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name: "Robert Stromberg"
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roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "1 January 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T07:27:11.007642+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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# Robert Stromberg

Production designer. Born 1 January 1965 in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 1 January 1965, USA
- **Active:** 2005–2009
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscars (2 won · 1 nominated)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stromberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2158922, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0834902/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1032536

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Avatar*](https://film.one/film/avatar.md) (70)

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## Biography

Robert Stromberg is an American production designer, visual effects artist and film director. He began his career as a matte painter and visual effects supervisor on television series including *Star Trek: The Next Generation* and *Star Trek: Voyager*, earning Emmy Awards for his work.

Stromberg served as co-production designer on James Cameron’s *Avatar* (2009), sharing an Academy Award for Best Production Design. He won a second Oscar for production design on Tim Burton’s *Alice in Wonderland* (2010). He made his directorial debut with the Disney film *Maleficent* (2014).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, robertstromberg.com, james-camerons-avatar.fandom.com, pantheon.world.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Avatar* (2009), Fi1m 70, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/avatar.md)
- *Walk the Line* (2005), Fi1m 78, Visual Effects Supervisor — [page](https://film.one/film/walk-the-line.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Project Blue Book* (2019), series, Director
- *The BFG* (2016), Production Design
- *Dawn* (2016), Director
- *What Lives Inside* (2015), series, Director, Creator
- *Maleficent* (2014), Director
- *My Journey in Oz* (2013), Thanks
- *Oz the Great and Powerful* (2013), as Disgruntled Kansas Man · Production Design
- *Angel Camouflaged* (2010), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Alice in Wonderland* (2010), Production Design
- *Avatar* (2009), Production Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/avatar.md)
- *The Road* (2009), Visual Effects Design Consultant
- *3:10 to Yuma* (2007), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Walk the Line* (2005), Visual Effects Supervisor — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/walk-the-line.md)
- *The Aviator* (2004), Visual Effects Supervisor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-aviator.md)
- *The Terminal* (2004), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World* (2003), Visual Effects Designer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/master-and-commander-the-far-side-of-the-world.md)
- *Identity* (2003), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Kate & Leopold* (2001), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *The Siege* (1998), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Dangerous Beauty* (1998), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Kull the Conqueror* (1997), Visual Effects Supervisor
- *The Birdcage* (1996), as Matte Painter — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-birdcage.md)
- *From Dusk Till Dawn* (1996), Effects Supervisor — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/from-dusk-till-dawn.md)
- *A Far Off Place* (1993), Additional Visual Effects
- *Empire of the Dark* (1991), Visual Effects, Production Design, Director of Photography
- *Tremors* (1990), as Matte Painter — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/tremors.md)
- *Night of the Demons* (1988), as Matte Painter

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- 2011: Best Production Design (won), for *Alice in Wonderland*
- 2010: Best Production Design (won), for *Avatar*
- 2004: Best Visual Effects (nominated), for *Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Saturn Awards 2010: Best Production Design (won), for *Avatar*

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

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