---
name: "Michael Z. Hanan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michael-z-hanan"
fi1m_id: "michael-z-hanan"
imdb_id: "nm0359263"
tmdb_id: 34858
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "28 January 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-15T04:03:00.374945+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 Z. Hanan

## Identity

Michael Z. Hanan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michael-z-hanan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michael-z-hanan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0359263
- **TMDB ID:** 34858
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0359263/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34858

Production designer. Born 28 January 1955 in Agoura Hills, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 28 January 1955, Agoura Hills, California, USA
- **Active:** 1989–2007
- **Also known as:** Michael Hanan
- **Frequently works with:** [Natascha McElhone](https://film.one/person/natascha-mcelhone.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 45 (1), 1990s 80 (1), 2000s 63 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Drama 1, Horror 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $128m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0359263/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34858

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Ronin*](https://film.one/film/ronin.md) (80)
- **Hulu:** [*Californication*](https://film.one/tv/californication.md) (63)
- **AMC+:** [*Pet Sematary*](https://film.one/film/pet-sematary.md) (45)

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

## Biography

Michael Z. Hanan is an American production designer. Born in California in 1955, he attended UCLA and began working in the film industry in the early 1980s through visual effects. His early credits include an Emmy Award for art direction on the 1985 television production *The Hugga Bunch*. He later served as production designer on the television series *Miami Vice*.

Hanan has worked on numerous feature films, including *Pet Sematary* (1989), *Ronin* (1998), *Blow* (2001), *The Punisher* (2004) and *Seraphim Falls* (2007). He collaborated frequently with director John Frankenheimer, acting as second unit director on *The Island of Dr. Moreau* (1996) and other projects. His television credits include *Californication* (2007).

*Sources: imdb.com, compleatseanbean.com, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Californication* (2007), Fi1m 63, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/californication.md)
- *Ronin* (1998), Fi1m 80, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/ronin.md)
- *Pet Sematary* (1989), Fi1m 45, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/pet-sematary.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Runner* (2015), Production Designer
- *Tut* (2015), series, Production Design
- *Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li* (2009), Production Design
- *Californication* (2007), series, Production Design — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/californication.md)
- *Seraphim Falls* (2007), Production Design
- *The Punisher* (2004), Production Design
- *Gods and Generals* (2003), Production Design
- *Point of Origin* (2002), Production Design
- *Ambush* (2001), Production Design
- *Blow* (2001), Production Design
- *Ronin* (1998), Production Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/ronin.md)
- *Ghosts* (1997), Production Design
- *George Wallace* (1997), Production Designer
- *George Wallace* (1997), series, Production Design
- *The Island of Dr. Moreau* (1996), Second Unit Director
- *The Burning Season* (1994), Production Design
- *Against the Wall* (1994), Production Design
- *My Boyfriend's Back* (1993), Production Design
- *Excessive Force* (1993), Production Design
- *Missing Pieces* (1992), Production Design
- *Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel* (1992), Production Design
- *Psycho IV: The Beginning* (1990), Production Design
- *Curiosity Kills* (1990), Production Design
- *Pet Sematary* (1989), Production Design — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/pet-sematary.md)
- *Heartbeat* (1987), as Art Direction

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