--- name: "Mel Bourne" canonical: "https://film.one/person/mel-bourne" fi1m_id: "mel-bourne" imdb_id: "nm0100080" tmdb_id: 10441 wikidata_id: "Q970227" roles: ["Production designer"] born: "22 November 1923" died: "14 January 2003" reviewed_on_fi1m: 10 average_fi1m_score: 71 average_over: 10 updated: "2026-10-04T23:03:49.957465+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." --- # Mel Bourne ## Identity Mel Bourne - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mel-bourne - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** mel-bourne - **IMDb ID:** nm0100080 - **TMDB ID:** 10441 - **Wikidata ID:** Q970227 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Bourne, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q970227, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100080/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10441 Production designer. Born 22 November 1923 in Chicago. Died 14 January 2003. ## Details - **Work:** Production designer - **Born:** 22 November 1923, Chicago - **Died:** 14 January 2003 - **Active:** 1977–1993 - **Frequently works with:** [Glenn Close](https://film.one/person/glenn-close.md), [Adrian Lyne](https://film.one/person/adrian-lyne.md), [Robert Redford](https://film.one/person/robert-redford.md), [Sherry Lansing](https://film.one/person/sherry-lansing.md), [Woody Allen](https://film.one/person/woody-allen.md) - **Academy Awards:** 3 Oscar nominations - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 82 (2), 1980s 68 (5), 1990s 68 (3) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 68 across 9 titles - **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 2 under 60 - **Genres:** Drama 8, Comedy 5, Romance 5, Thriller 2, Crime 1, Horror 1 - **Screen time:** 19 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $968m across 10 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Bourne, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q970227, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0100080/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10441 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Manhunter*](https://film.one/film/manhunter.md) (84), [*The Natural*](https://film.one/film/the-natural.md) (67) - **Pluto TV:** [*Zelig*](https://film.one/film/zelig.md) (82), [*Manhattan*](https://film.one/film/manhattan.md) (78) - **Hulu:** [*Fatal Attraction*](https://film.one/film/fatal-attraction.md) (70), [*Indecent Proposal*](https://film.one/film/indecent-proposal.md) (50) - **HBO Max:** [*Cocktail*](https://film.one/film/cocktail.md) (38) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Mel Bourne was an American production designer and art director. He began his career in theatre and early television after studying scenic design at the Yale School of Drama, later moving into feature films. He is best known for his long collaboration with Woody Allen, providing production design or art direction on seven films including *Annie Hall* (1977), *Manhattan* (1979), *Interiors* (1978) and *Zelig* (1983). Other notable credits include *Thief* (1981), *Manhunter* (1986), *Fatal Attraction* (1987), *Cocktail* (1988), *Reversal of Fortune* (1990) and *The Fisher King* (1991). Bourne received three Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction, for *Interiors*, *The Natural* (1984) and *The Fisher King*. He died in New York City in 2003. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, nytimes.com, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (10) - *Indecent Proposal* (1993), Fi1m 50, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/indecent-proposal.md) - *The Fisher King* (1991), Fi1m 80, as Langdon Carmichael (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fisher-king.md) - *Reversal of Fortune* (1990), Fi1m 75, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/reversal-of-fortune.md) - *Cocktail* (1988), Fi1m 38, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/cocktail.md) - *Fatal Attraction* (1987), Fi1m 70, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/fatal-attraction.md) - *Manhunter* (1986), Fi1m 84, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/manhunter.md) - *The Natural* (1984), Fi1m 67, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-natural.md) - *Zelig* (1983), Fi1m 82, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/zelig.md) - *Manhattan* (1979), Fi1m 78, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/manhattan.md) - *Annie Hall* (1977), Fi1m 86, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/annie-hall.md) ## Complete filmography (30) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Cupid & Cate* (2000), Production Design - *Eventual Wife* (2000), Production Design - *Gloria* (1999), Production Design - *Striptease* (1996), Production Design - *Something to Talk About* (1995), Production Design - *Kiss of Death* (1995), Production Design - *Angie* (1994), Production Design - *Indecent Proposal* (1993), Production Design — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/indecent-proposal.md) - *Man Trouble* (1992), Production Design - *The Fisher King* (1991), as Langdon Carmichael (uncredited) · Production Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fisher-king.md) - *Reversal of Fortune* (1990), Production Design — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/reversal-of-fortune.md) - *Rude Awakening* (1989), Production Design - *Cocktail* (1988), Production Design — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/cocktail.md) - *Fatal Attraction* (1987), Production Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/fatal-attraction.md) - *Manhunter* (1986), Production Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/manhunter.md) - *F/X* (1986), Production Design - *The Natural* (1984), Production Design — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/the-natural.md) - *Broadway Danny Rose* (1984), Production Design - *Zelig* (1983), Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/zelig.md) - *Still of the Night* (1982), Production Design - *A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy* (1982), Production Design - *Thief* (1981), Production Design - *Stardust Memories* (1980), Production Design - *Windows* (1980), Production Design, Art Direction - *Manhattan* (1979), Production Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/manhattan.md) - *Interiors* (1978), Production Design - *The Quinns* (1977), as Art Direction - *Annie Hall* (1977), as Art Direction — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/annie-hall.md) - *The Silence* (1975), as Art Direction - *The Miracle Worker* (1962), Assistant Art Director ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 3 nominated - 1992: Best Production Design (nominated), for *The Fisher King* - 1985: Best Production Design (nominated), for *The Natural* - 1979: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Interiors* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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