---
name: "Simon Bowles"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/simon-bowles"
fi1m_id: "simon-bowles"
imdb_id: "nm0002493"
tmdb_id: 962163
wikidata_id: "Q7518320"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "1 January 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T14:48:23.231921+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."
---

# Simon Bowles

## Identity

Simon Bowles

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/simon-bowles
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** simon-bowles
- **IMDb ID:** nm0002493
- **TMDB ID:** 962163
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7518320
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Bowles, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7518320, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002493/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/962163

Production designer. Born 1 January 1971 in London.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 1 January 1971, London
- **Active:** 2005–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 85 (1), 2010s 67 (2), 2020s 56 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 66 to 64 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 2, Comedy 2, Drama 2, Horror 2, Action 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $498m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Bowles, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7518320, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002493/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/962163

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Descent*](https://film.one/film/the-descent.md) (85)
- **Netflix:** [*A Quiet Place: Day One*](https://film.one/film/a-quiet-place-day-one.md) (70)
- **Disney+:** [*The Son*](https://film.one/film/the-son.md) (43)

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## Biography

Simon Bowles is a British production designer. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and entered the film industry from a theatre background.

His credits include production design on *The Descent* (2005), *Pride* (2014), *Belle* (2013), *Johnny English Strikes Again* (2018), *The Son* (2022) and *A Quiet Place: Day One* (2024). He has received multiple British Film Designers Guild awards, including for *A Quiet Place: Day One* and *Johnny English Strikes Again*, and was nominated for *The Son*.

*Sources: simonbowles.com, imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *A Quiet Place: Day One* (2024), Fi1m 70, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/a-quiet-place-day-one.md)
- *The Son* (2022), Fi1m 43, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-son.md)
- *Johnny English Strikes Again* (2018), Fi1m 52, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/johnny-english-strikes-again.md)
- *Pride* (2014), Fi1m 82, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/pride.md)
- *The Descent* (2005), Fi1m 85, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-descent.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *Primate* (2026), Production Design
- *Apartment 7A* (2024), Production Design
- *A Quiet Place: Day One* (2024), Production Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/a-quiet-place-day-one.md)
- *The Son* (2022), Production Design — Fi1m 43, [page](https://film.one/film/the-son.md)
- *Johnny English Strikes Again* (2018), Production Design — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/johnny-english-strikes-again.md)
- *Crooked House* (2017), Production Design
- *A United Kingdom* (2016), Production Design
- *Dad's Army* (2016), Production Design
- *Spooks: The Greater Good* (2015), Production Design
- *Pride* (2014), Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/pride.md)
- *Belle* (2013), Production Design
- *Hyde Park on Hudson* (2012), Production Design
- *The Deep* (2010), series, Production Design
- *Centurion* (2010), Production Design
- *The Descent: Part 2* (2009), Production Design
- *Eden Lake* (2008), Production Design
- *Doomsday* (2008), Production Design
- *Straightheads* (2007), Production Design
- *The Descent* (2005), Production Design — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-descent.md)
- *Cold & Dark* (2005), Production Design
- *Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London* (2004), as Art Direction
- *Dog Soldiers* (2002), Production Design
- *The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells* (2001), series, as Art Direction
- *Lara Croft: Tomb Raider* (2001), Concept Artist — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/lara-croft-tomb-raider.md)
- *The Enemy* (2001), Production Design
- *The Calling* (2000), as Art Direction
- *Lighthouse* (2000), Production Design
- *Wing Commander* (1999), as Art Direction
- *Russell Mulcahy’s Tale of the Mummy* (1998), as Art Direction
- *Sub Down* (1997), Assistant Art Director
- *Midnight Man* (1997), as Art Direction
- *On Dangerous Ground* (1996), as Art Direction
- *A Fistful of Fingers* (1995), Production Design

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