---
name: "Shepherd Frankel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shepherd-frankel"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "28 August 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 56
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-19T12:08:54.308436+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."
---

# Shepherd Frankel

Production designer. Born 28 August 1968 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 28 August 1968, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 2002–2018
- **Frequently works with:** [Evangeline Lilly](https://film.one/person/evangeline-lilly.md), [Kevin Feige](https://film.one/person/kevin-feige.md), [Michael Douglas](https://film.one/person/michael-douglas.md), [Paul Rudd](https://film.one/person/paul-rudd.md), [Peyton Reed](https://film.one/person/peyton-reed.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 32 (1), 2010s 68 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 56 to 54 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Science Fiction 3, Adventure 2, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,149m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24276055, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291247/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7234

## Coming up

- *The Man with the Bag* (2026-12-02), Production Design

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Ant-Man and the Wasp*](https://film.one/film/ant-man-and-the-wasp.md) (68), [*Ant-Man*](https://film.one/film/ant-man.md) (67)

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## Biography

Shepherd Frankel is an American production designer. Born and raised in New York City, he attended the LaGuardia School of the Arts and later earned a Master's degree in Architecture from the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at UCLA.

He began his career in commercials as an assistant art director before moving into feature films, working as an assistant art director, art director and supervising art director on titles including *Magnolia* (1999), *Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines* (2003), *Fantastic Four* (2005) and *Due Date* (2010). As a production designer his credits include *Step Up* (2006), *27 Dresses* (2008), *Horrible Bosses* (2011), *Identity Thief* (2013), *Bad Words* (2014), *Baywatch* (2017) and *Uncharted* (2022).

Frankel has collaborated extensively with Marvel Studios. He served as production designer on the films *Ant-Man* (2015) and *Ant-Man and the Wasp* (2018), as well as the Marvel One-Shots *Item 47* (2012), *Agent Carter* (2013) and *All Hail the King* (2014), and contributed to additional photography on several other MCU entries.

*Sources: shepherdfrankel.com, imdb.com, marvelcinematicuniverse.fandom.com, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Ant-Man and the Wasp* (2018), Fi1m 68, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/ant-man-and-the-wasp.md)
- *Ant-Man* (2015), Fi1m 67, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/ant-man.md)
- *The Adventures of Pluto Nash* (2002), Fi1m 32, Supervising Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-pluto-nash.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *The Man with the Bag* (2026), Production Design
- *Back in Action* (2025), Production Design
- *Harold and the Purple Crayon* (2024), Production Design
- *Uncharted* (2022), Production Design
- *Jackass Forever* (2022), Set Designer
- *Ant-Man and the Wasp* (2018), Production Design — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/ant-man-and-the-wasp.md)
- *Baywatch* (2017), Production Design
- *Ant-Man* (2015), Production Design — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/ant-man.md)
- *Bad Words* (2013), Production Design
- *Identity Thief* (2013), Production Design
- *Horrible Bosses* (2011), Production Design
- *Due Date* (2010), Supervising Art Director
- *Couples Retreat* (2009), Production Design
- *Four Christmases* (2008), Production Design
- *27 Dresses* (2008), Production Design
- *P.S. I Love You* (2007), as Guy with Clipboard · Production Design
- *The Grand* (2007), Production Design
- *Step Up* (2006), Production Design
- *Pink Collar* (2006), Production Design
- *Fantastic Four* (2005), Supervising Art Director
- *Catwoman* (2004), Supervising Art Director — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/catwoman.md)
- *Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed* (2004), Supervising Art Director
- *Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines* (2003), as Art Direction
- *Beat the Devil* (2002), as Art Direction
- *The Adventures of Pluto Nash* (2002), Supervising Art Director — Fi1m 32, [page](https://film.one/film/the-adventures-of-pluto-nash.md)
- *Stuart Little 2* (2002), as Art Direction
- *Magnolia* (1999), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/magnolia.md)
- *Blast from the Past* (1999), Assistant Art Director
- *Species II* (1998), Assistant Art Director
- *Trojan War* (1997), as Art Direction
- *Jade* (1995), Art Department Assistant

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