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name: "Leon Ericksen"
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roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "31 July 1937"
died: "19 June 2007"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T10:19:00.578111+00:00"
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# Leon Ericksen

Production designer. Born 31 July 1937 in Wyoming, USA. Died 19 June 2007.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 31 July 1937, Wyoming, USA
- **Died:** 19 June 2007
- **Also known as:** Leon Erickson, Eric Allen

## Biography

Leon Ericksen was an American art director and production designer. Born in Wyoming on 31 July 1937, he worked extensively in the New Hollywood era, often on films directed by Robert Altman.

He served as production designer on *McCabe & Mrs. Miller* (1971), *Images* (1972), *Cinderella Liberty* (1973), *Quintet* (1979) and *Out of the Blue* (1980). His art direction credits include *Medium Cool* (1969), *The Rain People* (1969), *California Split* (1974), *Up in Smoke* (1978) and *Iceman* (1984). He was also associate producer on *M*A*S*H* (1970) and worked as second-unit art director on *Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope* (1977), credited as Leon Erickson.

Ericksen died on 19 June 2007 in Glendale, California.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, criterion.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *McCabe & Mrs. Miller* (1971), Fi1m 90, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/mccabe-and-mrs-miller.md)

## Also known for

- *Up in Smoke* (1978), Art Direction
- *Images* (1972), Production Design
- *Iceman* (1984), Art Direction
- *California Split* (1974), Art Direction
- *The Trip* (1967), Art Direction
- *Out of the Blue* (1981), Production Design
- *Medium Cool* (1969), Art Direction
- *The Rain People* (1969), Art Direction

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