---
name: "Mentor Huebner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mentor-huebner"
fi1m_id: "mentor-huebner"
imdb_id: "nm0400031"
tmdb_id: 1404760
wikidata_id: "Q6817598"
roles: ["Production illustrator"]
born: "19 July 1917"
died: "19 March 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-09-25T07:41:26.118565+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."
---

# Mentor Huebner

## Identity

Mentor Huebner

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mentor-huebner
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mentor-huebner
- **IMDb ID:** nm0400031
- **TMDB ID:** 1404760
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6817598
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentor_Huebner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6817598, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0400031/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1404760

Production illustrator. Born 19 July 1917 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 19 March 2001.

## Details

- **Work:** Production illustrator
- **Born:** 19 July 1917, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 19 March 2001
- **Active:** 1953–1982
- **Also known as:** Mentor C. Huebner, Mentor Hubner
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 80 (3), 1960s 62 (2), 1980s 86 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 75 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Science Fiction 3, War 2, Western 2, Action 1, Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $147m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentor_Huebner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6817598, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0400031/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1404760

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Forbidden Planet*](https://film.one/film/forbidden-planet.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Mentor Huebner (19 July 1917 – 19 March 2001) was an American production illustrator, storyboard artist and production designer. He contributed conceptual art, storyboards and production illustrations to more than 250 feature films.

His early work included uncredited contributions to *Forbidden Planet* (1956), on which he is also credited as production designer. Later credits include *Blade Runner* (1982), *The Thing* (1982), *Total Recall* (1990) and *DragonHeart* (1996). He taught at the Chouinard Art Institute and exhibited his own landscape, seascape and portrait paintings in numerous solo shows.

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

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Blade Runner* (1982), Fi1m 85, Production Illustrator — [page](https://film.one/film/blade-runner.md)
- *The Thing* (1982), Fi1m 88, Production Illustrator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-thing.md)
- *The Longest Day* (1962), Fi1m 68, Production Illustrator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-longest-day.md)
- *Cimarron* (1960), Fi1m 57, Production Illustrator — [page](https://film.one/film/cimarron.md)
- *Forbidden Planet* (1956), Fi1m 81, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/forbidden-planet.md)
- *Mister Roberts* (1955), Fi1m 76, Production Illustrator — [page](https://film.one/film/mister-roberts.md)
- *The Naked Spur* (1953), Fi1m 84, Production Illustrator — [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-spur.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

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

- *Daylight* (1996), Storyboard Artist
- *DragonHeart* (1996), as Production Illustrator
- *So I Married an Axe Murderer* (1993), as Production Illustrator
- *Total Recall* (1990), as Production Illustrator — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/total-recall.md)
- *Wisdom* (1986), Concept Artist
- *Silver Bullet* (1985), as Production Illustrator
- *Summer Rental* (1985), as Production Illustrator
- *Cat's Eye* (1985), Production Design, Storyboard Artist
- *My Favorite Year* (1982), as Production Illustrator
- *Blade Runner* (1982), as Production Illustrator — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/blade-runner.md)
- *The Thing* (1982), as Production Illustrator — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-thing.md)
- *Hurricane* (1979), as Production Illustrator
- *Looking for Mr. Goodbar* (1977), as Production Illustrator
- *King Kong* (1976), as Production Illustrator
- *The Prisoner of Second Avenue* (1975), as Production Illustrator
- *Westworld* (1973), as Production Illustrator
- *The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing* (1973), as Production Illustrator
- *1776* (1972), Title Designer
- *Prime Cut* (1972), as Production Illustrator
- *Julius Caesar* (1970), as Production Illustrator
- *The Liberation of L.B. Jones* (1970), as Production Illustrator
- *Generation* (1969), as Production Illustrator
- *The Longest Day* (1962), as Production Illustrator — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-longest-day.md)
- *Cimarron* (1960), as Production Illustrator — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/cimarron.md)
- *The Tunnel of Love* (1958), as Production Illustrator
- *The Power and the Prize* (1956), as Production Illustrator
- *Forbidden Planet* (1956), Production Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/forbidden-planet.md)
- *Sheena: Queen of the Jungle* (1955), series, as Production Illustrator
- *Mister Roberts* (1955), as Production Illustrator — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/mister-roberts.md)
- *Hit the Deck* (1955), as Production Illustrator
- *The Last Time I Saw Paris* (1954), as Production Illustrator
- *Executive Suite* (1954), as Production Illustrator
- *Kiss Me Kate* (1953), as Production Illustrator
- *Take the High Ground!* (1953), as Production Illustrator
- *The Naked Spur* (1953), as Production Illustrator — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-naked-spur.md)
- *Undercurrent* (1946), as Production Illustrator
- *The Shop Around the Corner* (1940), as Production Illustrator

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