---
name: "Norman Garwood"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/norman-garwood"
fi1m_id: "norman-garwood"
imdb_id: "nm0308841"
tmdb_id: 391
wikidata_id: "Q1728638"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "8 January 1946"
died: "13 April 2019"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-05T01:41:27.127758+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."
---

# Norman Garwood

## Identity

Norman Garwood

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/norman-garwood
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** norman-garwood
- **IMDb ID:** nm0308841
- **TMDB ID:** 391
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1728638
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Garwood, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1728638, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0308841/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/391

Production designer. Born 8 January 1946 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK. Died 13 April 2019.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 8 January 1946, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
- **Died:** 13 April 2019
- **Active:** 1981–2006
- **Frequently works with:** [Andrew Scheinman](https://film.one/person/andrew-scheinman.md), [Bob Hoskins](https://film.one/person/bob-hoskins.md), [Cary Elwes](https://film.one/person/cary-elwes.md), [Maggie Smith](https://film.one/person/maggie-smith.md), [Rob Reiner](https://film.one/person/rob-reiner.md), [William Goldman](https://film.one/person/william-goldman.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 3 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 78 (5), 1990s 63 (3), 2000s 36 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 64 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 4 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Adventure 3, Drama 3, Family 3, Fantasy 3, Mystery 2
- **Screen time:** 17 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $730m across 9 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Garwood, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1728638, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0308841/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/391

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Glory*](https://film.one/film/glory.md) (82), [*Entrapment*](https://film.one/film/entrapment.md) (49)
- **Disney+:** [*The Princess Bride*](https://film.one/film/the-princess-bride.md) (86)
- **HBO Max:** [*Misery*](https://film.one/film/misery.md) (83)

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

## Biography

Norman Garwood (8 January 1946 – 13 April 2019) was an English production designer and art director. He was born in Birmingham, England.

Garwood worked as production designer on films including *Time Bandits* (1981), *Brazil* (1985), *The Princess Bride* (1987), *Glory* (1989), *Misery* (1990), *Hook* (1991), *Lost in Space* (1998) and *Entrapment* (1999). He received Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction for *Brazil*, *Glory* and *Hook*. He won a BAFTA Award for Best Production Design and an Evening Standard British Film Award for *Brazil*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *Basic Instinct 2* (2006), Fi1m 36, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/basic-instinct-2.md)
- *Entrapment* (1999), Fi1m 49, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/entrapment.md)
- *Hook* (1991), Fi1m 56, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/hook.md)
- *Misery* (1990), Fi1m 83, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/misery.md)
- *Glory* (1989), Fi1m 82, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/glory.md)
- *The Princess Bride* (1987), Fi1m 86, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-princess-bride.md)
- *Brazil* (1985), Fi1m 83, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/brazil.md)
- *The Missionary* (1982), Fi1m 57, Production design, Production Design, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/the-missionary.md)
- *Time Bandits* (1981), Fi1m 80, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/time-bandits.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Basic Instinct 2* (2006), Production Design — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/basic-instinct-2.md)
- *The Life and Death of Peter Sellers* (2004), Production Design
- *Ella Enchanted* (2004), Production Design
- *Rollerball* (2002), Production Design
- *Entrapment* (1999), Production Design — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/entrapment.md)
- *Lost in Space* (1998), Production Design
- *Dangerous Beauty* (1998), Production Design
- *Cutthroat Island* (1995), Production Design
- *Being Human* (1994), Production Design
- *Hook* (1991), Production Design — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/hook.md)
- *Misery* (1990), Production Design — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/misery.md)
- *Glory* (1989), Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/glory.md)
- *The Princess Bride* (1987), Production Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-princess-bride.md)
- *Link* (1986), Production Design
- *Shadey* (1985), Production Design
- *Brazil* (1985), Production Design — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/brazil.md)
- *Water* (1985), Production Design
- *Bullshot* (1983), Production Design
- *Red Monarch* (1983), Production Design
- *The Missionary* (1982), as Art Direction · Production Design — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/the-missionary.md)
- *Brimstone & Treacle* (1982), as Art Direction
- *Time Bandits* (1981), as Art Direction — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/time-bandits.md)
- *Hazlitt in Love* (1977), Production Design
- *Cribbins* (1969), series, Production Design

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 3 nominated

- 1992: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Hook*
- 1990: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Glory*
- 1986: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Brazil*

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

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