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name: "John F. DeCuir, Jr."
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-decuir-jr"
fi1m_id: "john-decuir-jr"
imdb_id: "nm0214039"
tmdb_id: 8866
wikidata_id: "Q23062884"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "4 August 1941"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 62
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T19:32:27.562264+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 F. DeCuir, Jr.

## Identity

John F. DeCuir, Jr.

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-decuir-jr
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-decuir-jr
- **IMDb ID:** nm0214039
- **TMDB ID:** 8866
- **Wikidata ID:** Q23062884
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23062884, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0214039/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8866

Production designer. Born 4 August 1941 in Burbank.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 4 August 1941, Burbank
- **Active:** 1980–1986
- **Also known as:** John DeCuir Jr.
- **Frequently works with:** [Jack Epps Jr.](https://film.one/person/jack-epps-jr.md), [Jim Cash](https://film.one/person/jim-cash.md)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 62 to 55 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 2, Drama 2, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Fantasy 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $660m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23062884, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0214039/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8866

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Top Gun*](https://film.one/film/top-gun.md) (71)

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## Biography

John DeCuir Jr. is a production designer and art director. The son of production designer John DeCuir, he served as a student apprentice on films including *Cleopatra* (1963), *The Agony and the Ecstasy* (1965) and *The Taming of the Shrew* (1967). He holds a B.A. in Architecture from the University of Southern California.

DeCuir has designed numerous feature films and television productions. His credits include art direction on *Ghostbusters* (1984) and production design on *Top Gun* (1986), *Fright Night* (1985), *Legal Eagles* (1986), *Elvira: Mistress of the Dark* (1988), *Turner & Hooch* (1989), *Sleepwalkers* (1992) and *Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit* (1993). He has also worked on themed exhibitions and attractions internationally.

At Walt Disney Imagineering he served as project designer on the master plan for EPCOT and World Showcase, as well as on Spaceship Earth. He teaches production design.

*Sources: imdb.com, asbury.edu, design4cinema.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Top Gun* (1986), Fi1m 71, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun.md)
- *Ghostbusters* (1984), Fi1m 80, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters.md)
- *Raise the Titanic* (1980), Fi1m 36, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/raise-the-titanic.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Slow Burn* (2000), Production Design
- *That Championship Season* (1999), Production Design
- *Inherit the Wind* (1999), Production Design
- *Running Red* (1999), Production Design
- *Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit* (1993), Production Design
- *Sleepwalkers* (1992), Production Design
- *Turner & Hooch* (1990), Production Design
- *Turner & Hooch* (1989), Production Design
- *Elvira: Mistress of the Dark* (1988), Production Design
- *Earth Star Voyager* (1988), series, Production Design
- *Legal Eagles* (1986), Production Design
- *Top Gun* (1986), Production Design — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/top-gun.md)
- *Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling* (1986), Production Design
- *Fright Night* (1985), Production Design
- *Ghostbusters* (1984), as Art Direction — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters.md)
- *Monsignor* (1982), Production Design
- *Raise the Titanic* (1980), as Art Direction — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/raise-the-titanic.md)

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