---
name: "John Hay"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-hay"
fi1m_id: "john-hay"
imdb_id: "nm0370509"
tmdb_id: 10423
roles: ["Costume designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T21:13:23.872533+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 Hay

## Identity

John Hay

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-hay
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-hay
- **IMDb ID:** nm0370509
- **TMDB ID:** 10423
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370509/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10423

Costume designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Active:** 1980–1993
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 64 (1), 1990s 78 (2)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Action 2, Adventure 2, Family 2, Drama 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $258m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370509/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10423

## Biography

John Hay is a costume designer whose credits include *Short Cuts* (1993), *Quest for Fire* (1981), *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (1990), *Black Robe* (1991), *Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle* (1994) and the television miniseries *Joan of Arc* (1999).

He won a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design for *Quest for Fire* and received further nominations for his work on *Black Robe* and *Joan of Arc*.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Short Cuts* (1993), Fi1m 84, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/short-cuts.md)
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (1990), Fi1m 71, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles.md)
- *Popeye* (1980), Fi1m 64, Wardrobe Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/popeye.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Joan of Arc* (1999), series, Costume Design
- *The Road to Wellville* (1994), Wardrobe Supervisor
- *Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle* (1994), Costume Design
- *Short Cuts* (1993), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/short-cuts.md)
- *Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story* (1992), Costume Design
- *Black Robe* (1991), Costume Design
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (1990), Costume Design — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles.md)
- *Aria* (1987), Production Design
- *Beyond Therapy* (1987), Costume Design
- *The Boy in Blue* (1986), Costume Design
- *The Pied Piper of Hamelin* (1985), Costume Design
- *The Laundromat* (1985), Costume Design
- *Quest for Fire* (1981), Costume Design
- *Popeye* (1980), Wardrobe Supervisor — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/popeye.md)

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