---
name: "Michael Novotny"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-novotny"
fi1m_id: "michael-novotny"
imdb_id: "nm0637250"
tmdb_id: 960431
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T12:15:03.801603+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 Novotny

## Identity

Michael Novotny

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-novotny
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-novotny
- **IMDb ID:** nm0637250
- **TMDB ID:** 960431
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0637250/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/960431

Production designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Active:** 2005–2008
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Kane](https://film.one/person/adam-kane.md), [Charles Beeson](https://film.one/person/charles-beeson.md), [Chris Long](https://film.one/person/chris-long.md), [David Barrett](https://film.one/person/david-barrett.md), [David Nutter](https://film.one/person/david-nutter.md), [J. Miller Tobin](https://film.one/person/j-miller-tobin.md), [John Showalter](https://film.one/person/john-f-showalter.md), [Kevin Hooks](https://film.one/person/kevin-hooks.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0637250/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/960431

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Supernatural*](https://film.one/tv/supernatural.md) (77)
- **Disney+:** [*The Mentalist*](https://film.one/tv/the-mentalist.md) (71)

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

## Biography

Michael Novotny is a production designer, art director and visual effects artist who has worked in film and television for close to four decades.

He began in Los Angeles as a sculptor and visual effects model maker, with experience in blue and green screen composites and motion control systems. He has contributed to numerous feature films, including *True Lies* (1994), *The Arrival* (1996) and *K-19: The Widowmaker* (2002).

In television, he served as production designer on series including *Supernatural* (2005), *The Mentalist* (2008–2015), *Better Call Saul* (2017) and *The Affair* (2018–2019).

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Mentalist* (2008), Fi1m 71, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mentalist.md)
- *Supernatural* (2005), Fi1m 77, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/supernatural.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *The Mentalist* (2008), series, Production Design — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mentalist.md)
- *Danika* (2006), Production Design
- *Supernatural* (2005), series, Production Design — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/supernatural.md)
- *K-19: The Widowmaker* (2002), Production Design
- *The Luck of the Irish* (2001), as Set Decoration
- *Sharing the Secret* (2000), Production Design
- *Little Richard* (2000), Production Design
- *Inferno* (1999), Production Design
- *Mutiny* (1999), Production Design
- *The Sleepwalker Killing* (1997), Production Design
- *City of Industry* (1997), Production Design
- *The Arrival* (1996), Production Design
- *True Lies* (1994), as Art Direction — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/true-lies.md)
- *12:01* (1993), Production Design
- *Based on an Untrue Story* (1993), Production Design
- *Timescape* (1992), Production Design
- *Livin' Large!* (1991), Production Design
- *Terminator 2: Judgment Day* (1991), Visual Effects Designer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-2-judgment-day.md)
- *Weekend at Bernie's* (1989), as Art Direction
- *Star Slammer* (1986), Production Design
- *Flight of the Navigator* (1986), as Art Direction
- *Creature* (1985), as Art Direction
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, as Xaver Hutter

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