---
name: "Mark W. Mansbridge"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mark-w-mansbridge"
fi1m_id: "mark-w-mansbridge"
imdb_id: "nm0543729"
tmdb_id: 21070
roles: ["Art direction"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 10
updated: "2026-10-05T13:07:04.034100+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."
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# Mark W. Mansbridge

## Identity

Mark W. Mansbridge

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mark-w-mansbridge
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mark-w-mansbridge
- **IMDb ID:** nm0543729
- **TMDB ID:** 21070
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0543729/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21070

Art direction.

## Details

- **Work:** Art direction
- **Active:** 1987–2014
- **Also known as:** Mark Mansbridge
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 76 (3), 1990s 80 (3), 2000s 55 (2), 2010s 49 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 61 across 9 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 5, Adventure 5, Drama 4, Thriller 4, Comedy 3, Fantasy 2
- **Screen time:** 20 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3,629m across 10 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0543729/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21070

## Biography

Mark W. Mansbridge is an American art director and production designer. He began his career as a set designer after an apprenticeship programme at Universal Studios in 1966, where he remained for eight or nine years before working independently. His father, John B. Mansbridge, was a long-serving designer and head of the art department at Disney Studios.

Mansbridge’s early credits as art director include *Smokey and the Bandit* (1977). He served as production designer on *Say Anything...* (1989) and *Bushwhacked* (1995). He has frequently worked as supervising art director on large-scale productions, including *The Matrix Reloaded* (2003), *TRON: Legacy* (2010), *Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull* (2008) and *Transformers: Age of Extinction* (2014). His son, Brook Mansbridge, also works in film production.

*Sources: imdb.com, matrixfans.net.*

## On Fi1m (10)

- *Transformers: Age of Extinction* (2014), Fi1m 38, Supervising Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-age-of-extinction.md)
- *TRON: Legacy* (2010), Fi1m 60, Supervising Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/tron-legacy.md)
- *Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull* (2008), Fi1m 55, Supervising Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull.md)
- *Poseidon* (2006), Fi1m 55, Supervising Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/poseidon.md)
- *The Rock* (1996), Fi1m 78, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/the-rock.md)
- *Ghost* (1990), Fi1m 80, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/ghost.md)
- *Misery* (1990), Fi1m 83, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/misery.md)
- *Say Anything...* (1989), Fi1m 81, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/say-anything.md)
- *The War of the Roses* (1989), Fi1m 75, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/the-war-of-the-roses.md)
- *The Witches of Eastwick* (1987), Fi1m 73, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/the-witches-of-eastwick.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

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

- *Transformers: Age of Extinction* (2014), Supervising Art Director — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-age-of-extinction.md)
- *TRON: Legacy* (2010), Supervising Art Director — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/tron-legacy.md)
- *Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull* (2008), Supervising Art Director — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull.md)
- *Poseidon* (2006), Supervising Art Director — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/poseidon.md)
- *The Chronicles of Riddick* (2004), as Art Direction
- *Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World* (2003), as Art Direction — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/master-and-commander-the-far-side-of-the-world.md)
- *The Matrix Reloaded* (2003), as Art Direction — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-matrix-reloaded.md)
- *Ghosts of Mars* (2001), as Art Direction
- *Bicentennial Man* (1999), as Art Direction
- *Deep Blue Sea* (1999), Supervising Art Director
- *Small Soldiers* (1998), Supervising Art Director
- *Sphere* (1998), as Art Direction
- *Fire Down Below* (1997), as Art Direction
- *The Rock* (1996), as Art Direction — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-rock.md)
- *Up Close & Personal* (1996), as Art Direction
- *Bushwhacked* (1995), Production Design
- *Drop Zone* (1994), as Art Direction
- *The River Wild* (1994), as Art Direction
- *Fire in the Sky* (1993), as Art Direction
- *City Slickers* (1991), as Art Direction — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/city-slickers.md)
- *The Marrying Man* (1991), as Art Direction
- *Misery* (1990), as Art Direction — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/misery.md)
- *Ghost* (1990), as Art Direction — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/ghost.md)
- *The War of the Roses* (1989), as Art Direction — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-war-of-the-roses.md)
- *Say Anything...* (1989), Production Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/say-anything.md)
- *The Witches of Eastwick* (1987), as Art Direction — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-witches-of-eastwick.md)
- *8 Million Ways to Die* (1986), as Art Direction
- *The Rape of Richard Beck* (1985), as Art Direction
- *Challenge of a Lifetime* (1985), Production Designer
- *Obsessive Love* (1984), Production Design
- *Summer Fantasy* (1984), Production Design, Second Unit
- *The Man with Two Brains* (1983), Production Design, Art Direction
- *Hotline* (1982), as Art Direction
- *The Adventures of Pollyanna* (1982), as Art Direction
- *Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang* (1982), as Art Direction
- *Return of the Rebels* (1981), as Art Direction
- *Amy* (1981), Production Design
- *Miracle on Ice* (1981), as Art Direction
- *Escape from Bogen County* (1977), as Art Direction
- *Smokey and the Bandit* (1977), as Art Direction

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