---
name: "Scott Chambliss"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/scott-chambliss"
fi1m_id: "scott-chambliss"
imdb_id: "nm0006755"
tmdb_id: 15351
wikidata_id: "Q3952822"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "30 May 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-28T21:17:00.432642+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."
---

# Scott Chambliss

## Identity

Scott Chambliss

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/scott-chambliss
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** scott-chambliss
- **IMDb ID:** nm0006755
- **TMDB ID:** 15351
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3952822
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3952822, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006755/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15351

Production designer. Born 30 May 1963 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 30 May 1963, Los Angeles County, California, USA
- **Active:** 1992–2019
- **Frequently works with:** [Alex Kurtzman](https://film.one/person/alex-kurtzman.md), [J.J. Abrams](https://film.one/person/j-j-abrams.md), [Roberto Orci](https://film.one/person/roberto-orci.md), [Chris Pine](https://film.one/person/chris-pine.md), [Damon Lindelof](https://film.one/person/damon-lindelof.md), [Zachary Quinto](https://film.one/person/zachary-quinto.md), [Zoe Saldaña](https://film.one/person/zoe-saldana.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 79 (1), 2000s 76 (2), 2010s 57 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 66 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 5, Adventure 4, Science Fiction 4, Drama 1, History 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 14 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,552m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3952822, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006755/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15351

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Star Trek*](https://film.one/film/star-trek.md) (81), [*Star Trek Into Darkness*](https://film.one/film/star-trek-into-darkness.md) (60)
- **Paramount+:** [*Mission: Impossible III*](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-iii.md) (70)
- **Disney+:** [*Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2*](https://film.one/film/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2.md) (64)
- **HBO Max:** [*Godzilla: King of the Monsters*](https://film.one/film/godzilla-king-of-the-monsters.md) (48)

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

## Biography

Scott Chambliss is an American production designer for film and television. Born on 30 May 1963, he studied theatre arts at California State University, East Bay, and earned an MFA at Carnegie Mellon University. He began his career designing sets and costumes for stage productions in New York before moving into film and television.

Chambliss has worked extensively with director J.J. Abrams, serving as production designer on *Mission: Impossible III* (2006), *Star Trek* (2009) and *Star Trek Into Darkness* (2013). His other credits include *Salt* (2010), *Cowboys & Aliens* (2011), *Tomorrowland* (2015), *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2* (2017), *Godzilla: King of the Monsters* (2019) and *Voyagers* (2021). He has also designed for series such as *Alias* and *Citadel*.

He won a Primetime Emmy Award for art direction on *Alias* and has received multiple Art Directors Guild nominations for his feature work.

*Sources: imdb.com, memory-alpha.fandom.com, calstate.edu, motionpictures.org.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Godzilla: King of the Monsters* (2019), Fi1m 48, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-king-of-the-monsters.md)
- *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2* (2017), Fi1m 64, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2.md)
- *Star Trek Into Darkness* (2013), Fi1m 60, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-into-darkness.md)
- *Star Trek* (2009), Fi1m 81, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek.md)
- *Mission: Impossible III* (2006), Fi1m 70, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-iii.md)
- *Malcolm X* (1992), Fi1m 79, Assistant Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/malcolm-x.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *Kiss of the Spider Woman* (2025), Production Design
- *Voyagers* (2021), Production Design
- *Godzilla: King of the Monsters* (2019), Production Design — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/godzilla-king-of-the-monsters.md)
- *Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2* (2017), Production Design — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2.md)
- *Tomorrowland* (2015), Production Design
- *Star Trek Into Darkness* (2013), Production Design — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek-into-darkness.md)
- *Cowboys & Aliens* (2011), Production Design
- *Salt* (2010), Production Design
- *Star Trek* (2009), Production Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/star-trek.md)
- *Brothers and Sisters* (2006), series, Production Design
- *Mission: Impossible III* (2006), Production Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-iii.md)
- *The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave* (2000), Production Design
- *Muhammad Ali: King of the World* (2000), Production Design
- *The Thirteenth Year* (1999), Production Design
- *Krippendorf's Tribe* (1998), Production Design
- *The Celluloid Closet* (1996), Production Design, Art Direction
- *Trial by Fire* (1995), Production Design
- *I Like It Like That* (1994), Production Design
- *Bank Robber* (1993), Production Design
- *Leap of Faith* (1992), Assistant Art Director
- *Malcolm X* (1992), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/malcolm-x.md)
- *Chain of Desire* (1992), Production Design
- *Scenes from a Mall* (1991), Assistant Art Director

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