---
name: "Simon Holland"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/simon-holland"
fi1m_id: "simon-holland"
imdb_id: "nm0390830"
tmdb_id: 20107
wikidata_id: "Q97355027"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "27 September 1940"
died: "13 November 2010"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T21:06:27.998766+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 Holland

## Identity

Simon Holland

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/simon-holland
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** simon-holland
- **IMDb ID:** nm0390830
- **TMDB ID:** 20107
- **Wikidata ID:** Q97355027
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Holland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97355027, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0390830/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20107

Production designer. Born 27 September 1940 in United Kingdom. Died 13 November 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 27 September 1940, United Kingdom
- **Died:** 13 November 2010
- **Active:** 1984–1989
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Adventure 2, Action 1, History 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $79m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Holland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97355027, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0390830/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20107

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Emerald Forest*](https://film.one/film/the-emerald-forest.md) (66)

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## Biography

Simon Holland (27 September 1940 – 13 November 2010) was a British production designer and art director. He worked in film from 1969 to 2008.

His credits as production designer include *Quadrophenia* (1979), *The Emerald Forest* (1985), *The Believers* (1987), *Scandal* (1989), *King Ralph* (1991), *The Sleeping Dictionary* (2003) and *The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby* (2005). He served as art director or supervising art director on *Equus* (1977), *The Shout* (1978), *Reds* (1981) and *Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes* (1984).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Scandal* (1989), Fi1m 66, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/scandal.md)
- *The Emerald Forest* (1985), Fi1m 66, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-emerald-forest.md)
- *Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes* (1984), Fi1m 65, Supervising Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/greystoke-the-legend-of-tarzan-lord-of-the-apes.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *Der unaufhaltsame aufstieg von Amazon* (2018), Editor
- *Tutankhamun: The Mystery of the Burnt Mummy* (2013), Editor
- *The Egyptian Job* (2011), Editor
- *The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby* (2005), Production Design
- *The Sleeping Dictionary* (2003), Production Design
- *Jeffrey Archer: The Truth* (2002), Production Design
- *The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns* (1999), series, Production Design
- *Captain Jack* (1999), Production Design
- *Swept from the Sea* (1998), Production Design
- *Jerry Building: Unholy Relics of Nazi Germany* (1994), Editor
- *Decadence* (1994), Production Design
- *A Foreign Field* (1993), Production Design
- *Where Angels Fear to Tread* (1991), Production Design
- *King Ralph* (1991), Production Design
- *Living with Dinosaurs* (1990), Production Design
- *Scandal* (1989), Production Design — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/scandal.md)
- *Buster* (1988), Production Design
- *The Believers* (1987), Production Design
- *Harem* (1986), Production Design
- *The Emerald Forest* (1985), Production Design — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-emerald-forest.md)
- *Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes* (1984), Supervising Art Director — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/greystoke-the-legend-of-tarzan-lord-of-the-apes.md)
- *Reds* (1981), as Art Direction — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/reds.md)
- *Quadrophenia* (1979), Production Design
- *Agatha* (1979), as Art Direction
- *The Shout* (1978), as Art Direction
- *Equus* (1977), as Art Direction
- *Rosebud* (1975), as Art Direction
- *Swallows and Amazons* (1974), as Art Direction
- *The Triple Echo* (1972), as Set Dresser
- *The Boy Friend* (1971), as Art Direction
- *Bartleby* (1970), as Art Direction

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