---
name: "R.S. vander Wende"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/r-s-vander-wende"
fi1m_id: "r-s-vander-wende"
tmdb_id: 1719664
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:52:47.017929+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."
---

# R.S. vander Wende

## Identity

R.S. vander Wende

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/r-s-vander-wende
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** r-s-vander-wende
- **TMDB ID:** 1719664
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1719664

Production designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Also known as:** Richard Vander Wende, Richard van der Wende
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1719664

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Aladdin*](https://film.one/film/aladdin.md) (82)

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

## Biography

R.S. vander Wende, also credited as Richard Vander Wende and Richard van der Wende, is an American visual designer and video game designer. He began his career at Industrial Light & Magic as a concept designer and matte artist on films including *Howard the Duck* (1986), *Innerspace* (1987) and *Willow* (1988).

He joined Walt Disney Feature Animation and served as production designer on the animated feature *Aladdin* (1992). His early visual development work on the project influenced the directors' decision to pursue the story. Subsequent film credits include *The Rocketeer* (1991) and *The Pagemaster* (1994).

Vander Wende later moved into video games, working as co-director and co-designer on *Riven: The Sequel to Myst* (1997) at Cyan Worlds. He returned to the studio in the early 2020s to direct a remake of the game.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Aladdin* (1992), Fi1m 82, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/aladdin.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

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

- *Aladdin* (1992), Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/aladdin.md)

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