---
name: "Patrick Bill"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/patrick-bill"
fi1m_id: "patrick-bill"
imdb_id: "nm1444322"
tmdb_id: 1187168
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "5 November 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-01T20:34:50.143158+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."
---

# Patrick Bill

## Identity

Patrick Bill

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/patrick-bill
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** patrick-bill
- **IMDb ID:** nm1444322
- **TMDB ID:** 1187168
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1444322/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1187168

Production designer. Born 5 November 1962 in Sidcup, Kent, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 5 November 1962, Sidcup, Kent, England, UK
- **Active:** 2003–2013
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 72 (2), 2010s 62 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Mystery 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Documentary 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $14m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1444322/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1187168

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Touching the Void*](https://film.one/film/touching-the-void.md) (87), [*Exam*](https://film.one/film/exam.md) (57)
- **Apple TV:** [*Shetland*](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md) (62)

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

## Biography

Patrick Bill is a British production designer and art director. He was born on 5 November 1962 in Sidcup, Kent, England.

He worked on the 2003 documentary *Touching the Void*, for which he also handled art direction and costumes. His other film credits include production design on *Exam* (2009) and *The Chameleon* (2015). He has designed for numerous television productions, including episodes of *Shetland* and *Vera*.

Bill holds a BSc in mathematics. He received a BAFTA nomination and won an RTS Craft and Design Award for production design.

*Sources: imdb.com, comedy.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Shetland* (2013), Fi1m 62, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Exam* (2009), Fi1m 57, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/exam.md)
- *Touching the Void* (2003), Fi1m 87, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/touching-the-void.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Shetland* (2013), series, Production Design — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/shetland.md)
- *Matthew Bourne's Christmas* (2011), Production Design
- *Miliband of Brothers* (2010), Production Design
- *Exam* (2009), Production Design — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/exam.md)
- *Consuming Passion* (2008), Production Design
- *Fooling Hitler* (2004), Production Design
- *Touching the Void* (2003), Production Design — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/touching-the-void.md)

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