---
name: "Philip Harrison"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/philip-harrison"
fi1m_id: "philip-harrison"
imdb_id: "nm0365812"
tmdb_id: 10936
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "30 August 1936"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T01:03:45.324093+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."
---

# Philip Harrison

## Identity

Philip Harrison

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/philip-harrison
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** philip-harrison
- **IMDb ID:** nm0365812
- **TMDB ID:** 10936
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365812/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10936

Production designer. Born 30 August 1936 in Midhurst, Sussex, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 30 August 1936, Midhurst, Sussex, England, UK
- **Active:** 1983–1997
- **Frequently works with:** [John Badham](https://film.one/person/john-badham.md), [Peter Hyams](https://film.one/person/peter-hyams.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 69 (3), 1990s 54 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 64 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Thriller 3, Adventure 2, Comedy 2, Romance 2, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $528m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365812/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10936

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Stakeout*](https://film.one/film/stakeout.md) (70), [*Timecop*](https://film.one/film/timecop.md) (64), [*Bird on a Wire*](https://film.one/film/bird-on-a-wire.md) (44)
- **Apple TV:** [*Mississippi Burning*](https://film.one/film/mississippi-burning.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Philip Harrison (born 30 August 1936) is a British production designer and art director. He began his career in the 1960s with art direction credits on British films such as *Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment* (1966) and *Duffy* (1968), later taking production design roles on *Cuba* (1979) and *Hanover Street* (1979).

Harrison's production design credits include *Outland* (1981), *Never Say Never Again* (1983), *Mississippi Burning* (1988), *Timecop* (1994), *Spawn* (1997) and *The Core* (2003). He collaborated repeatedly with director Peter Hyams. He received a BAFTA nomination for his work.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, svenskfilmdatabas.se.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Timecop* (1994), Fi1m 64, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/timecop.md)
- *Bird on a Wire* (1990), Fi1m 44, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/bird-on-a-wire.md)
- *Mississippi Burning* (1988), Fi1m 72, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/mississippi-burning.md)
- *Stakeout* (1987), Fi1m 70, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/stakeout.md)
- *Never Say Never Again* (1983), Fi1m 64, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/never-say-never-again.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

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

- *Enemies Closer* (2013), Production Design
- *Universal Soldier: Regeneration* (2010), Production Design
- *The Special: Building Blue Thunder* (2006), Actor
- *The Core* (2003), Production Design
- *Extreme Ops* (2002), Production Design
- *The Musketeer* (2001), Production Design
- *Spawn* (1997), Production Design
- *The Relic* (1997), Production Design
- *Nick of Time* (1995), Production Design
- *Sudden Death* (1995), Production Design
- *Timecop* (1994), Production Design — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/timecop.md)
- *Malice* (1993), Production Design
- *Point of No Return* (1993), Production Design
- *Stay Tuned* (1992), Production Design
- *The Hard Way* (1991), Production Design
- *Bird on a Wire* (1990), Production Design — Fi1m 44, [page](https://film.one/film/bird-on-a-wire.md)
- *Mississippi Burning* (1988), Production Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/mississippi-burning.md)
- *Stakeout* (1987), Production Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/stakeout.md)
- *52 Pick-Up* (1986), Production Design
- *White Nights* (1985), Production Design
- *The Razor's Edge* (1984), Production Design
- *Never Say Never Again* (1983), Production Design — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/never-say-never-again.md)
- *Pennies from Heaven* (1981), Production Design
- *Outland* (1981), Production Design
- *Cuba* (1979), Production Design
- *Hanover Street* (1979), Production Design
- *Valentino* (1977), as Art Direction
- *The Ritz* (1976), Production Design
- *Lisztomania* (1975), Production Design
- *Vampira* (1974), as Art Direction
- *The Final Programme* (1973), as Art Direction
- *Countess Dracula* (1971), as Art Direction
- *And Soon the Darkness* (1970), Set Designer
- *Wuthering Heights* (1970), Production Design
- *Duffy* (1968), as Art Direction
- *How I Won the War* (1967), as Art Direction
- *Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment* (1966), as Art Direction
- *The Open Door* (1966), Production Design
- *Mystery and Imagination* (1966), series, Production Design
- *The Protectors* (1964), series, Production Design

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