---
name: "Wynn Thomas"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/wynn-thomas"
fi1m_id: "wynn-thomas"
imdb_id: "nm0859661"
tmdb_id: 548
wikidata_id: "Q4021146"
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-09-30T20:01:02.643694+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."
---

# Wynn Thomas

## Identity

Wynn Thomas

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/wynn-thomas
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** wynn-thomas
- **IMDb ID:** nm0859661
- **TMDB ID:** 548
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4021146
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynn_Thomas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4021146, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859661/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/548

Production designer. Born in Philadelphia.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Active:** 1986–present
- **Also known as:** Wynn P. Thomas, Wyn Thomas
- **Frequently works with:** [Spike Lee](https://film.one/person/spike-lee.md), [Akiva Goldsman](https://film.one/person/akiva-goldsman.md), [Brian Grazer](https://film.one/person/brian-grazer.md), [Delroy Lindo](https://film.one/person/delroy-lindo.md), [Ron Howard](https://film.one/person/ron-howard.md), [Russell Crowe](https://film.one/person/russell-crowe.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 80 (2), 1990s 74 (3), 2000s 62 (1), 2010s 80 (1), 2020s 70 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 71 across 9 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 7 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Comedy 3, History 3, Romance 2, Fantasy 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 20 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $850m across 8 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wynn_Thomas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4021146, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859661/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/548

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Hidden Figures*](https://film.one/film/hidden-figures.md) (80), [*A Beautiful Mind*](https://film.one/film/a-beautiful-mind.md) (62)
- **Netflix:** [*Da 5 Bloods*](https://film.one/film/da-5-bloods.md) (72), [*She's Gotta Have It*](https://film.one/film/shes-gotta-have-it.md) (68)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Do the Right Thing*](https://film.one/film/do-the-right-thing.md) (93)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Mars Attacks!*](https://film.one/film/mars-attacks.md) (66)

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

## Biography

Wynn Thomas is an American production designer. He studied theatre design at Boston University and worked in theatre before entering film as an assistant art director.

Thomas has a long-term collaboration with director Spike Lee, designing films including *She's Gotta Have It* (1986), *Do the Right Thing* (1989) and *Malcolm X* (1992). Other credits include *Wag the Dog* (1997), *A Beautiful Mind* (2001), *Mars Attacks!* (1996), *Inside Man* (2006) and *Hidden Figures* (2016). He has also worked with directors Ron Howard, Tim Burton and Robert De Niro.

He has been described as the first African-American production designer in motion pictures. In 2025 he received an honorary Academy Award for his body of work.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, productiondesignerscollective.org, mainemedia.edu, aalbc.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *King Richard* (2021), Fi1m 68, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/king-richard.md)
- *Da 5 Bloods* (2020), Fi1m 72, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/da-5-bloods.md)
- *Hidden Figures* (2016), Fi1m 80, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/hidden-figures.md)
- *A Beautiful Mind* (2001), Fi1m 62, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/a-beautiful-mind.md)
- *Wag the Dog* (1997), Fi1m 77, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/wag-the-dog.md)
- *Mars Attacks!* (1996), Fi1m 66, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/mars-attacks.md)
- *Malcolm X* (1992), Fi1m 79, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/malcolm-x.md)
- *Do the Right Thing* (1989), Fi1m 93, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/do-the-right-thing.md)
- *She's Gotta Have It* (1986), Fi1m 68, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/shes-gotta-have-it.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

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

- *Lawmen: Bass Reeves* (2023), series, Production Design
- *80 for Brady* (2023), Production Design
- *Devotion* (2022), Production Design
- *King Richard* (2021), Production Design — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/king-richard.md)
- *Da 5 Bloods* (2020), Production Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/da-5-bloods.md)
- *Shaft* (2019), Production Design
- *The Sun Is Also a Star* (2019), Production Design
- *Alex Strangelove* (2018), Production Design
- *Hidden Figures* (2016), Production Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/hidden-figures.md)
- *Almost Christmas* (2016), Production Design
- *War on Everyone* (2016), Production Design
- *Grudge Match* (2013), Production Design
- *The Odd Life of Timothy Green* (2012), Production Design
- *All Good Things* (2010), Production Design
- *Get Smart* (2008), Production Design
- *Breach* (2007), Production Design
- *Inside Man* (2006), Production Design
- *Cinderella Man* (2005), Production Design
- *Analyze That* (2002), Production Design
- *A Beautiful Mind* (2001), Production Design — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/a-beautiful-mind.md)
- *A Huey P. Newton Story* (2001), Production Design
- *The Original Kings of Comedy* (2000), Production Design
- *Keeping the Faith* (2000), Production Design
- *Analyze This* (1999), Production Design
- *Witness to the Mob* (1998), Production Design
- *He Got Game* (1998), Production Design
- *Wag the Dog* (1997), Production Design — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/wag-the-dog.md)
- *Mars Attacks!* (1996), Production Design — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/mars-attacks.md)
- *To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar* (1995), Production Design
- *Crooklyn* (1994), Production Design
- *A Bronx Tale* (1993), Production Design
- *Malcolm X* (1992), Production Design — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/malcolm-x.md)
- *Jungle Fever* (1991), Production Design
- *The Five Heartbeats* (1991), Production Design
- *Mo' Better Blues* (1990), Production Design
- *The Package* (1989), as Art Direction
- *Do the Right Thing* (1989), Production Design — Fi1m 93, [page](https://film.one/film/do-the-right-thing.md)
- *Homeboy* (1988), as Art Direction
- *School Daze* (1988), Production Design
- *Eddie Murphy Raw* (1987), Production Design
- *Scared Stiff* (1987), Production Design
- *She's Gotta Have It* (1986), Production Design — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/shes-gotta-have-it.md)
- *Beat Street* (1984), as Art Direction
- *The Ambulance Chaser*, Production Design

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Academy Honorary Award 2025: Academy Honorary Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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