---
name: "Joseph T. Garrity"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joseph-t-garrity"
fi1m_id: "joseph-t-garrity"
imdb_id: "nm0308488"
tmdb_id: 81893
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "5 August 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T21:50:19.974945+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."
---

# Joseph T. Garrity

## Identity

Joseph T. Garrity

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joseph-t-garrity
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joseph-t-garrity
- **IMDb ID:** nm0308488
- **TMDB ID:** 81893
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0308488/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81893

Production designer. Born 5 August 1954 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 5 August 1954, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- **Active:** 1991–2000
- **Also known as:** Joe Garrity
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 48 (1), 2000s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0308488/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81893

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Best in Show*](https://film.one/film/best-in-show.md) (84)

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## Biography

Joseph T. Garrity, also credited as Joe Garrity, is an American production designer. He studied film at Temple University in Philadelphia before attending the American Film Institute Conservatory in 1979. He began his career in low-budget films and art direction before moving into production design.

Garrity has worked extensively with director Christopher Guest on mockumentaries including *Waiting for Guffman*, *Best in Show* (2000) and *A Mighty Wind*, as well as the HBO series *Family Tree* (2013). Other credits include *My Girl* (1991), *Not Another Teen Movie* (2001), *Sunshine Cleaning* (2008) and *I Still Believe* (2020). He heads the production design department at the AFI Conservatory.

*Sources: imdb.com, gizmodo.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Best in Show* (2000), Fi1m 84, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/best-in-show.md)
- *Drop Dead Fred* (1991), Fi1m 48, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/drop-dead-fred.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

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

- *I Still Believe* (2020), Production Design
- *I Can Only Imagine* (2018), Production Design
- *Mr. Church* (2016), Production Design
- *Cake* (2014), Production Design
- *Father of Invention* (2010), Production Design
- *The Six Wives of Henry Lefay* (2009), Production Design
- *Sunshine Cleaning* (2008), Production Design
- *For Your Consideration* (2006), Production Design
- *Relative Strangers* (2006), Production Design
- *Raise Your Voice* (2004), Production Design
- *A Mighty Wind* (2003), Production Design
- *Not Another Teen Movie* (2001), Production Design
- *Speaking of Sex* (2001), Production Design
- *Rain* (2001), Production Design
- *Best in Show* (2000), Production Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/best-in-show.md)
- *Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century* (1999), Production Design
- *Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!* (1998), Production Design
- *Almost Heroes* (1998), Production Design
- *Waiting for Guffman* (1997), as TV Commercial Director (uncredited) · Production Design
- *Stuart Saves His Family* (1995), Production Design
- *Imaginary Crimes* (1994), Production Design
- *Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman* (1994), Production Design
- *Twenty Bucks* (1993), Production Design
- *Son in Law* (1993), Production Design
- *My Girl* (1991), Production Design
- *Drop Dead Fred* (1991), Production Design — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/drop-dead-fred.md)
- *Fire Birds* (1990), Production Design
- *Chattahoochee* (1990), Production Design
- *The First Power* (1990), Production Design
- *The Big Picture* (1989), Production Design
- *The In Crowd* (1988), Production Design
- *Laguna Heat* (1987), Production Design
- *Uncle Tom's Cabin* (1987), Production Design
- *Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI* (1986), Production Design
- *Runaway Train* (1985), as Art Direction
- *Thunder Alley* (1985), Production Design
- *Two Fathers' Justice* (1985), Production Design
- *Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo* (1984), Production Design
- *Cujo* (1983), Set Designer
- *Forbidden World* (1982), as Art Direction
- *Child's Play* (1980), Production Design
- *To All a Goodnight* (1980), as Art Direction · Production Design

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