---
name: "Tom Burton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-burton"
fi1m_id: "tom-burton"
imdb_id: "nm1212313"
tmdb_id: 53019
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-17T19:39:06.335049+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."
---

# Tom Burton

## Identity

Tom Burton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-burton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-burton
- **IMDb ID:** nm1212313
- **TMDB ID:** 53019
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1212313/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53019

Production designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Active:** 1998–present
- **Also known as:** Tomas Burton
- **Frequently works with:** [Hugo Weaving](https://film.one/person/hugo-weaving.md), [Susanne Bier](https://film.one/person/susanne-bier.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 81 (1), 2000s 80 (1), 2010s 80 (2), 2020s 65 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 72 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 3, Mystery 2, Comedy 1, Fantasy 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $50m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1212313/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53019

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Slow Horses*](https://film.one/tv/slow-horses.md) (82)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Night Manager*](https://film.one/tv/the-night-manager.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Tom Burton is a production designer for film and television. He is credited as production designer on the series *The Night Manager* (2016) and *Slow Horses* (2022).

His other television credits include *Patrick Melrose* (2018), *Britannia* (2018), *Catherine the Great* (2019) and *Wallander* (2012–2015). Earlier in his career he worked in the art department, including as assistant art director on *Velvet Goldmine* (1998).

Burton has received BAFTA nominations for production design.

*Sources: imdb.com, murthaskouras.com, indiewire.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Practical Magic 2* (2026), Fi1m 48, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/practical-magic-2.md)
- *Slow Horses* (2022), Fi1m 82, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/slow-horses.md)
- *Patrick Melrose* (2018), Fi1m 78, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/tv/patrick-melrose.md)
- *The Night Manager* (2016), Fi1m 81, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-night-manager.md)
- *Red Riding* (2009), Fi1m 80, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/red-riding.md)
- *Velvet Goldmine* (1998), Fi1m 81, Assistant Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/velvet-goldmine.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Practical Magic 2* (2026), Production Design — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/practical-magic-2.md)
- *Young Sherlock* (2026), series, Production Design
- *Slow Horses* (2022), series, Production Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/slow-horses.md)
- *Catherine the Great* (2019), series, Production Design
- *Patrick Melrose* (2018), series, Production Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/patrick-melrose.md)
- *Britannia* (2018), series, Production Design
- *The Night Manager* (2016), series, Production Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-night-manager.md)
- *The Sound of Music Live!* (2015), Production Design
- *Roald Dahl's Esio Trot* (2015), Production Design
- *That Day We Sang* (2014), Production Design
- *Spies of Warsaw* (2013), series, Production Design
- *I, Anna* (2012), Production Design
- *Toast* (2010), Production Design
- *Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980* (2009), Production Design
- *Red Riding* (2009), series, Production Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/red-riding.md)
- *The Wedding Date* (2005), Production Design
- *Churchill: The Hollywood Years* (2004), Production Design
- *Dot the I* (2003), Production Design
- *Velvet Goldmine* (1998), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/velvet-goldmine.md)
- *Saint-Ex* (1996), as Art Direction
- *Tale of a Vampire* (1993), as Art Direction

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