---
name: "Karen Wakefield"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/karen-wakefield"
fi1m_id: "karen-wakefield"
imdb_id: "nm0906785"
tmdb_id: 34005
roles: ["Art direction"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-07T19:42:45.256632+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."
---

# Karen Wakefield

## Identity

Karen Wakefield

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karen-wakefield
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** karen-wakefield
- **IMDb ID:** nm0906785
- **TMDB ID:** 34005
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0906785/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34005

Art direction.

## Details

- **Work:** Art direction
- **Active:** 1994–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 78 (1), 2000s 71 (3), 2010s 60 (1), 2020s 61 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 65 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 2, Horror 2, Crime 1, Family 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $738m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0906785/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34005

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Together*](https://film.one/film/together-2021.md) (61)

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

## Biography

Karen Wakefield is a British production designer and art director. She has worked extensively in the art department on feature films and television series, with credits including art direction on *Prometheus* (2012), *Robin Hood* (2010), *The Duchess* (2008) and *Babylon A.D.* (2008).

She served as supervising art director on the miniseries *Chernobyl* (2019), for which she shared a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program. Wakefield has also worked as production designer on *Together* (2021) and *Lady Chatterley's Lover* (2022).

Her earlier credits include set decoration and art direction roles on films such as *Shaun of the Dead* (2004) and *Mr. Bean's Holiday* (2007).

*Sources: imdb.com, televisionacademy.com, theknowledgeonline.com, metacritic.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Together* (2021), Fi1m 61, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/together-2021.md)
- *Prometheus* (2012), Fi1m 60, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/prometheus.md)
- *The Duchess* (2008), Fi1m 66, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/the-duchess.md)
- *Mr. Bean's Holiday* (2007), Fi1m 63, Supervising Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/mr-beans-holiday.md)
- *Shaun of the Dead* (2004), Fi1m 85, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/shaun-of-the-dead.md)
- *Shallow Grave* (1994), Fi1m 78, Set Decoration — [page](https://film.one/film/shallow-grave.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Sunday's Daughters* (2026), Director, Writer
- *Lady Chatterley's Lover* (2022), Production Design
- *Slow Horses* (2022), series, Supervising Art Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/slow-horses.md)
- *Together* (2021), Production Design — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/together-2021.md)
- *The Dig* (2021), Supervising Art Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dig.md)
- *Chernobyl* (2019), series, Supervising Art Director — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/chernobyl.md)
- *Mars* (2016), series, as Art Direction
- *The Infiltrator* (2016), as Art Direction
- *Prometheus* (2012), as Art Direction — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/prometheus.md)
- *Robin Hood* (2010), as Art Direction — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/robin-hood-2010.md)
- *The Duchess* (2008), as Art Direction — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-duchess.md)
- *Babylon A.D.* (2008), as Art Direction
- *Mr. Bean's Holiday* (2007), Supervising Art Director — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/mr-beans-holiday.md)
- *San Antonio* (2004), as Art Direction
- *Shaun of the Dead* (2004), as Art Direction — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/shaun-of-the-dead.md)
- *The Heart of Me* (2004), as Art Direction
- *Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life* (2003), as Property Buyer
- *Crime and Punishment* (2002), series, as Art Direction
- *Lara Croft: Tomb Raider* (2001), Assistant Set Decoration — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/lara-croft-tomb-raider.md)
- *There's Only One Jimmy Grimble* (2000), as Art Direction
- *The War Zone* (1999), as Art Direction
- *Dad Savage* (1998), as Art Direction
- *Fever Pitch* (1997), as Art Direction
- *Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis* (1997), as Art Direction
- *Shallow Grave* (1994), as Set Decoration — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/shallow-grave.md)
- *A Business Affair* (1994), as Set Decoration
- *The Long Day Closes* (1992), as Property Buyer

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