---
name: "Michael Buchanan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-buchanan"
fi1m_id: "michael-buchanan"
imdb_id: "nm0118050"
tmdb_id: 56549
roles: ["Art direction"]
died: "6 November 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T20:43:37.476400+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."
---

# Michael Buchanan

## Identity

Michael Buchanan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-buchanan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-buchanan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0118050
- **TMDB ID:** 56549
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0118050/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56549

Art direction. Died 6 November 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Art direction
- **Died:** 6 November 2008
- **Active:** 1986–1992
- **Also known as:** Mike Buchanan 
- **Frequently works with:** [Ashley Laurence](https://film.one/person/ashley-laurence.md), [Christopher Figg](https://film.one/person/christopher-figg.md), [Clare Higgins](https://film.one/person/clare-higgins.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 62 (2), 1990s 81 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Fantasy 1, History 1, Horror 1, Romance 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $17m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0118050/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56549

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Hellbound: Hellraiser II*](https://film.one/film/hellbound-hellraiser-ii.md) (44)

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

## Biography

Michael Buchanan was a British art director and production designer. Credited as Mike Buchanan on several productions, he worked on *Hellraiser* (1987) and *Hellbound: Hellraiser II* (1988) as production designer.

His other credits include art direction on *Caravaggio* (1986), *Gothic* (1986) and *Orlando* (1992). He also served as production designer on *Salome's Last Dance* (1988) and later television films including *Full Throttle* (1995) and *The Last Englishman* (1995). Buchanan died on 6 November 2008 in London.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Orlando* (1992), Fi1m 81, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/orlando.md)
- *Hellbound: Hellraiser II* (1988), Fi1m 44, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/hellbound-hellraiser-ii.md)
- *Caravaggio* (1986), Fi1m 79, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/caravaggio.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Mysteries of Egypt* (1998), Set Designer
- *Voices* (1995), as Art Direction
- *Orlando* (1992), as Art Direction — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/orlando.md)
- *Strike It Rich* (1990), as Art Direction
- *Hellbound: Hellraiser II* (1988), Production Design — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/film/hellbound-hellraiser-ii.md)
- *Salome's Last Dance* (1988), Production Design, Art Direction
- *Hellraiser* (1987), Production Design
- *Gothic* (1987), as Art Direction
- *Caravaggio* (1986), as Art Direction — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/caravaggio.md)
- *Susie* (1984), as Kenny
- *The Comic Strip Presents...* (1982), series, as Kenny

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