---
name: "William James Teegarden"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-james-teegarden"
fi1m_id: "william-james-teegarden"
imdb_id: "nm0853812"
tmdb_id: 8679
roles: ["Art direction"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 15
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 15
updated: "2026-10-05T02:02:52.070873+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."
---

# William James Teegarden

## Identity

William James Teegarden

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/william-james-teegarden
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** william-james-teegarden
- **IMDb ID:** nm0853812
- **TMDB ID:** 8679
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0853812/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8679

Art direction.

## Details

- **Work:** Art direction
- **Active:** 1982–2001
- **Also known as:** Jim Teegarden, William T. Teegarden, Jim Teagarden, William J. Teegarden, William Teegarden, W. James Teegarden, James Teegarden
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 67 (6), 1990s 72 (6), 2000s 76 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 62 across 13 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 10 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 8, Adventure 7, Science Fiction 6, Comedy 4, Action 3, Fantasy 3
- **Screen time:** 32 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $5,558m across 15 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0853812/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8679

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*What Lies Beneath*](https://film.one/film/what-lies-beneath.md) (63)

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

## Biography

William James Teegarden is a production designer and art director, also credited as Jim Teegarden, William T. Teegarden and William J. Teegarden.

He began in the art department as a set designer on films including *E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial* (1982), *The Karate Kid Part II* (1986) and *Scrooged* (1988). He later worked as assistant art director on *Back to the Future Part II* (1989) and art director on *Jurassic Park* (1993), *Forrest Gump* (1994), *Independence Day* (1996), *Amistad* (1997), *Cast Away* (2000) and *A.I. Artificial Intelligence* (2001). He served as production designer on *What Lies Beneath* (2000) and several short films.

He is the father of Greg Teegarden.

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

## On Fi1m (15)

- *A.I. Artificial Intelligence* (2001), Fi1m 84, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/a-i-artificial-intelligence.md)
- *Cast Away* (2000), Fi1m 81, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/cast-away.md)
- *What Lies Beneath* (2000), Fi1m 63, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/what-lies-beneath.md)
- *Amistad* (1997), Fi1m 63, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/amistad.md)
- *The Lost World: Jurassic Park* (1997), Fi1m 64, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lost-world-jurassic-park.md)
- *Independence Day* (1996), Fi1m 75, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/independence-day.md)
- *Forrest Gump* (1994), Fi1m 66, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/forrest-gump.md)
- *Jurassic Park* (1993), Fi1m 91, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-park.md)
- *Death Becomes Her* (1992), Fi1m 76, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/death-becomes-her.md)
- *Scrooged* (1988), Fi1m 66, Set Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/scrooged.md)
- *Twins* (1988), Fi1m 64, Set Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/twins.md)
- *The Karate Kid Part II* (1986), Fi1m 62, Set Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-karate-kid-part-ii.md)
- *The Falcon and the Snowman* (1985), Fi1m 54, Set Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-falcon-and-the-snowman.md)
- *Twilight Zone: The Movie* (1983), Fi1m 63, Set Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/twilight-zone-the-movie.md)
- *E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial* (1982), Fi1m 91, Set Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/e-t-the-extra-terrestrial.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *A.I. Artificial Intelligence* (2001), as Art Direction — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/a-i-artificial-intelligence.md)
- *Cast Away* (2000), as Art Direction — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/cast-away.md)
- *What Lies Beneath* (2000), Production Design — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/what-lies-beneath.md)
- *Amistad* (1997), as Art Direction — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/amistad.md)
- *The Lost World: Jurassic Park* (1997), as Art Direction — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lost-world-jurassic-park.md)
- *Independence Day* (1996), as Art Direction — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/independence-day.md)
- *Forrest Gump* (1994), as Art Direction — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/forrest-gump.md)
- *The Flintstones* (1994), as Art Direction
- *Jurassic Park* (1993), as Art Direction — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/jurassic-park.md)
- *Death Becomes Her* (1992), as Art Direction — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/death-becomes-her.md)
- *Back to the Future Part III* (1990), as Art Direction
- *Leviathan* (1989), Set Designer
- *Twins* (1988), Set Designer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/twins.md)
- *Scrooged* (1988), Set Designer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/scrooged.md)
- *Overboard* (1987), Set Designer
- *The Karate Kid Part II* (1986), Set Designer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-karate-kid-part-ii.md)
- *The Falcon and the Snowman* (1985), Set Designer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-falcon-and-the-snowman.md)
- *The Last Starfighter* (1984), Set Designer
- *The Star Chamber* (1983), Set Designer
- *Twilight Zone: The Movie* (1983), Set Designer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/twilight-zone-the-movie.md)
- *E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial* (1982), Set Designer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/e-t-the-extra-terrestrial.md)
- *Motel Hell* (1980), Set Designer

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