---
name: "Martyn John"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/martyn-john"
fi1m_id: "martyn-john"
imdb_id: "nm0424194"
tmdb_id: 1551468
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 60
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-27T09:22:37.770660+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."
---

# Martyn John

## Identity

Martyn John

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/martyn-john
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** martyn-john
- **IMDb ID:** nm0424194
- **TMDB ID:** 1551468
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424194/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1551468

Production designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Active:** 1998–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Guy Ritchie](https://film.one/person/guy-ritchie.md), [Eiza Gonzalez](https://film.one/person/eiza-gonzalez.md), [Ivan Atkinson](https://film.one/person/ivan-atkinson.md), [Henry Cavill](https://film.one/person/henry-cavill.md), [John Friedberg](https://film.one/person/john-friedberg.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 63 (1), 2010s 72 (1), 2020s 52 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 60 to 56 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 2, Comedy 2, Drama 2, Fantasy 2, Action 1, Action & Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $89m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424194/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1551468

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Last Kingdom*](https://film.one/tv/the-last-kingdom.md) (72)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare*](https://film.one/film/the-ministry-of-ungentlemanly-warfare.md) (55)
- **Apple TV:** [*Fountain of Youth*](https://film.one/film/fountain-of-youth.md) (48)

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

## Biography

Martyn John is a production designer whose credits include *The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare* (2024), *The Gentlemen* (2024 series), *Guy Ritchie's The Covenant* (2023), *Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre* (2023), *Wrath of Man* (2021) and *The Last Kingdom* (2015). He has worked repeatedly with director Guy Ritchie.

His other production design credits include the series *The White Queen* (2013) and *Sinbad* (2012). He is a member of the British Film Designers Guild and has received BFDG awards as well as a Primetime Emmy nomination.

*Sources: imdb.com, britishfilmdesigners.com, tvguide.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Fountain of Youth* (2025), Fi1m 48, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/fountain-of-youth.md)
- *The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare* (2024), Fi1m 55, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ministry-of-ungentlemanly-warfare.md)
- *The Last Kingdom* (2015), Fi1m 72, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-kingdom.md)
- *Sliding Doors* (1998), Fi1m 63, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/sliding-doors.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *In the Grey* (2026), Production Design
- *Fountain of Youth* (2025), Production Design — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/fountain-of-youth.md)
- *The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare* (2024), Production Design — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ministry-of-ungentlemanly-warfare.md)
- *The Gentlemen* (2024), series, Production Design
- *Expend4bles* (2023), Supervising Art Director
- *Guy Ritchie's The Covenant* (2023), Production Design
- *Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre* (2023), Production Design
- *Wrath of Man* (2021), Production Design
- *The Nevers* (2021), series, as Art Direction
- *The Last Kingdom* (2015), series, Production Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-kingdom.md)
- *Whitechapel* (2009), series, Production Design
- *A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets* (2005), Production Design
- *The Planman* (2003), Production Design
- *Trust* (2003), series, Production Design
- *Bertie and Elizabeth* (2002), Production Design
- *The Search for John Gissing* (2001), Production Design
- *Endgame* (2001), Production Design
- *Four Play* (2001), Production Design
- *Strictly Sinatra* (2001), Production Design
- *Simon Magus* (1999), as Art Direction
- *The Red Violin* (1998), as Art Direction
- *EverAfter* (1998), as Art Direction
- *Sliding Doors* (1998), as Art Direction — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/sliding-doors.md)
- *The Wings of the Dove* (1997), as Art Direction
- *Wilde* (1997), as Art Direction
- *Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life* (1995), Assistant Art Director
- *She's Out* (1995), series, as Art Direction

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