---
name: "Ruth Ammon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ruth-ammon"
fi1m_id: "ruth-ammon"
imdb_id: "nm0025092"
tmdb_id: 34222
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T14:40:48.923765+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."
---

# Ruth Ammon

## Identity

Ruth Ammon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ruth-ammon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ruth-ammon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0025092
- **TMDB ID:** 34222
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0025092/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34222

Production designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Active:** 2006–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 68 (1), 2020s 81 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 79 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Mystery 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0025092/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34222

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Boroughs*](https://film.one/tv/the-boroughs.md) (73), [*Heroes*](https://film.one/tv/heroes.md) (68)
- **Apple TV:** [*Pachinko*](https://film.one/tv/pachinko.md) (85)
- **HBO Max:** [*Station Eleven*](https://film.one/tv/station-eleven.md) (84)

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

## Biography

Ruth Ammon is a production designer whose credits include the television series *The Boroughs* (2026), *Pachinko* (2022–2024), *Station Eleven* (2021–2022), *The Alienist* (2018–2020) and *Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan* (2018). She has also worked on *Heroes* (2006–2010), *The Following* (2013–2015), *Drop Dead Gorgeous* (1999) and *Tales from the Darkside: The Movie* (1990).

She earned bachelor's degrees in art and art history at Muhlenberg College and Oxford Polytechnic. Ammon began her career in New York's independent film scene before moving into television, where she has established the visual style for numerous series.

Ammon has received four Primetime Emmy nominations for production design.

*Sources: imdb.com, ruthammon.com, motionpictures.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Boroughs* (2026), Fi1m 73, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-boroughs.md)
- *Pachinko* (2022), Fi1m 85, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/pachinko.md)
- *Station Eleven* (2021), Fi1m 84, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/tv/station-eleven.md)
- *Heroes* (2006), Fi1m 68, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/heroes.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *The Boroughs* (2026), series, Production Design — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-boroughs.md)
- *Pachinko* (2022), series, Production Design — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/pachinko.md)
- *Station Eleven* (2021), series, Production Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/station-eleven.md)
- *Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan* (2018), series, Production Design
- *The Alienist* (2018), series, Production Design
- *Manhattan* (2014), series, Production Design
- *The Following* (2013), series, Production Design
- *Heroes* (2006), series, Production Design — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/heroes.md)
- *Their Eyes Were Watching God* (2005), Production Design
- *Crime + Punishment in Suburbia* (2000), Production Design
- *Drop Dead Gorgeous* (1999), Production Design
- *Bee Gees: One Night Only* (1998), Production Design
- *Monument Ave.* (1998), Production Design
- *Loser: The Movie* (1996), Production Design
- *The Music of Chance* (1993), as Art Direction
- *Stephen King's Golden Tales* (1993), as Set Decoration
- *Tales from the Darkside: The Movie* (1990), Production Design
- *Bloodhounds of Broadway* (1989), as Set Decoration
- *Longtime Companion* (1989), as Art Direction
- *Vampire's Kiss* (1989), as Art Direction
- *Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread* (1987), as Art Direction
- *Action Family* (1987), as Art Direction
- *Flanagan* (1985), Production Design
- *Streetwalkin'* (1985), as Property Master
- *Hard Choices* (1985), Production Design

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