---
name: "Ryan Warren Smith"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ryan-warren-smith"
fi1m_id: "ryan-warren-smith"
imdb_id: "nm1622780"
tmdb_id: 90280
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "16 May 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-30T22:27:45.941708+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."
---

# Ryan Warren Smith

## Identity

Ryan Warren Smith

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ryan-warren-smith
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ryan-warren-smith
- **IMDb ID:** nm1622780
- **TMDB ID:** 90280
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1622780/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/90280

Production designer. Born 16 May 1977 in Greeley, Colorado, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 16 May 1977, Greeley, Colorado, USA
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Jeremy Saulnier](https://film.one/person/jeremy-saulnier.md), [Anish Savjani](https://film.one/person/anish-savjani.md), [Dominic Sessa](https://film.one/person/dominic-sessa.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 82 (2), 2020s 77 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 77 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Comedy 2, Crime 2, Thriller 2, Action 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $62m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1622780/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/90280

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Green Room*](https://film.one/film/green-room.md) (83), [*Rebel Ridge*](https://film.one/film/rebel-ridge.md) (75)
- **Peacock:** [*The Holdovers*](https://film.one/film/the-holdovers.md) (81)
- **HBO Max:** [*True Detective*](https://film.one/tv/true-detective.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Ryan Warren Smith is an American production designer. He was born on 16 May 1977 in Greeley, Colorado.

His credits as production designer include *Wendy and Lucy* (2008), *The Motel Life* (2012), *For Ellen* (2012), *Green Room* (2015), *Lean on Pete* (2017), *Hold the Dark* (2018), season three of *True Detective* (2019), *The Holdovers* (2023) and *Rebel Ridge* (2024).

*Sources: imdb.com, variety.com, focusfeatures.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Tony* (2026), Fi1m 76, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/tony.md)
- *Rebel Ridge* (2024), Fi1m 75, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/rebel-ridge.md)
- *The Holdovers* (2023), Fi1m 81, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-holdovers.md)
- *Green Room* (2016), Fi1m 83, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/green-room.md)
- *True Detective* (2014), Fi1m 80, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/true-detective.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Tony* (2026), Production Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/tony.md)
- *Night Always Comes* (2025), Production Design
- *Rebel Ridge* (2024), Production Design — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/rebel-ridge.md)
- *The Holdovers* (2023), Production Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-holdovers.md)
- *Hold the Dark* (2018), Production Design
- *Lean on Pete* (2018), Production Design
- *Carmen* (2017), Production Design
- *Max Rose* (2016), Production Design
- *Green Room* (2016), Production Design — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/green-room.md)
- *True Detective* (2014), series, Production Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/true-detective.md)
- *The Motel Life* (2013), Production Design
- *The Wait* (2013), Production Design
- *For Ellen* (2012), Production Design
- *Light Tiger Eye* (2009), as Art Direction
- *Wendy and Lucy* (2008), Production Design
- *Soldier of God* (2005), as Set Dresser
- *October*, Production Design

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