---
name: "John Paul Kelly"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-paul-kelly"
fi1m_id: "john-paul-kelly"
imdb_id: "nm0446518"
tmdb_id: 71574
wikidata_id: "Q93350034"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "6 January 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_over: 10
updated: "2026-10-07T13:32:39.781755+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 Paul Kelly

## Identity

John Paul Kelly

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-paul-kelly
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-paul-kelly
- **IMDb ID:** nm0446518
- **TMDB ID:** 71574
- **Wikidata ID:** Q93350034
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93350034, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446518/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71574

Production designer. Born 6 January 1969 in Dublin, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 6 January 1969, Dublin, Ireland
- **Active:** 2002–present
- **Also known as:**  J.P. Kelly, John-Paul Kelly 
- **Frequently works with:** [Eric Fellner](https://film.one/person/eric-fellner.md), [Colin Firth](https://film.one/person/colin-firth.md), [Tim Bevan](https://film.one/person/tim-bevan.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (2), 2010s 73 (5), 2020s 57 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 66 across 10 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 8 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Comedy 5, Romance 5, Crime 2, Fantasy 2, History 2
- **Screen time:** 18 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $606m across 9 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93350034, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446518/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71574

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Theory of Everything*](https://film.one/film/the-theory-of-everything.md) (72), [*Operation Mincemeat*](https://film.one/film/operation-mincemeat.md) (66), [*About Time*](https://film.one/film/about-time.md) (66)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Guard*](https://film.one/film/the-guard.md) (78)
- **Hulu:** [*Bridget Jones's Baby*](https://film.one/film/bridget-joness-baby.md) (71)
- **Disney+:** [*A Haunting in Venice*](https://film.one/film/a-haunting-in-venice.md) (65)
- **AMC+:** [*Blithe Spirit*](https://film.one/film/blithe-spirit-2020.md) (40)

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

## Biography

John Paul Kelly is an Irish production designer. Born in Dublin, he studied architecture at Kingston University and design for film at the Royal College of Art before entering the film industry.

He has worked as production designer on films including *The Guard* (2011), *The Other Boleyn Girl* (2008), *About Time* (2013), *The Theory of Everything* (2014), *Stan & Ollie* (2018), *Operation Mincemeat* (2022) and *A Haunting in Venice* (2023). Kelly won an IFTA Award for *The Theory of Everything* and a Primetime Emmy for art direction on the television film *The Lost Prince*.

*Sources: imdb.com, motionpictures.org, iftn.ie, svenskfilmdatabas.se.*

## On Fi1m (10)

- *A Haunting in Venice* (2023), Fi1m 65, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/a-haunting-in-venice.md)
- *Operation Mincemeat* (2022), Fi1m 66, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/operation-mincemeat.md)
- *Blithe Spirit* (2020), Fi1m 40, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/blithe-spirit-2020.md)
- *Stan & Ollie* (2018), Fi1m 77, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/stan-and-ollie.md)
- *Bridget Jones's Baby* (2016), Fi1m 71, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-joness-baby.md)
- *The Theory of Everything* (2014), Fi1m 72, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-theory-of-everything.md)
- *About Time* (2013), Fi1m 66, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/about-time.md)
- *The Guard* (2011), Fi1m 78, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-guard.md)
- *Venus* (2006), Fi1m 72, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/venus.md)
- *Bloody Sunday* (2002), Fi1m 83, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/bloody-sunday.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *A Haunting in Venice* (2023), Production Design — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/a-haunting-in-venice.md)
- *Persuasion* (2022), Production Design
- *Operation Mincemeat* (2022), Production Design — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/operation-mincemeat.md)
- *Blithe Spirit* (2020), Production Design — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/blithe-spirit-2020.md)
- *Blackbird* (2019), Production Design
- *Stan & Ollie* (2018), Production Design — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/stan-and-ollie.md)
- *Bridget Jones's Baby* (2016), Production Design — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/bridget-joness-baby.md)
- *The Theory of Everything* (2014), Production Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-theory-of-everything.md)
- *About Time* (2013), Production Design — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/about-time.md)
- *360* (2012), Production Design
- *The Guard* (2011), Production Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-guard.md)
- *A Number* (2008), Production Design
- *The Other Boleyn Girl* (2008), Production Design
- *Venus* (2006), Production Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/venus.md)
- *Lassie* (2005), Production Design
- *A Cock and Bull Story* (2005), Production Design
- *Enduring Love* (2004), Production Design
- *I Capture the Castle* (2003), Production Design
- *The Lost Prince* (2003), series, Production Design
- *Byron* (2003), series, Production Design
- *Bloody Sunday* (2002), Production Design — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/bloody-sunday.md)
- *Secret Society* (2000), Production Design
- *Madame Bovary* (2000), series, Production Design
- *The Last Yellow* (1999), Production Design
- *TwentyFourSeven* (1998), Production Design
- *Under the Skin* (1997), Production Design
- *The Last of the High Kings* (1996), as Art Direction
- *Trojan Eddie* (1996), as Art Direction
- *The Spy Who Caught a Cold* (1995), Production Design
- *The Clearing* (1994), Production Design
- *The Token King* (1993), Production Design

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