Philip Messina

Production designer. Born 19 February 1965 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA.

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Born

19 February 1965, Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA

Active

2000–present

Frequent collaborators

Steven Soderbergh, David Holmes, Stephen Mirrione, Cliff Martinez, Jerry Weintraub, David Koepp

Biography

Philip Messina is an American production designer and art director. He was born on 19 February 1965 in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Messina has worked frequently with director Steven Soderbergh. His credits include production design on Erin Brockovich (2000), Traffic (2000), Ocean's Eleven (2001), Ocean's Twelve (2004), The Good German (2006) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007). He later designed the four Hunger Games films (2012–2015) and mother! (2017). More recent work includes Kimi (2022), Heretic (2024) and Black Bag (2025).

He is married to set decorator Kristen Toscano Messina, with whom he has collaborated on several projects.

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Films and series

Beyond what we have reviewed, Philip Messina is known for The Hunger Games (2012), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015), The Sixth Sense (1999), 8 Mile (2002), mother! (2017) and The Last Airbender (2010).