---
name: "William Stout"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/william-stout"
fi1m_id: "william-stout"
tmdb_id: 136450
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "18 September 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T04:33:07.067018+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 Stout

## Identity

William Stout

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/william-stout
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** william-stout
- **TMDB ID:** 136450
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/136450

Production designer. Born 18 September 1949 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 18 September 1949, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- **Active:** 1982–1987
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 65 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Adventure 2, Science Fiction 2, Thriller 2, Comedy 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $307m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/136450

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Return of the Living Dead*](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-the-living-dead.md) (79)

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

## Biography

William Stout is an American artist, illustrator and production designer born on 18 September 1949 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He trained at the Chouinard Art Institute (California Institute of the Arts) and began his professional career in 1968 with illustration work, later contributing to comics, magazine covers and film posters.

He has worked on over thirty feature films in roles ranging from storyboard artist to production designer. Stout served as production designer on *The Return of the Living Dead* (1985). He wrote the story for *The Warrior and the Sorceress* (1984) and contributed as a writer to the animated series *Godzilla: The Series* (1998–2000). Stout is also known for his paleontological art, with paintings exhibited in numerous shows.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, williamstout.com, johnfleskes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Predator* (1987), Fi1m 84, Creature Design — [page](https://film.one/film/predator.md)
- *The Return of the Living Dead* (1985), Fi1m 79, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-the-living-dead.md)
- *Conan the Barbarian* (1982), Fi1m 74, Production Artist — [page](https://film.one/film/conan-the-barbarian.md)
- *First Blood* (1982), Fi1m 74, Storyboard Artist — [page](https://film.one/film/first-blood.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Lilly's Light: The Movie* (2020), as Artist Billium Stump
- *Ding Dong, You're Dead! The Making of "House"* (2017), Actor
- *Lilly's Light* (2010), Production Designer
- *The Ant Bully* (2006), Conceptual Design
- *Godzilla: The Series* (1998), series, Writer
- *Theodore Rex* (1995), Creature Design
- *Predator 2* (1990), Creature Design — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/predator-2.md)
- *Masters of the Universe* (1987), Production Design
- *Predator* (1987), Creature Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/predator.md)
- *The Return of the Living Dead* (1985), Production Design — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/the-return-of-the-living-dead.md)
- *The Warrior and the Sorceress* (1984), Story
- *Conan the Destroyer* (1984), Conceptual Design
- *First Blood* (1982), Storyboard Artist — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/first-blood.md)
- *Conan the Barbarian* (1982), Production Artist — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/conan-the-barbarian.md)
- *Buck Rogers in the 25th Century* (1979), Concept Artist
- *Everything You Know Is Wrong* (1975), as Prop Maker

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