---
name: "Stephen Altman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stephen-altman"
fi1m_id: "stephen-altman"
imdb_id: "nm0022939"
tmdb_id: 10420
wikidata_id: "Q22114971"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "15 October 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-06T04:19:00.226698+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."
---

# Stephen Altman

## Identity

Stephen Altman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stephen-altman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stephen-altman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0022939
- **TMDB ID:** 10420
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22114971
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Altman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22114971, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0022939/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10420

Producer. Born 15 October 1956 in Kansas City.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 15 October 1956, Kansas City
- **Active:** 1975–2012
- **Also known as:** Steven Altman
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 10: 1 producing, 8 crew, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Robert Altman](https://film.one/person/robert-altman.md), [Tim Robbins](https://film.one/person/tim-robbins.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 80 (2), 1980s 73 (2), 1990s 75 (3), 2000s 78 (2), 2010s 72 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Altman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22114971, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0022939/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10420

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Player*](https://film.one/film/the-player.md) (85)

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

## Biography

Stephen Altman is an American production designer and art director. Born on 15 October 1956 in Kansas City, Missouri, he began working in the film industry in 1974 as an apprentice editor and projectionist on his father Robert Altman’s *California Split*.

He progressed through property, set decoration and art direction roles before becoming a production designer with *Fool for Love* (1985). Altman has collaborated extensively with his father on films including *The Player* (1992), *Short Cuts* (1993), *Ready to Wear* (1994), *Kansas City* (1996) and *Gosford Park* (2001). Other credits include *Grosse Pointe Blank* (1997), *Ray* (2004), *Chronicle* (2012) and *Draft Day* (2014). He received an Academy Award nomination for best art direction for *Gosford Park*, shared with set decorator Anna Pinnock, as well as BAFTA and Emmy nominations.

*Sources: imdb.com, casicalifornia.org, catalog.afi.com, wikidata.org.*

## On Fi1m (10)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Nashville* (1975), Fi1m 89, Production Assistant — [page](https://film.one/film/nashville.md)

### Crew (8)

- *Chronicle* (2012), Fi1m 72, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/chronicle.md)
- *Ray* (2004), Fi1m 70, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/ray.md)
- *Gosford Park* (2001), Fi1m 85, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/gosford-park.md)
- *Grosse Pointe Blank* (1997), Fi1m 55, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/grosse-pointe-blank.md)
- *Short Cuts* (1993), Fi1m 84, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/short-cuts.md)
- *The Player* (1992), Fi1m 85, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-player.md)
- *Near Dark* (1987), Fi1m 82, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/near-dark.md)
- *Popeye* (1980), Fi1m 64, Property Master — [page](https://film.one/film/popeye.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *M*A*S*H* (1970), Fi1m 72, as Duke's 5-Year-Old Son (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/m-a-s-h.md)

## Complete filmography (45)

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

- *The Sleepover* (2020), Production Design
- *Capone* (2020), Production Design
- *Dirty Dancing* (2017), Production Design
- *Confirmation* (2016), Production Design
- *A Sunday Horse* (2016), Production Design
- *Left Behind* (2014), Production Design
- *Draft Day* (2014), Production Design
- *Chronicle* (2012), Production Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/chronicle.md)
- *Janie Jones* (2010), Production Design
- *Lovely, Still* (2009), Production Design
- *Georgia O'Keeffe* (2009), Production Design
- *Hot Rod* (2007), as Rod's Dad (uncredited) · Production Design
- *Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World* (2006), Production Design
- *The Sisters* (2005), Production Design
- *Ray* (2004), Production Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/ray.md)
- *The Big Bounce* (2004), Production Design
- *Gosford Park* (2001), Production Design — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/gosford-park.md)
- *Dr. T & the Women* (2000), Production Design
- *Cookie's Fortune* (1999), Production Design
- *The Gingerbread Man* (1998), Production Design
- *Grosse Pointe Blank* (1997), Production Design — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/grosse-pointe-blank.md)
- *Kansas City* (1996), Production Design
- *Prêt-à-Porter* (1994), Production Design
- *Short Cuts* (1993), Production Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/short-cuts.md)
- *What's Love Got to Do with It* (1993), Production Design
- *The Player* (1992), Production Design — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-player.md)
- *Vincent & Theo* (1990), Production Design
- *The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial* (1988), Production Design
- *Tanner '88* (1988), series, as Rogan, Art Direction · Production Design
- *Near Dark* (1987), Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/near-dark.md)
- *Beyond Therapy* (1987), Production Design
- *Fool for Love* (1985), Production Design
- *Ladyhawke* (1985), as Set Dresser
- *Secret Honor* (1984), Production Design
- *Streamers* (1983), as Art Direction
- *Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean* (1982), as Set Decoration, Property Master
- *Rattlesnake in a Cooler* (1982), as Art Direction
- *Popeye* (1980), as Property Master — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/popeye.md)
- *A Perfect Couple* (1979), as Property Master
- *A Wedding* (1978), Assistant Property Master
- *Nashville* (1975), Production Assistant — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/nashville.md)
- *M*A*S*H* (1970), as Duke's 5-Year-Old Son (uncredited) — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/m-a-s-h.md)
- *Omnibus* (1967), series, Actor
- *Go Goa Gone 2*, Production Design
- *Going for Two*, Production Design

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2002: Best Production Design (nominated), for *Gosford Park*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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