---
name: "John Jay Moore"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-jay-moore"
fi1m_id: "john-jay-moore"
imdb_id: "nm0601397"
tmdb_id: 2999
wikidata_id: "Q136391178"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "22 February 1928"
died: "7 May 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T21:06:09.743794+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 Jay Moore

## Identity

John Jay Moore

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-jay-moore
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-jay-moore
- **IMDb ID:** nm0601397
- **TMDB ID:** 2999
- **Wikidata ID:** Q136391178
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jay_Moore, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136391178, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0601397/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2999

Production designer. Born 22 February 1928 in Towanda, Pennsylvania, U.S.. Died 7 May 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 22 February 1928, Towanda, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- **Died:** 7 May 2018
- **Active:** 1971–1989
- **Also known as:** Jay Moore, John J. Moore, John Moore
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 82 (1), 1980s 74 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 69 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Crime 3, Drama 3, Romance 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $167m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jay_Moore, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136391178, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0601397/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2999

## Biography

John Jay Moore was an American production designer and art director. Born on 22 February 1928 in Towanda, Pennsylvania, he studied drama at Syracuse University after military service. He began his career as a set and lighting designer on Broadway in the late 1960s, working on productions including *Fiddler on the Roof*, *Cabaret* and *A Little Night Music*, before moving into film and television in the 1970s.

Moore's film credits include art direction on *Klute* (1971), *The Wiz* (1978), *Sophie's Choice* (1982), *Wall Street* (1987) and *Black Rain* (1989). He served as production designer on *Sea of Love* (1989), *Cherry 2000* (1987), *Double Impact* (1991) and *The Cowboy Way* (1994). He died on 7 May 2018 in Ventura, California.

*Sources: catalog.afi.com, imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, findagrave.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Sea of Love* (1989), Fi1m 75, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/sea-of-love.md)
- *Wall Street* (1987), Fi1m 74, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/wall-street.md)
- *Klute* (1971), Fi1m 82, Assistant Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/klute.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

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

- *Stranger in My House* (1999), Production Design
- *Pronto* (1997), Production Design
- *Getting Away with Murder* (1996), Production Design
- *The Cowboy Way* (1994), Production Design
- *Lush Life* (1993), Production Design
- *Joshua Tree* (1993), Production Design
- *Whispers in the Dark* (1992), Production Design
- *Double Impact* (1991), Production Design
- *F/X2* (1991), Production Design
- *Betsy's Wedding* (1990), Production Design
- *Black Rain* (1989), as Art Direction — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/black-rain.md)
- *Sea of Love* (1989), Production Design — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/sea-of-love.md)
- *Wall Street* (1987), as Art Direction — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/wall-street.md)
- *Cherry 2000* (1987), Production Design
- *Orphans* (1987), as Art Direction
- *Dream Lover* (1986), as Art Direction
- *A Killing Affair* (1985), Production Design
- *D.A.R.Y.L.* (1985), as Art Direction
- *A Doctor's Story* (1984), Production Design
- *The Survivors* (1983), as Art Direction
- *Sophie's Choice* (1982), as Art Direction
- *Rollover* (1981), as Art Direction
- *Just Tell Me What You Want* (1980), as Art Direction
- *The Wanderers* (1979), Production Design
- *King of the Gypsies* (1978), as Art Direction
- *The Wiz* (1978), Assistant Art Director
- *Klute* (1971), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/klute.md)
- *The Pursuit of Happiness* (1971), Assistant Art Director
- *The People Next Door* (1970), as Art Direction
- *The Angel Levine* (1970), as Art Direction

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