---
name: "Ted Bafaloukos"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ted-bafaloukos"
fi1m_id: "ted-bafaloukos"
imdb_id: "nm0046478"
tmdb_id: 75214
wikidata_id: "Q59124886"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "18 May 1946"
died: "10 September 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-26T01:06:17.425040+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."
---

# Ted Bafaloukos

## Identity

Ted Bafaloukos

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ted-bafaloukos
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ted-bafaloukos
- **IMDb ID:** nm0046478
- **TMDB ID:** 75214
- **Wikidata ID:** Q59124886
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodoros_Bafaloukos, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59124886, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0046478/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/75214

Production designer. Born 18 May 1946 in Athens, Greece. Died 10 September 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 18 May 1946, Athens, Greece
- **Died:** 10 September 2016
- **Active:** 1982–2003
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 1 acting, 3 crew, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Errol Morris](https://film.one/person/errol-morris.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 79 (4), 2000s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 75 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Documentary 2, Crime 1, Drama 1, Sport 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $49m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodoros_Bafaloukos, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59124886, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0046478/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/75214

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Thin Blue Line*](https://film.one/film/the-thin-blue-line.md) (90)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Fog of War*](https://film.one/film/the-fog-of-war.md) (84)

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

## Biography

Ted Bafaloukos (1946–2016) was a Greek production designer and director. Born in Athens on 18 May 1946, he directed and wrote the reggae film *Rockers* (1978), which he shot in Jamaica.

He worked extensively as a production designer on documentaries by Errol Morris, including *The Thin Blue Line* (1988), *A Brief History of Time* (1991), *Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.* (1999) and *The Fog of War* (2003). He also contributed to films by Barry Levinson and Jonathan Demme, and directed music videos.

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

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (1)

- *Diner* (1982), Fi1m 84, as George — [page](https://film.one/film/diner.md)

### Crew (3) — the average rests on these

- *The Fog of War* (2003), Fi1m 84, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fog-of-war.md)
- *The Thin Blue Line* (1988), Fi1m 90, Title Designer, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-thin-blue-line.md)
- *The Natural* (1984), Fi1m 67, Creative Consultant — [page](https://film.one/film/the-natural.md)

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

- *Rain Man* (1988), Fi1m 76, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/rain-man.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Best of Chris Isaak* (2006), Director
- *The Fog of War* (2003), Production Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fog-of-war.md)
- *Downtown '81* (2001), as Junk Dealer
- *A Brief History of Time* (1991), Production Design
- *Rain Man* (1988), Thanks — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/rain-man.md)
- *The Thin Blue Line* (1988), Title Designer, Production Design — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-thin-blue-line.md)
- *Talking Heads: Storytelling Giant* (1988), Director
- *The Natural* (1984), Creative Consultant — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/the-natural.md)
- *Diner* (1983), as George
- *Diner* (1982), as George — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/diner.md)
- *Rockers* (1979), Director, Writer

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