. Died 1 June 1979.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 3 July 1935, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 1 June 1979
- **Active:** 1971–1980
- **Also known as:** Jonathan Barry
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 83 (2), 1980s 83 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 74 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Science Fiction 4, Action 3, Adventure 3, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,557m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barry_(production_designer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1600325, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0058045/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/568911

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*A Clockwork Orange*](https://film.one/film/a-clockwork-orange.md) (78), [*Superman II*](https://film.one/film/superman-ii.md) (74)
- **Disney+:** [*Star Wars*](https://film.one/film/star-wars.md) (88)

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## Biography

John Barry (3 July 1935 – 1 June 1979) was a British production designer. He trained as an architect and had experience in stage design before entering the film industry as a draughtsman on *Cleopatra* (1963). He assisted on the television series *Danger Man* and served as art director on *Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher* (1968).

Barry became production designer on *Kelly's Heroes* (1970, credited as Jonathan Barry) and *A Clockwork Orange* (1971). He worked on *Phase IV* (1974), *The Little Prince* (1974) and *Lucky Lady* (1975). George Lucas hired him for *Star Wars* (1977), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction. He also contributed to *Superman* (1978) and *Superman II* (1980), and served as second unit director on *The Empire Strikes Back* (1980). Barry died of meningitis in London while working on the latter film.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Superman II* (1980), Fi1m 74, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/superman-ii.md)
- *The Empire Strikes Back* (1980), Fi1m 92, Second Unit Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-empire-strikes-back.md)
- *Star Wars* (1977), Fi1m 88, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars.md)
- *A Clockwork Orange* (1971), Fi1m 78, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/a-clockwork-orange.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut* (2006), Production Design
- *Superman II* (1980), Production Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/superman-ii.md)
- *The Empire Strikes Back* (1980), Second Unit Director — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/the-empire-strikes-back.md)
- *Saturn 3* (1980), Story
- *A Force of One* (1979), Production Design
- *Fast Break* (1979), Production Design
- *Superman* (1978), Production Design, Second Unit Director
- *Star Wars* (1977), Production Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars.md)
- *Lucky Lady* (1975), Production Design
- *The Little Prince* (1974), Production Design
- *Phase IV* (1974), as Art Direction
- *Sitting Target* (1972), Production Design
- *A Clockwork Orange* (1971), Production Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/a-clockwork-orange.md)
- *Murphy's War* (1971), Music
- *Kelly's Heroes* (1970), Production Design
- *Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher* (1968), as Art Direction
- *Dark of the Sun* (1968), Assistant Art Director
- *Three Bites of the Apple* (1967), Assistant Art Director
- *It's All Over Town* (1963), Assistant Art Director
- *Murder at the Gallop* (1963), Assistant Art Director
- *The Marked One* (1963), Assistant Art Director

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1978: Best Production Design (won), for *Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Saturn Awards 1979: Best Set Decoration (won), for *Superman*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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