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name: "Sydney J. Bartholomew Jr."
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sydney-j-bartholomew-jr"
fi1m_id: "sydney-j-bartholomew-jr"
imdb_id: "nm0058669"
tmdb_id: 932118
wikidata_id: "Q113119059"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "15 August 1953"
died: "15 June 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:51:18.087517+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."
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# Sydney J. Bartholomew Jr.

## Identity

Sydney J. Bartholomew Jr.

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sydney-j-bartholomew-jr
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sydney-j-bartholomew-jr
- **IMDb ID:** nm0058669
- **TMDB ID:** 932118
- **Wikidata ID:** Q113119059
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113119059, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0058669/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/932118

Production designer. Born 15 August 1953 in Tarboro, North Carolina, USA. Died 15 June 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 15 August 1953, Tarboro, North Carolina, USA
- **Died:** 15 June 2008
- **Active:** 1994–2001
- **Frequently works with:** [Bobby Farrelly](https://film.one/person/bobby-farrelly.md), [Charles B. Wessler](https://film.one/person/charles-b-wessler.md), [Peter Farrelly](https://film.one/person/peter-farrelly.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 76 (1), 2000s 55 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113119059, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0058669/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/932118

## Biography

Sydney J. Bartholomew Jr. was an American production designer, art director and director. He was born on 15 August 1953 in Tarboro, North Carolina, and died on 15 June 2008 in Los Angeles, California.

He studied art at Appalachian State University and earned a master’s degree from Memphis State University. Early in his career he assisted conceptual artist Christo and worked as art director on the television series *Pee-wee’s Playhouse* (1986), for which the team won a Daytime Emmy. He also designed music videos, including George Harrison’s “When We Was Fab”.

Bartholomew Jr. moved into feature films as production designer on *Dumb and Dumber* (1994). He collaborated frequently with directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly on *Kingpin* (1996), *Me, Myself & Irene* (2000), *Shallow Hal* (2001) and *The Heartbreak Kid* (2007), among others. He also directed the feature *Just for Kicks* (2003).

*Sources: imdb.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Shallow Hal* (2001), Fi1m 55, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/shallow-hal.md)
- *Dumb and Dumber* (1994), Fi1m 76, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/dumb-and-dumber.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *The Heartbreak Kid* (2007), Production Design
- *Stuck on You* (2003), Production Design
- *Just for Kicks* (2003), Director, Story, Screenplay
- *Shallow Hal* (2001), Production Design — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/shallow-hal.md)
- *Osmosis Jones* (2001), as Zoo Visitor or Staff · Production Design
- *Say It Isn't So* (2001), Production Design
- *Me, Myself & Irene* (2000), Production Design
- *Kingpin* (1996), Production Design
- *Dumb and Dumber* (1994), Production Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/dumb-and-dumber.md)

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