---
name: "John D. Kretschmer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-d-kretschmer"
fi1m_id: "john-d-kretschmer"
imdb_id: "nm0470992"
tmdb_id: 1395158
roles: ["Leadman"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-23T11:12:31.415594+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 D. Kretschmer

## Identity

John D. Kretschmer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-d-kretschmer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-d-kretschmer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0470992
- **TMDB ID:** 1395158
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0470992/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1395158

Leadman.

## Details

- **Work:** Leadman
- **Active:** 1989–2003
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 71 (1), 1990s 82 (1), 2000s 66 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Science Fiction 2, Thriller 2, Adventure 1, Drama 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $259m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0470992/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1395158

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*One Tree Hill*](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md) (66)

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

## Biography

John D. Kretschmer is an American production designer. He holds a BA in Journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a founding member of the student television station STV. He began his career in the 1980s as a set dresser, property master and leadman on films including *The Abyss* (1989) and *Twelve Monkeys* (1995).

Since the mid-1990s he has worked as a production designer on features such as *The Strangers* (2008) and *Tusk* (2014), and on television series including *Dawson's Creek* (1998–1999), *One Tree Hill* (2003–2005), *Army Wives* (2007–2010) and *The Following* (2013). He served as production designer on the Showtime series *Homeland* (2011–2020) for 81 episodes across eight seasons, earning three nominations for the Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Award. He has also designed pilots for series including *24: Legacy* (2016) and *SEAL Team* (2017).

*Sources: imdb.com, 24.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *One Tree Hill* (2003), Fi1m 66, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md)
- *Twelve Monkeys* (1995), Fi1m 82, Leadman — [page](https://film.one/film/twelve-monkeys.md)
- *The Abyss* (1989), Fi1m 71, Leadman — [page](https://film.one/film/the-abyss.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *1992* (2024), Production Design
- *Tulsa King* (2022), series, Production Design
- *A Friend of the Family* (2022), series, Production Design
- *Rosy* (2018), Production Design
- *Tusk* (2014), Production Design
- *The Following* (2013), series, Production Design
- *The Trial* (2010), Production Design
- *The Strangers* (2008), Production Design
- *Remember the Daze* (2008), Production Design
- *The List* (2007), as Original List Member · Production Design
- *One Tree Hill* (2003), series, Production Design — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/one-tree-hill.md)
- *Summer Catch* (2001), Production Design
- *The In Crowd* (2000), Production Design
- *Deceiver* (1997), Production Design
- *Sex and the Other Man* (1996), Production Design
- *The Grave* (1996), Production Design
- *Twelve Monkeys* (1995), as Leadman — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/twelve-monkeys.md)
- *The Crow* (1994), as Leadman
- *Flesh and Bone* (1993), as Lead Set Dresser
- *The Abyss* (1989), as Leadman — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-abyss.md)
- *Shag* (1989), as Leadman
- *The Blob* (1988), as Leadman
- *King Kong Lives* (1986), as Leadman

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