---
name: "Mark Garner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mark-garner"
fi1m_id: "mark-garner"
imdb_id: "nm0307733"
tmdb_id: 66532
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-30T22:54:44.964001+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."
---

# Mark Garner

## Identity

Mark Garner

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mark-garner
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mark-garner
- **IMDb ID:** nm0307733
- **TMDB ID:** 66532
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0307733/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66532

Production designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Active:** 1997–present
- **Also known as:** Mark E. Garner
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 acting, 3 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 36 (1), 2000s 74 (1), 2010s 74 (1), 2020s 79 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 63 to 65 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Action 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1, Thriller 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $165m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0307733/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66532

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Dark Winds*](https://film.one/tv/dark-winds.md) (79)

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

## Biography

Mark Garner is a production designer and art director. He has worked in film and television since the 1990s, beginning in art department and set design roles before progressing to art direction and production design.

Garner has served as production designer on several adaptations of Nicholas Sparks novels, including *Dear John* (2010), *The Longest Ride* (2015) and *The Choice* (2016). His television credits include *Dark Winds* (2022), *Swagger* (2021) and *David Makes Man* (2019–2021).

*Sources: imdb.com, markegarner.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (1)

- *The Notebook* (2004), Fi1m 74, as Lon's Employee — [page](https://film.one/film/the-notebook.md)

### Crew (3) — the average rests on these

- *Dark Winds* (2022), Fi1m 79, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/dark-winds.md)
- *Godless* (2017), Fi1m 74, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/tv/godless.md)
- *Speed 2: Cruise Control* (1997), Fi1m 36, Set Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/speed-2-cruise-control.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *Dark Winds* (2022), series, Production Design — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/dark-winds.md)
- *Swagger* (2021), series, Production Design
- *David Makes Man* (2019), series, Production Design
- *Uncle Drew* (2018), as Art Direction
- *Godless* (2017), series, as Art Direction — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/godless.md)
- *Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates* (2016), as Art Direction
- *The Choice* (2016), Production Design
- *The Longest Ride* (2015), Production Design
- *To Write Love on Her Arms* (2015), Production Design
- *Moms' Night Out* (2014), Production Design
- *The Conspirator* (2011), as Art Direction
- *Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son* (2011), as Art Direction
- *Burning Bright* (2010), Production Design
- *Dear John* (2010), as Art Direction
- *Ace Ventura Jr: Pet Detective* (2009), Production Design
- *Bring It On: In It to Win It* (2007), Production Designer, Production Design
- *Dan in Real Life* (2007), as Art Direction
- *Sydney White* (2007), Production Design
- *The Notebook* (2004), as Lon's Employee — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-notebook.md)
- *Kermit's Swamp Years* (2002), as Art Direction
- *Instinct* (1999), Set Designer
- *Speed 2: Cruise Control* (1997), Set Designer — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/speed-2-cruise-control.md)

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