---
name: "Roger Cain"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/roger-cain"
fi1m_id: "roger-cain"
imdb_id: "nm0128956"
tmdb_id: 12825
roles: ["Art direction"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T21:11:29.400720+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."
---

# Roger Cain

## Identity

Roger Cain

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/roger-cain
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** roger-cain
- **IMDb ID:** nm0128956
- **TMDB ID:** 12825
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0128956/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12825

Art direction.

## Details

- **Work:** Art direction
- **Active:** 1984–1989
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 66 to 61 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 2, Comedy 2, Fantasy 2, Action 1, Animation 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $686m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0128956/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12825

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Who Framed Roger Rabbit*](https://film.one/film/who-framed-roger-rabbit.md) (89)

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

## Biography

Roger Cain is a British production designer and art director. He began in the art department as a draughtsman on *Gandhi* (1982) and worked as assistant art director on *Electric Dreams* (1984) and art director on *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom* (1984) and *Labyrinth* (1986).

Cain served as production designer on *Who Framed Roger Rabbit* (1988). Subsequent production design credits include *Shipwrecked* (1990), *Aspen Extreme* (1993) and *Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey* (1993). He was supervising art director on *Cutthroat Island* (1995) and received a Primetime Emmy nomination for his work.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, shotonwhat.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Erik the Viking* (1989), Fi1m 43, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/erik-the-viking.md)
- *Who Framed Roger Rabbit* (1988), Fi1m 89, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/who-framed-roger-rabbit.md)
- *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom* (1984), Fi1m 65, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-temple-of-doom.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Nightworld: Lost Souls* (1999), as Art Direction
- *The Cyberstalking* (1999), as Art Direction
- *30 Years to Life* (1998), as Art Direction
- *The Proposition* (1996), Production Design
- *Cutthroat Island* (1995), Supervising Art Director
- *Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey* (1993), Production Design
- *Aspen Extreme* (1993), Production Design
- *Shipwrecked* (1990), Production Design
- *Erik the Viking* (1989), as Art Direction — Fi1m 43, [page](https://film.one/film/erik-the-viking.md)
- *Who Framed Roger Rabbit* (1988), Production Design — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/who-framed-roger-rabbit.md)
- *Electric Dreams* (1984), Assistant Art Director
- *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom* (1984), as Art Direction — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-temple-of-doom.md)
- *Gandhi* (1982), as Draughtsman — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/gandhi.md)
- *Jabberwocky* (1977), Assistant Art Director
- *The Last Valley* (1971), as Draughtsman

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