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name: "John Iacovelli"
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roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "25 February 1959"
died: "14 April 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T22:49:48.105977+00:00"
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# John Iacovelli

Production designer. Born 25 February 1959. Died 14 April 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 25 February 1959
- **Died:** 14 April 2023

## Biography

John Iacovelli (1959–2023) was an American production designer and scenic designer for film, television and theatre. He served as production designer on the science-fiction series *Babylon 5* (1993–1998) and its associated television films, including *Babylon 5: The Gathering* (1993), *Babylon 5: In the Beginning* (1998), *Babylon 5: Thirdspace* (1998), *Babylon 5: The River of Souls* (1998) and *Babylon 5: A Call to Arms* (1999). Earlier credits include art direction on the feature film *Honey, I Shrunk the Kids* (1989) and production design on *Ruby in Paradise* (1993).

Iacovelli trained at New York University, where he received an MFA in scenic design and art direction. He designed sets for more than 300 stage productions across Broadway, national tours and regional theatres, and received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Variety or Music Program for the 2000 television broadcast of *Peter Pan*. He also won a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for set design and a United States Institute for Theatre Technology Distinguished Achievement Award.

*Sources: imdb.com, babylon5.fandom.com, latimes.com, arts.ucdavis.edu.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Babylon 5* (1994), Fi1m 74, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/babylon-5.md)

## Also known for

- *Honey, I Shrunk the Kids* (1989), Art Direction
- *Babylon 5: The Gathering* (1993), Production Design
- *Babylon 5: In the Beginning* (1998), Production Design
- *Babylon 5: Thirdspace* (1998), Production Design
- *Babylon 5: A Call to Arms* (1999), Production Design
- *Babylon 5: The River of Souls* (1998), Production Design
- *Ruby in Paradise* (1993), Production Design

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