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name: "Richard Dawking"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-dawking"
fi1m_id: "richard-dawking"
tmdb_id: 1626419
roles: ["Production designer"]
died: "19 March 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T18:59:51.415159+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."
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# Richard Dawking

## Identity

Richard Dawking

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-dawking
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-dawking
- **TMDB ID:** 1626419
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1626419

Production designer. Born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK. Died 19 March 1985.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Died:** 19 March 1985
- **Active:** 1983–1985
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1626419

## Biography

Richard Dawking (1938–1985) was a British art director and production designer. He worked in the art department on *Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back* (1980) and as assistant art director on *Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi* (1983) and *The Dark Crystal* (1982). He served as art director on *Monty Python's The Meaning of Life* (1983), *Electric Dreams* (1984) and *White Nights* (1985).

Dawking's final credit was as production designer, shared with Terry Knight, on *The Jewel of the Nile* (1985). He died on 19 March 1985 in a plane crash in the Atlas Mountains, Morocco, while scouting locations for the film. The completed film is dedicated to his memory.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Jewel of the Nile* (1985), Fi1m 53, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-jewel-of-the-nile.md)
- *Monty Python's The Meaning of Life* (1983), Fi1m 76, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/monty-pythons-the-meaning-of-life.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *White Nights* (1985), as Art Direction
- *The Jewel of the Nile* (1985), Production Design — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/the-jewel-of-the-nile.md)
- *Electric Dreams* (1984), as Art Direction
- *Monty Python's The Meaning of Life* (1983), as Art Direction — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/monty-pythons-the-meaning-of-life.md)

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