---
name: "John Beard"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-beard"
fi1m_id: "john-beard"
imdb_id: "nm0063905"
tmdb_id: 23769
wikidata_id: "Q79282330"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "1 January 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-01T23:37:45.102709+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 Beard

## Identity

John Beard

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-beard
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-beard
- **IMDb ID:** nm0063905
- **TMDB ID:** 23769
- **Wikidata ID:** Q79282330
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79282330, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0063905/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23769

Production designer. Born 1 January 1948 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 1 January 1948, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1983–2015
- **Frequently works with:** [Alan Bennett](https://film.one/person/alan-bennett.md), [Damian Jones](https://film.one/person/damian-jones.md), [Dominic Cooper](https://film.one/person/dominic-cooper.md), [Kevin Loader](https://film.one/person/kevin-loader.md), [Nicholas Hytner](https://film.one/person/nicholas-hytner.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 80 (2), 2000s 67 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 72 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $66m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79282330, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0063905/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23769

## Biography

John Beard is a British production designer and art director. He was born on 17 February 1948 in Ilford, Essex, England.

His credits as production designer or art director include *Monty Python's The Meaning of Life* (1983), *Brazil* (1985), *The Last Temptation of Christ* (1988), *Hackers* (1995), *K-PAX* (2001), *The Skeleton Key* (2005), *The History Boys* (2006), *Dorian Gray* (2009), *The Lady in the Van* (2015) and *Military Wives* (2019). He has also worked on commercials and music videos. Beard received a BAFTA nomination for work on the television series *The Storyteller: Greek Myths* (1991) and a US MTV Award for a music video directed by David Fincher.

*Sources: imdb.com, art-department.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The History Boys* (2006), Fi1m 67, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-history-boys.md)
- *Brazil* (1985), Fi1m 83, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/brazil.md)
- *Monty Python's The Meaning of Life* (1983), Fi1m 76, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/monty-pythons-the-meaning-of-life.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

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

- *Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin* (2024), Production Design
- *The Shepherd* (2023), Production Design
- *Marlowe* (2023), Production Design
- *Unwelcome* (2023), Production Design
- *Military Wives* (2020), Production Design
- *The Lady in the Van* (2015), Production Design
- *Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism* (2015), Production Design
- *Dorian Gray* (2009), Production Design
- *Inkheart* (2008), Production Design
- *Easy Virtue* (2008), Production Design
- *How to Lose Friends & Alienate People* (2008), Production Design
- *The History Boys* (2006), Production Design — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/the-history-boys.md)
- *Stoned* (2005), Production Design
- *The Skeleton Key* (2005), Production Design
- *Thunderbirds* (2004), Production Design
- *K-PAX* (2001), Production Design
- *Enigma* (2001), Production Design
- *The Lost Son* (1999), Production Design
- *The Wings of the Dove* (1997), Production Design
- *Robinson Crusoe* (1997), Production Design
- *Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life* (1995), Production Design
- *Hackers* (1995), Production Design
- *The Browning Version* (1994), Production Design
- *Map of the Human Heart* (1993), Production Design
- *Splitting Heirs* (1993), Production Design
- *Bernard and the Genie* (1991), Production Design
- *Erik the Viking* (1989), Production Design
- *The Last Temptation of Christ* (1988), Production Design
- *Siesta* (1987), Production Design
- *Absolute Beginners* (1986), Production Design
- *Brazil* (1985), as Art Direction — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/brazil.md)
- *David Bowie: Jazzin' for Blue Jean* (1984), Production Design
- *Digital Dreams* (1983), as Art Direction
- *Eureka* (1983), as Art Direction
- *Monty Python's The Meaning of Life* (1983), as Art Direction — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/monty-pythons-the-meaning-of-life.md)
- *The Crimson Permanent Assurance* (1983), as Art Direction
- *An Unsuitable Job for a Woman* (1982), as Art Direction
- *Priest of Love* (1981), Assistant Art Director
- *Shock Treatment* (1981), Assistant Art Director
- *Black Angel* (1980), Production Design

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