---
name: "Michel Barthélémy"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michel-barthelemy"
fi1m_id: "michel-barthelemy"
imdb_id: "nm0058616"
tmdb_id: 62471
wikidata_id: "Q19606640"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-05T00:53:25.267674+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."
---

# Michel Barthélémy

## Identity

Michel Barthélémy

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michel-barthelemy
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michel-barthelemy
- **IMDb ID:** nm0058616
- **TMDB ID:** 62471
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19606640
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19606640, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0058616/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62471

Production designer. Born 1 January 1953.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 1 January 1953
- **Active:** 2009–2019
- **Frequently works with:** [Jacques Audiard](https://film.one/person/jacques-audiard.md), [Pascal Caucheteux](https://film.one/person/pascal-caucheteux.md), [Thomas Bidegain](https://film.one/person/thomas-bidegain.md), [Grégoire Sorlat](https://film.one/person/gregoire-sorlat.md), [Martine Cassinelli](https://film.one/person/martine-cassinelli.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 86 (1), 2010s 74 (5)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 72 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Crime 2, Comedy 1, History 1, Romance 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $106m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19606640, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0058616/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62471

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Sisters Brothers*](https://film.one/film/the-sisters-brothers.md) (78), [*Dheepan*](https://film.one/film/dheepan.md) (68)
- **Disney+:** [*Rust and Bone*](https://film.one/film/rust-and-bone.md) (81)
- **Netflix:** [*The Spy*](https://film.one/tv/the-spy.md) (58)

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## Biography

Michel Barthélémy is a French production designer. He has worked extensively in French cinema, providing production design for films directed by Jacques Audiard, including *A Prophet* (2009), *Rust and Bone* (2012) and *Dheepan* (2015).

His other credits include *99 Francs* (2007), *The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch* (2008), *Frantz* (2016), *The Sisters Brothers* (2018), *Black Box* (2021) and *The Night of the 12th* (2022). He has received several César Award nominations for best production design and won the award for *A Prophet* in 2010 and for *The Sisters Brothers* in 2019.

*Sources: imdb.com, fr.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *The Spy* (2019), Fi1m 58, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-spy.md)
- *The Sisters Brothers* (2018), Fi1m 78, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sisters-brothers.md)
- *Dheepan* (2015), Fi1m 68, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/dheepan.md)
- *Rust and Bone* (2012), Fi1m 81, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/rust-and-bone.md)
- *Of Gods and Men* (2010), Fi1m 84, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/of-gods-and-men.md)
- *A Prophet* (2009), Fi1m 86, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/a-prophet.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

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

- *The Little Gang* (2022), as Art Direction
- *The Night of the 12th* (2022), Production Design
- *Black Box* (2021), Production Design
- *The Spy* (2019), series, Production Design — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-spy.md)
- *The Trouble with You* (2018), Production Design
- *The Sisters Brothers* (2018), Production Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sisters-brothers.md)
- *In the Shadow of Iris* (2016), Production Design
- *Frantz* (2016), Production Design
- *Dheepan* (2015), Production Design — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/dheepan.md)
- *The New Girlfriend* (2014), Production Design
- *SMS* (2014), Production Design
- *In the Courtyard* (2014), Production Design
- *Bastards* (2013), Production Design
- *Rust and Bone* (2012), Production Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/rust-and-bone.md)
- *Of Gods and Men* (2010), Production Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/of-gods-and-men.md)
- *Copacabana* (2010), Production Design
- *A Prophet* (2009), Production Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/a-prophet.md)
- *The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch* (2008), Production Design
- *99 Francs* (2007), Production Design
- *Lemming* (2005), Production Design
- *Blueberry* (2004), Production Design
- *Nathalie...* (2004), Production Design
- *Read My Lips* (2001), Production Design
- *Tom Thumb* (2001), Production Design
- *With a Friend Like Harry...* (2000), Production Design
- *Jacqueline dans ma vitrine* (2000), Production Design
- *Dobermann* (1997), Production Design
- *Weep No More, My Lady* (1992), as Art Direction
- *The Governor's Party* (1990), Production Design
- *Cheech & Chong's The Corsican Brothers* (1984), Second Assistant Art Director

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- César Award for Best Production Design 2023: César Award for Best Production Design (nominated), for *The Night of the 12th*

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

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