---
name: "Michael White"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-white"
fi1m_id: "michael-white"
imdb_id: "nm0925221"
tmdb_id: 896
wikidata_id: "Q25659237"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "12 November 1962"
died: "19 January 1999"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T00:00:05.771482+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 White

## Identity

Michael White

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-white
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-white
- **IMDb ID:** nm0925221
- **TMDB ID:** 896
- **Wikidata ID:** Q25659237
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25659237, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925221/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/896

Production designer. Born 12 November 1962 in Abingdon-on-Thames. Died 19 January 1999.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 12 November 1962, Abingdon-on-Thames
- **Died:** 19 January 1999
- **Active:** 1995–1998
- **Frequently works with:** [Jerry Bruckheimer](https://film.one/person/jerry-bruckheimer.md), [Don Simpson](https://film.one/person/don-simpson.md), [Jonathan Hensleigh](https://film.one/person/jonathan-hensleigh.md), [Michael Bay](https://film.one/person/michael-bay.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25659237, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925221/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/896

## Biography

Michael White was a British production designer and art director. Born on 12 November 1962 in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, he grew up in La Jolla, California. He earned a bachelor of fine arts in painting and printmaking from San Diego State University and a master of fine arts in photography from the University of New Mexico.

White worked extensively in music videos and commercials before moving into feature films. His production design credits include *Kalifornia* (1993), *Crimson Tide* (1995), *The Rock* (1996), *The Jackal* (1997) and *Armageddon* (1998). He also served as production designer on *Inspector Gadget* (1999), which was dedicated to his memory. White died on 19 January 1999 in Los Angeles.

*Sources: imdb.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Armageddon* (1998), Fi1m 64, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/armageddon.md)
- *The Rock* (1996), Fi1m 78, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-rock.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *I Am Not Okay with This* (2020), series, Hair Department Head
- *Inspector Gadget* (1999), Production Design
- *Armageddon* (1998), Production Design — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/armageddon.md)
- *A Rat's Tale* (1998), as Art Direction
- *The Jackal* (1997), Production Design
- *The Rock* (1996), Production Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-rock.md)
- *Crimson Tide* (1995), Production Design
- *Kalifornia* (1993), Production Design

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