---
name: "Martin Whist"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/martin-whist"
fi1m_id: "martin-whist"
imdb_id: "nm0924222"
tmdb_id: 51987
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 55
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-16T04:04:15.332576+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."
---

# Martin Whist

## Identity

Martin Whist

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/martin-whist
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** martin-whist
- **IMDb ID:** nm0924222
- **TMDB ID:** 51987
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0924222/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/51987

Production designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 40 (1), 2010s 60 (3), 2020s 56 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 55 to 52 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 4 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Comedy 2, Horror 2, Thriller 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $713m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0924222/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/51987

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Cabin in the Woods*](https://film.one/film/the-cabin-in-the-woods.md) (80), [*Zombieland: Double Tap*](https://film.one/film/zombieland-double-tap.md) (52)
- **Disney+:** [*Gran Turismo*](https://film.one/film/gran-turismo.md) (56)

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

## Biography

Martin Whist is a production designer whose credits include *The Cabin in the Woods* (2011), *Cloverfield* (2008), *Super 8* (2011), *Warm Bodies* (2013), *RoboCop* (2014), *The Predator* (2018), *Bad Times at the El Royale* (2018), *Zombieland: Double Tap* (2019), *The Harder They Fall* (2021) and *Gran Turismo* (2023).

He studied painting and sculpture, obtaining a master's degree from Claremont Graduate University. After beginning a career as a visual artist, he entered film work through set construction and advanced to production design on major features.

*Sources: imdb.com, reapmediazine.com, the-numbers.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Gran Turismo* (2023), Fi1m 56, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/gran-turismo.md)
- *Zombieland: Double Tap* (2019), Fi1m 52, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/zombieland-double-tap.md)
- *The Predator* (2018), Fi1m 48, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-predator.md)
- *The Cabin in the Woods* (2012), Fi1m 80, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-cabin-in-the-woods.md)
- *Gone in Sixty Seconds* (2000), Fi1m 40, Assistant Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/gone-in-sixty-seconds.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *Another Simple Favor* (2025), Production Design
- *Gran Turismo* (2023), Production Design — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/gran-turismo.md)
- *Secret Headquarters* (2022), Production Design
- *The Harder They Fall* (2021), Production Design
- *Zombieland: Double Tap* (2019), Production Design — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/zombieland-double-tap.md)
- *Bad Times at the El Royale* (2018), Production Design
- *The Predator* (2018), Production Design — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/the-predator.md)
- *Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb* (2014), Production Design
- *RoboCop* (2014), Production Design
- *Warm Bodies* (2013), Production Design
- *The Factory* (2012), Production Design
- *The Cabin in the Woods* (2012), Production Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-cabin-in-the-woods.md)
- *Super 8* (2011), Production Design
- *Devil* (2010), Production Design
- *The Promotion* (2008), Production Design
- *Cloverfield* (2008), Production Design
- *Smokin' Aces* (2006), Production Design
- *Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny* (2006), Production Design
- *Faceless* (2006), series, Production Design
- *The Island* (2005), as Art Direction
- *Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events* (2004), as Art Direction
- *Along Came Polly* (2004), as Art Direction
- *Down with Love* (2003), as Art Direction
- *Phone Booth* (2003), as Art Direction
- *The Follow* (2001), as Art Direction
- *Gone in Sixty Seconds* (2000), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/gone-in-sixty-seconds.md)

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