---
name: "Walter P. Martishius"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/walter-p-martishius"
fi1m_id: "walter-p-martishius"
imdb_id: "nm0554228"
tmdb_id: 4147
wikidata_id: "Q113450136"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "19 May 1959"
died: "19 March 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 52
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T01:51:45.498697+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."
---

# Walter P. Martishius

## Identity

Walter P. Martishius

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/walter-p-martishius
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** walter-p-martishius
- **IMDb ID:** nm0554228
- **TMDB ID:** 4147
- **Wikidata ID:** Q113450136
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113450136, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0554228/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4147

Production designer. Born 19 May 1959 in Toledo, Ohio, USA. Died 19 March 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 19 May 1959, Toledo, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 19 March 2023
- **Active:** 1993–2000
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 52 (3), 2000s 52 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 52 to 49 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 2, Adventure 2, Family 2, Animation 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $705m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113450136, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0554228/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4147

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Dinosaur*](https://film.one/film/dinosaur.md) (52)

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## Biography

Walter P. Martishius was an American production designer and art director. He was born on 19 May 1959 in Toledo, Ohio, and died on 19 March 2023 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Martishius worked in film, television and animation for over three decades, with more than 100 credits. He served as production designer on *The Specialist* (1994) and *Dinosaur* (2000), and contributed to films including *Terminator 2: Judgment Day* (1991), *Demolition Man* (1993) and *The House with a Clock in Its Walls* (2018). Earlier in his career he worked in Chicago theatre, where he was nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award for scenic design.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, legacy.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Dinosaur* (2000), Fi1m 52, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/dinosaur.md)
- *The Specialist* (1994), Fi1m 45, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-specialist.md)
- *Demolition Man* (1993), Fi1m 68, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/demolition-man.md)
- *Super Mario Bros.* (1993), Fi1m 42, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/super-mario-bros.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *Candy Cane Lane* (2023), Set Designer
- *The House with a Clock in Its Walls* (2018), as Art Direction
- *Barbie: The Pearl Princess* (2014), Production Design
- *Barbie Mariposa & the Fairy Princess* (2013), Production Design
- *Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar* (2012), Production Designer
- *Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2* (2012), Production Designer
- *Barbie: A Perfect Christmas* (2011), Production Design
- *Barbie: Princess Charm School* (2011), Production Design
- *Barbie: A Fairy Secret* (2011), Production Design
- *Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale* (2010), Production Design
- *Barbie in A Mermaid Tale* (2010), Production Design
- *Barbie and the Three Musketeers* (2009), Production Design
- *Barbie Presents: Thumbelina* (2009), Production Design
- *Barbie and the Diamond Castle* (2008), Production Design
- *Barbie Mariposa* (2008), Production Design
- *Barbie as the Island Princess* (2007), Production Design
- *Barbie Fairytopia: Magic of the Rainbow* (2007), Production Design
- *Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses* (2006), Production Design
- *Barbie Fairytopia: Mermaidia* (2006), Director, Production Design
- *Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus* (2005), Production Design
- *Barbie: Fairytopia* (2005), Director, Production Design
- *Barbie as The Princess & the Pauper* (2004), Production Design
- *Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy* (2004), Production Designer
- *Barbie of Swan Lake* (2003), Production Design
- *Barbie as Rapunzel* (2002), Production Design
- *Dinosaur* (2000), Production Design — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/dinosaur.md)
- *Theodore Rex* (1995), Production Design
- *The Specialist* (1994), Production Design — Fi1m 45, [page](https://film.one/film/the-specialist.md)
- *The Next Karate Kid* (1994), Production Design
- *Demolition Man* (1993), as Art Direction — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/demolition-man.md)
- *Super Mario Bros.* (1993), as Art Direction — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/super-mario-bros.md)
- *A River Runs Through It* (1992), as Art Direction
- *Terminator 2: Judgment Day* (1991), Set Designer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-2-judgment-day.md)

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