---
name: "Ted Berner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ted-berner"
fi1m_id: "ted-berner"
imdb_id: "nm0076703"
tmdb_id: 15428
roles: ["Art direction"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-19T15:49:01.006766+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 Berner

## Identity

Ted Berner

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ted-berner
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ted-berner
- **IMDb ID:** nm0076703
- **TMDB ID:** 15428
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0076703/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15428

Art direction.

## Details

- **Work:** Art direction
- **Active:** 1995–1999
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 69 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Crime 1, Fantasy 1, Horror 1, Mystery 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $183m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0076703/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15428

## Streaming the US now

- **The Criterion Channel:** [*Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai*](https://film.one/film/ghost-dog-the-way-of-the-samurai.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Ted Berner is a production designer and art director. He worked as production designer on *Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai* (1999) and served as art director on films including *Boogie Nights* (1997), *Scream 2* (1997), *Dead Man* (1995), *Blast from the Past* (1999) and *Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story* (1993).

His other production design credits include *Looking for Lola* (1997) and several television films in the *Vanishing Son* series (1994). He has received one Primetime Emmy nomination and three nominations in total.

*Sources: imdb.com, criterion.com, metacritic.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai* (1999), Fi1m 80, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/ghost-dog-the-way-of-the-samurai.md)
- *Scream 2* (1997), Fi1m 74, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/scream-2.md)
- *Dead Man* (1995), Fi1m 81, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-man.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Sting: Inside - The Songs of Sacred Love* (2003), Production Designer
- *The Beatnicks* (2002), Production Design
- *Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai* (1999), Production Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/ghost-dog-the-way-of-the-samurai.md)
- *Blast from the Past* (1999), as Art Direction
- *Scream 2* (1997), as Art Direction — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/scream-2.md)
- *Boogie Nights* (1997), as Art Direction — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/boogie-nights.md)
- *The Outsider* (1997), Production Design
- *Dead Man* (1995), as Art Direction — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-man.md)
- *Vanishing Son II* (1994), Production Design
- *Dangerous Heart* (1994), as Art Direction
- *Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story* (1993), as Art Direction

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