---
name: "Tom Duffield"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-duffield"
fi1m_id: "tom-duffield"
imdb_id: "nm0240468"
tmdb_id: 7146
roles: ["Art direction"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 12
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 12
updated: "2026-10-04T23:45:25.949242+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 Duffield

## Identity

Tom Duffield

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-duffield
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-duffield
- **IMDb ID:** nm0240468
- **TMDB ID:** 7146
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0240468/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7146

Art direction.

## Details

- **Work:** Art direction
- **Active:** 1988–2016
- **Frequently works with:** [Gore Verbinski](https://film.one/person/gore-verbinski.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 74 (3), 1990s 71 (6), 2000s 68 (2), 2010s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 68 across 11 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Comedy 6, Fantasy 5, Romance 3, Action 2, Horror 2
- **Screen time:** 22 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,367m across 12 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0240468/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7146

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Hell or High Water*](https://film.one/film/hell-or-high-water.md) (84)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Ring*](https://film.one/film/the-ring.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Tom Duffield is a production designer and art director. His early credits include set design on films such as *Heart Like a Wheel* (1983) and art direction on *Beetlejuice* (1988), *Edward Scissorhands* (1990), *Batman Returns* (1992) and *Men in Black* (1997).

He received his first production design credit on *Ed Wood* (1994). Subsequent production design work includes *The Ring* (2002), *The Kingdom* (2007), *Lone Survivor* (2013), *Hell or High Water* (2016) and *Patriots Day* (2016). He has received five award nominations.

*Sources: imdb.com, the-numbers.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (12)

- *Hell or High Water* (2016), Fi1m 84, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/hell-or-high-water.md)
- *The Weather Man* (2005), Fi1m 65, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-weather-man.md)
- *The Ring* (2002), Fi1m 70, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ring.md)
- *Wild Wild West* (1999), Fi1m 34, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/wild-wild-west.md)
- *A Little Princess* (1995), Fi1m 84, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/a-little-princess.md)
- *Ed Wood* (1994), Fi1m 84, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/ed-wood.md)
- *Wolf* (1994), Fi1m 60, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/wolf.md)
- *Batman Returns* (1992), Fi1m 81, Supervising Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/batman-returns.md)
- *Edward Scissorhands* (1990), Fi1m 83, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/edward-scissorhands.md)
- *Ghostbusters II* (1989), Fi1m 60, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-ii.md)
- *Beetlejuice* (1988), Fi1m 83, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/beetlejuice.md)
- *The Accidental Tourist* (1988), Fi1m 78, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/the-accidental-tourist.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Patriots Day* (2016), Production Design
- *Hell or High Water* (2016), Production Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/hell-or-high-water.md)
- *Lone Survivor* (2013), Production Design
- *Broken City* (2013), Production Design
- *The Kingdom* (2007), Production Design
- *The Weather Man* (2005), Production Design — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-weather-man.md)
- *The Rundown* (2003), Production Design
- *The Ring* (2002), Production Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ring.md)
- *What Planet Are You From?* (2000), as Art Direction
- *Wild Wild West* (1999), as Art Direction — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/wild-wild-west.md)
- *Primary Colors* (1998), as Art Direction
- *Men in Black* (1997), as Art Direction — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/men-in-black.md)
- *The Birdcage* (1996), as Art Direction — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-birdcage.md)
- *A Little Princess* (1995), as Art Direction — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/a-little-princess.md)
- *Ed Wood* (1994), Production Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/ed-wood.md)
- *Wolf* (1994), as Art Direction — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/wolf.md)
- *Batman Returns* (1992), Supervising Art Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/batman-returns.md)
- *Grand Canyon* (1991), as Art Direction
- *Edward Scissorhands* (1990), as Art Direction — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/edward-scissorhands.md)
- *Joe Versus the Volcano* (1990), as Art Direction
- *Ghostbusters II* (1989), as Art Direction — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/ghostbusters-ii.md)
- *The Accidental Tourist* (1988), as Art Direction — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-accidental-tourist.md)
- *Beetlejuice* (1988), as Art Direction — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/beetlejuice.md)
- *The Lost Boys* (1987), as Art Direction
- *Heart Like a Wheel* (1983), as Rahn Tobler

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