---
name: "John Frankish"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-frankish"
fi1m_id: "john-frankish"
imdb_id: "nm0291314"
tmdb_id: 41848
wikidata_id: "Q95846247"
roles: ["Supervising art director"]
born: "6 June 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 61
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-05T14:44:48.343642+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 Frankish

## Identity

John Frankish

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-frankish
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-frankish
- **IMDb ID:** nm0291314
- **TMDB ID:** 41848
- **Wikidata ID:** Q95846247
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95846247, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291314/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41848

Supervising art director. Born 6 June 1961 in Uxbridge, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Supervising art director
- **Born:** 6 June 1961, Uxbridge, Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK
- **Active:** 1991–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 24 (1), 2000s 68 (3), 2010s 65 (3), 2020s 60 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 61 to 58 across 9 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Drama 4, Adventure 3, Action 2, Fantasy 2, Romance 2
- **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,708m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95846247, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291314/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41848

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Conjuring: Last Rites*](https://film.one/film/the-conjuring-last-rites.md) (55)

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

## Biography

John Frankish is a British production designer and art director. Born in Uxbridge, Middlesex, he has worked extensively in film and television art departments since the 1980s.

He has served as art director or supervising art director on films including *Chocolat* (2000), *Gosford Park* (2001), *X-Men: First Class* (2011), *Snow White and the Huntsman* (2012), *The Huntsman: Winter's War* (2016) and *The Mummy* (2017). His production design credits include *Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again* (2018) and *The Conjuring: Last Rites* (2025).

Frankish has received one win and one nomination for his work in art direction.

*Sources: motionpictures.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *The Conjuring: Last Rites* (2025), Fi1m 55, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-conjuring-last-rites.md)
- *Masters of the Air* (2024), Fi1m 66, Supervising Art Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-the-air.md)
- *Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again* (2018), Fi1m 77, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/mamma-mia-here-we-go-again.md)
- *Get Santa* (2014), Fi1m 66, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/get-santa.md)
- *Snow White and the Huntsman* (2012), Fi1m 52, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/snow-white-and-the-huntsman.md)
- *Johnny English* (2003), Fi1m 60, Supervising Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/johnny-english.md)
- *Gosford Park* (2001), Fi1m 85, Supervising Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/gosford-park.md)
- *Chocolat* (2000), Fi1m 60, Supervising Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/chocolat.md)
- *Highlander II: The Quickening* (1991), Fi1m 24, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/highlander-ii-the-quickening.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *The Conjuring: Last Rites* (2025), Production Design — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-conjuring-last-rites.md)
- *Masters of the Air* (2024), series, Supervising Art Director — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-the-air.md)
- *Infinite* (2021), Supervising Art Director
- *Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again* (2018), Production Design — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/mamma-mia-here-we-go-again.md)
- *The Mummy* (2017), as Art Direction
- *The Huntsman: Winter's War* (2016), as Art Direction
- *Burnt* (2015), Supervising Art Director
- *Camera Trap* (2015), Production Design
- *Get Santa* (2014), Production Design — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/get-santa.md)
- *Snow White and the Huntsman* (2012), as Art Direction — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/snow-white-and-the-huntsman.md)
- *The Great Ghost Rescue* (2011), Production Design
- *X-Men: First Class* (2011), as Art Direction
- *Black Death* (2010), Production Design
- *Hellboy II: The Golden Army* (2008), as Art Direction
- *Severance* (2006), Production Design
- *Æon Flux* (2005), Supervising Art Director
- *Creep* (2004), Production Design
- *Johnny English* (2003), Supervising Art Director — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/johnny-english.md)
- *Gosford Park* (2001), Supervising Art Director — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/gosford-park.md)
- *Chocolat* (2000), Supervising Art Director — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/chocolat.md)
- *My Life So Far* (1999), as Art Direction
- *The Match* (1999), Production Design
- *The Woodlanders* (1998), as Art Direction
- *Hackers* (1995), as Art Direction
- *Highlander II: The Quickening* (1991), as Art Direction — Fi1m 24, [page](https://film.one/film/highlander-ii-the-quickening.md)
- *The Last Temptation of Christ* (1988), Assistant Art Director
- *Yeti*, Production Design
- *The Creep*, Production Design

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