---
name: "Mark Ricker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mark-ricker"
fi1m_id: "mark-ricker"
imdb_id: "nm0725475"
tmdb_id: 60193
wikidata_id: "Q109380395"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "2 September 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-19T04:29:51.146728+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 Ricker

## Identity

Mark Ricker

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mark-ricker
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mark-ricker
- **IMDb ID:** nm0725475
- **TMDB ID:** 60193
- **Wikidata ID:** Q109380395
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ricker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109380395, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0725475/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/60193

Production designer. Born 2 September 1968 in North Carolina, U.S..

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 2 September 1968, North Carolina, U.S.
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Jay Roach](https://film.one/person/jay-roach.md), [Ben Stiller](https://film.one/person/ben-stiller.md), [Colman Domingo](https://film.one/person/colman-domingo.md), [George C. Wolfe](https://film.one/person/george-c-wolfe.md), [Glynn Turman](https://film.one/person/glynn-turman.md), [Paul Dano](https://film.one/person/paul-dano.md), [Viola Davis](https://film.one/person/viola-davis.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 63 (2), 2010s 65 (4), 2020s 66 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 65 to 63 across 9 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 7 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 9, Romance 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, History 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $468m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ricker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109380395, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0725475/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/60193

## Coming up

- *Focker-in-Law* (2026-11-25), Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/focker-in-law.md)
- *The Comeback King* (2027-02-03), Production Design

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Ma Rainey's Black Bottom*](https://film.one/film/ma-raineys-black-bottom.md) (69), [*Rustin*](https://film.one/film/rustin.md) (68)
- **Tubi:** [*The Help*](https://film.one/film/the-help.md) (66), [*Trumbo*](https://film.one/film/trumbo.md) (58)
- **Apple TV:** [*Escape at Dannemora*](https://film.one/tv/escape-at-dannemora.md) (74)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Julie & Julia*](https://film.one/film/julie-and-julia.md) (72)
- **Disney+:** [*The Roses*](https://film.one/film/the-roses.md) (61)
- **AMC+:** [*The Ballad of Jack and Rose*](https://film.one/film/the-ballad-of-jack-and-rose.md) (54)

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

## Biography

Mark Ricker is an American production designer and art director. Born on 2 September 1968 in North Carolina, he graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and later earned an MFA in set design from New York University.

Ricker began his career in the art department, working as a set dresser on *The Last of the Mohicans* (1992). He received his first major production design credit on John Sayles's *Sunshine State* (2002) and has since designed sets for films including *Julie & Julia* (2009), *The Help* (2011), *The Judge* (2014), *Trumbo* (2015), *Bombshell* (2019) and *Ma Rainey's Black Bottom* (2020).

He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Production Design for *Ma Rainey's Black Bottom* and has received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his television work on *Escape at Dannemora*, *Halston* and *You Don't Know Jack*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, deadline.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *The Roses* (2025), Fi1m 61, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-roses.md)
- *Rustin* (2023), Fi1m 68, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/rustin.md)
- *Ma Rainey's Black Bottom* (2020), Fi1m 69, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/ma-raineys-black-bottom.md)
- *Bombshell* (2019), Fi1m 63, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/bombshell.md)
- *Escape at Dannemora* (2018), Fi1m 74, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/escape-at-dannemora.md)
- *Trumbo* (2015), Fi1m 58, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/trumbo.md)
- *The Help* (2011), Fi1m 66, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-help.md)
- *Julie & Julia* (2009), Fi1m 72, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/julie-and-julia.md)
- *The Ballad of Jack and Rose* (2005), Fi1m 54, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ballad-of-jack-and-rose.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

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

- *The Comeback King* (2027), Production Design
- *Focker-in-Law* (2026), Production Design — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/focker-in-law.md)
- *The Roses* (2025), Production Design — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/the-roses.md)
- *Rustin* (2023), Production Design — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/rustin.md)
- *Halston* (2021), series, Production Design
- *Ma Rainey's Black Bottom* (2020), Production Design — Fi1m 69, [page](https://film.one/film/ma-raineys-black-bottom.md)
- *Coastal Elites* (2020), Production Design
- *Bombshell* (2019), Production Design — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/bombshell.md)
- *Escape at Dannemora* (2018), series, Production Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/escape-at-dannemora.md)
- *Snatched* (2017), Production Design
- *FEUD* (2017), series, Production Design
- *Keeping Up with the Joneses* (2016), Production Design
- *All the Way* (2016), Production Design
- *Trumbo* (2015), Production Design — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/trumbo.md)
- *The Judge* (2014), Production Design
- *Get On Up* (2014), Production Design
- *The Way Way Back* (2013), Production Design
- *The Help* (2011), Production Design — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-help.md)
- *Conviction* (2010), Production Design
- *You Don't Know Jack* (2010), Production Design
- *Julie & Julia* (2009), Production Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/julie-and-julia.md)
- *The Accidental Husband* (2008), Production Design
- *The Nanny Diaries* (2007), Production Design
- *The Hoax* (2006), Production Design
- *Fierce People* (2006), Production Design
- *Prime* (2005), Production Design
- *The Ballad of Jack and Rose* (2005), Production Design — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ballad-of-jack-and-rose.md)
- *Porn 'n Chicken* (2002), Production Design
- *Sunshine State* (2002), Production Design
- *Thirteen Conversations About One Thing* (2001), Production Design
- *Julie Johnson* (2001), Production Design
- *Lisa Picard Is Famous* (2000), Production Design
- *Just Looking* (1999), as Art Direction
- *Fever* (1999), Production Design
- *Harvest* (1999), Production Design
- *Walking to the Waterline* (1998), Production Design
- *Montana* (1998), as Art Direction
- *The Substance of Fire* (1996), as Art Direction
- *The Last of the Mohicans* (1992), as Set Dresser — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-of-the-mohicans.md)
- *Jumpin' at the Boneyard* (1991), as Art Direction

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2021: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Ma Rainey's Black Bottom*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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