---
name: "John Vallone"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-vallone"
fi1m_id: "john-vallone"
imdb_id: "nm0885200"
tmdb_id: 1096
wikidata_id: "Q6261737"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "23 June 1953"
died: "15 March 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T19:05:50.993703+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 Vallone

## Identity

John Vallone

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-vallone
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-vallone
- **IMDb ID:** nm0885200
- **TMDB ID:** 1096
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6261737
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Vallone, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6261737, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0885200/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1096

Producer. Born 23 June 1953 in Pennsylvania. Died 15 March 2004.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 23 June 1953, Pennsylvania
- **Died:** 15 March 2004
- **Active:** 1979–1993
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 7: 1 producing, 6 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Joel Silver](https://film.one/person/joel-silver.md), [Lawrence Gordon](https://film.one/person/lawrence-gordon.md), [Steven E. de Souza](https://film.one/person/steven-e-de-souza.md), [Arnold Schwarzenegger](https://film.one/person/arnold-schwarzenegger.md), [Renny Harlin](https://film.one/person/renny-harlin.md), [Walter Hill](https://film.one/person/walter-hill.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 64 (1), 1980s 79 (4), 1990s 72 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Vallone, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6261737, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0885200/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1096

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Southern Comfort*](https://film.one/film/southern-comfort.md) (81), [*48 Hrs.*](https://film.one/film/48-hrs.md) (78), [*Cliffhanger*](https://film.one/film/cliffhanger.md) (74)
- **Tubi:** [*Commando*](https://film.one/film/commando.md) (74)

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

## Biography

John Vallone was an American production designer and art director. Born in Pennsylvania on 23 June 1953, he studied at Carnegie Mellon University and New York University before beginning his career in 1977.

He worked as art director on *Star Trek: The Motion Picture* (1979), for which he received an Academy Award nomination, and served as production designer on numerous films including *Southern Comfort* (1981), *48 Hrs.* (1982), *Commando* (1985), *Predator* (1987, also as associate producer), *Red Heat* (1988), *Die Hard 2* (1990), *Cliffhanger* (1993) and *Bad Boys* (1995). He collaborated frequently with director Walter Hill.

Vallone's later credits included television work such as the series *Everwood*. He died on 15 March 2004 in Park City, Utah.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, memory-alpha.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Predator* (1987), Fi1m 84, Production design, Associate Producer, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/predator.md)

### Crew (6)

- *Cliffhanger* (1993), Fi1m 74, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/cliffhanger.md)
- *Die Hard 2* (1990), Fi1m 70, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard-2.md)
- *Commando* (1985), Fi1m 74, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/commando.md)
- *48 Hrs.* (1982), Fi1m 78, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/48-hrs.md)
- *Southern Comfort* (1981), Fi1m 81, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/southern-comfort.md)
- *Star Trek: The Motion Picture* (1979), Fi1m 64, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-the-motion-picture.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Bad Boys* (1995), Production Design
- *Cliffhanger* (1993), Production Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/cliffhanger.md)
- *Rambling Rose* (1991), Production Design
- *The Adventures of Ford Fairlane* (1990), Production Design
- *Die Hard 2* (1990), Production Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard-2.md)
- *Shannon's Deal* (1989), Production Design
- *Red Heat* (1988), Production Design
- *Predator* (1987), Production Design, Associate Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/predator.md)
- *Commando* (1985), Production Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/commando.md)
- *Brewster's Millions* (1985), Production Design
- *Streets of Fire* (1984), Production Design
- *Brainstorm* (1983), Production Design
- *Dixie: Changing Habits* (1983), Production Design
- *48 Hrs.* (1982), Production Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/48-hrs.md)
- *Of Mice and Men* (1981), Production Design
- *Southern Comfort* (1981), Production Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/southern-comfort.md)
- *Act of Love* (1980), as Art Direction
- *The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story* (1980), as Art Direction
- *Star Trek: The Motion Picture* (1979), as Art Direction — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-the-motion-picture.md)
- *America 2100* (1979), as Art Direction
- *Playboy's Playmate Party* (1977), as Art Direction

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1980: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Star Trek: The Motion Picture*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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