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name: "Michael Stringer"
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roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "26 July 1924"
died: "7 March 2004"
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updated: "2026-09-18T11:53:14.042426+00:00"
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# Michael Stringer

Production designer. Born 26 July 1924 in Singapore. Died 7 March 2004.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 26 July 1924, Singapore
- **Died:** 7 March 2004
- **Also known as:** John Michael Stringer
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stringer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1929519, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0834584/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/47415

## Biography

Michael Stringer (1924–2004) was a British production designer and art director. Born John Michael Stringer in Singapore, he studied at Selwyn College, Cambridge, served in the RAF during the Second World War, and entered the film industry after demobilisation as an assistant art director.

His credits include production design on *Casino Royale* (1967) and *A Shot in the Dark* (1964), and art direction on *Fiddler on the Roof* (1971), for which he shared an Academy Award nomination. Other notable films include *633 Squadron* (1964), *Robin and Marian* (1976), *The Mirror Crack'd* (1980) and *The Awakening* (1980). He later worked in television, designing sets for series including *Paradise Postponed* (1986).

Stringer contributed to the textbook *Film Design* (1974) and served as president of the Guild of Film Art Directors. He was twice married and had two daughters.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, independent.co.uk, thetimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Casino Royale* (1967), Fi1m 50, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/casino-royale-1967.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

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

- *Blue-Eyed Butcher* (2012), Key Grip
- *Hired to Kill* (1990), Production Design
- *Anything to Survive* (1990), Production Design
- *The Tenth Man* (1988), Production Design
- *From the Hip* (1987), Production Design
- *Wallenberg: A Hero's Story* (1985), series, Production Design
- *The First Olympics: Athens 1896* (1984), series, Production Design
- *The Hound of the Baskervilles* (1983), Production Design
- *The Appointment* (1983), Production Design
- *Treasure Island* (1982), Production Design
- *The Awakening* (1980), Production Design
- *The Mirror Crack'd* (1980), Production Design
- *Escape to Athena* (1979), Production Design
- *The Greek Tycoon* (1978), Production Design
- *Robin and Marian* (1976), Production Design
- *One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing* (1975), Art Direction
- *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland* (1972), Production Design
- *Demons of the Mind* (1972), Production Design
- *Fiddler on the Roof* (1971), Art Direction
- *Inspector Clouseau* (1968), as Harold Wilson
- *Casino Royale* (1967), Production Design — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/casino-royale-1967.md)
- *Cast a Giant Shadow* (1966), Production Design
- *Young Cassidy* (1965), Art Direction
- *A Shot in the Dark* (1964), Production Design
- *633 Squadron* (1964), Production Design
- *The Three Lives of Thomasina* (1963), Art Direction
- *Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow* (1963), Art Direction
- *In Search of the Castaways* (1962), Art Direction
- *The Prince and the Pauper* (1962), Art Direction
- *Greyfriars Bobby* (1961), Art Direction
- *The Sundowners* (1960), Art Direction
- *Tarzan's Greatest Adventure* (1959), Art Direction
- *The Captain's Table* (1959), Art Direction
- *Windom's Way* (1957), Production Design
- *The Secret Place* (1957), Production Design
- *Jumping for Joy* (1956), Art Direction
- *An Alligator Named Daisy* (1955), Production Design
- *As Long as They're Happy* (1955), Art Direction
- *Harmony Lane* (1954), Art Direction
- *Devil on Horseback* (1954), Art Direction
- *The End of the Road* (1954), Art Direction
- *Background* (1953), Art Direction
- *Genevieve* (1953), Art Direction
- *The Brave Don't Cry* (1952), Art Direction

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1972: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Fiddler on the Roof*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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