---
name: "Kalina Ivanov"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kalina-ivanov"
fi1m_id: "kalina-ivanov"
imdb_id: "nm0412055"
tmdb_id: 17148
wikidata_id: "Q27804560"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "1 January 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-03T00:11:16.012239+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."
---

# Kalina Ivanov

## Identity

Kalina Ivanov

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kalina-ivanov
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kalina-ivanov
- **IMDb ID:** nm0412055
- **TMDB ID:** 17148
- **Wikidata ID:** Q27804560
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalina_Ivanov, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27804560, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0412055/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17148

Production designer. Born 1 January 1979 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 1 January 1979, Sofia, Bulgaria
- **Active:** 1991–present
- **Also known as:** Kalina Ivanova Emanuilova
- **Frequently works with:** [Dana Robin](https://film.one/person/dana-robin.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 91 (1), 2000s 78 (1), 2010s 72 (2), 2020s 76 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 74 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Crime 2, Comedy 1, Family 1, Mystery 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $693m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalina_Ivanov, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27804560, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0412055/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17148

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Penguin*](https://film.one/tv/the-penguin.md) (78), [*Lovecraft Country*](https://film.one/tv/lovecraft-country.md) (74)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Rabbit Hole*](https://film.one/film/rabbit-hole.md) (76)
- **Apple TV:** [*Wonder*](https://film.one/film/wonder.md) (68)

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

## Biography

Kalina Ivanov is a production designer. Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, she emigrated to New York in 1979 and graduated with honours from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Design Department; she also holds an MFA from the university’s graduate film programme.

Ivanov is known for her production design on films including *Little Miss Sunshine* (2006), *Wonder* (2017), *The Vow* (2012), *Long Shot* (2019) and *Poltergeist* (2015), and for television work on *Grey Gardens* (2009), *Lovecraft Country* (2020) and *The Penguin* (2024). She began her career as a storyboard artist on *The Silence of the Lambs* (1991) and has collaborated with directors including Robert Redford and George Clooney. She won a Primetime Emmy Award for *Grey Gardens* and has received Art Directors Guild awards and nominations.

*Sources: imdb.com, productiondesignerscollective.org, en.wikipedia.org, televisionacademy.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *The Penguin* (2024), Fi1m 78, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-penguin.md)
- *Lovecraft Country* (2020), Fi1m 74, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/lovecraft-country.md)
- *Wonder* (2017), Fi1m 68, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/wonder.md)
- *Rabbit Hole* (2010), Fi1m 76, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/rabbit-hole.md)
- *Little Miss Sunshine* (2006), Fi1m 78, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/little-miss-sunshine.md)
- *The Silence of the Lambs* (1991), Fi1m 91, Storyboard Artist — [page](https://film.one/film/the-silence-of-the-lambs.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

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

- *The Penguin* (2024), series, Production Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-penguin.md)
- *The Boys in the Boat* (2023), Production Design
- *Peacemaker* (2022), series, Production Design
- *The Tender Bar* (2021), Production Design
- *Lovecraft Country* (2020), series, Production Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/lovecraft-country.md)
- *Long Shot* (2019), Production Design
- *Proven Innocent* (2019), series, Production Design
- *Wonder* (2017), Production Design — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/wonder.md)
- *The Book of Henry* (2017), Production Design
- *Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer* (2016), Production Design
- *Max* (2015), Production Design
- *Poltergeist* (2015), Production Design
- *Gods Behaving Badly* (2013), Production Design
- *The Vow* (2012), Production Design
- *The Conspirator* (2011), Production Design
- *Rabbit Hole* (2010), Production Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/rabbit-hole.md)
- *Grey Gardens* (2009), Production Design
- *My Sassy Girl* (2008), Production Design
- *Made of Honor* (2008), Production Design
- *Chapter 27* (2007), Production Design
- *The Brave One* (2007), Storyboard Artist
- *Raving* (2007), Production Design
- *Little Miss Sunshine* (2006), Production Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/little-miss-sunshine.md)
- *King's Ransom* (2005), Production Design
- *The Manchurian Candidate* (2004), Storyboard
- *Uptown Girls* (2003), Production Design
- *Brown Sugar* (2002), Production Design
- *Swimfan* (2002), Production Design
- *Monday Night Mayhem* (2002), Production Designer
- *Maze* (2001), Production Design
- *Disappearing Acts* (2000), Production Design
- *The Big Kahuna* (1999), Production Design
- *The Best Man* (1999), Production Design
- *Lulu on the Bridge* (1998), Production Design
- *Animals with the Tollkeeper* (1998), Production Design
- *Subway Stories* (1997), Storyboard Artist
- *A Further Gesture* (1997), Production Design
- *Blue in the Face* (1995), Production Design
- *Smoke* (1995), Production Design
- *Quiz Show* (1994), Storyboard Artist — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/quiz-show.md)
- *Naked in New York* (1993), Production Design
- *Household Saints* (1993), Production Design
- *The Silence of the Lambs* (1991), Storyboard Artist — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/the-silence-of-the-lambs.md)
- *Blind Double Date* (1989), as Art Direction
- *Lux Interior* (1989), as Art Direction
- *Pink* (1989), Assistant Director

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