---
name: "Peter Grant"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/peter-grant-6796"
fi1m_id: "peter-grant-6796"
imdb_id: "nm0335605"
tmdb_id: 6796
wikidata_id: "Q79839769"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "31 January 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T22:49:42.554403+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."
---

# Peter Grant

## Identity

Peter Grant

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/peter-grant-6796
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** peter-grant-6796
- **IMDb ID:** nm0335605
- **TMDB ID:** 6796
- **Wikidata ID:** Q79839769
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79839769, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0335605/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6796

Production designer. Born 31 January 1955 in Denmark.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 31 January 1955, Denmark
- **Active:** 1984–2003
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 63 (1), 1990s 82 (1), 2000s 72 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 62 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 3, Romance 1, Science Fiction 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $80m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79839769, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0335605/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6796

## Streaming the US now

- **MUBI:** [*Dogville*](https://film.one/film/dogville.md) (74)

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## Biography

Peter Grant is a Danish production designer. Born on 31 January 1955, he began his career in the property department on films including *Europa* (1991), *Breaking the Waves* (1996) and *Dancer in the Dark* (2000).

He has worked extensively with director Lars von Trier, serving as production designer on *Dogville* (2003) and *Manderlay* (2005), and art director on several other projects. Grant has also contributed production design to films by Susanne Bier, such as *In a Better World* (2010) and *Love Is All You Need* (2012). He has received one win and ten nominations for his work.

*Sources: imdb.com, the-numbers.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Dogville* (2003), Fi1m 74, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/dogville.md)
- *Dancer in the Dark* (2000), Fi1m 71, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/dancer-in-the-dark.md)
- *Breaking the Waves* (1996), Fi1m 82, Property Master — [page](https://film.one/film/breaking-the-waves.md)
- *The Element of Crime* (1984), Fi1m 63, Props — [page](https://film.one/film/the-element-of-crime.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Valhalla* (2019), Production Design
- *Someone You Love* (2014), Production Design
- *Love Is All You Need* (2012), Production Design
- *A Funny Man* (2011), Production Design
- *In a Better World* (2010), Production Design
- *The Black Pimpernel* (2007), as Art Direction
- *Lars von Trier: Anecdotes* (2005), as Interviewee
- *Manderlay* (2005), as Art Direction
- *Anecdotes from Europa* (2005), as Interviewee
- *Dogville* (2003), Production Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/dogville.md)
- *Shake It All About* (2001), Production Design
- *Dancer in the Dark* (2000), as Art Direction — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/dancer-in-the-dark.md)
- *Les Misérables* (1998), as Art Direction
- *Breaking the Waves* (1996), as Property Master — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/breaking-the-waves.md)
- *The Shooter* (1995), as Property Master
- *The Boy Who Walked Backwards* (1995), Production Design
- *Europa* (1991), as Property Master
- *Epidemic* (1987), as Property Master
- *Gothic* (1987), as Property Master
- *The Element of Crime* (1984), as Props — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-element-of-crime.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Production Designer 2005: European Film Award for Best Production Designer (nominated), for *Manderlay*

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

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