Alex McDowell

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Art

Alex McDowell (born April 11, 1955, in Borneo, Malaysia) is a British production designer and narrative designer. After studying at the Central School of Art and Design in London, he designed album covers and music-video sets before moving into film. His production design credits include The Lawnmower Man, The Crow, Terry Gilliam's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fight Club, Minority Report, The Terminal, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride and Watchmen. He later became a professor at the University of Southern California, where he founded the World Building Media Lab, and he was named a Royal Designer for Industry.

Filmography

• Mercy (2026)
• The Blade Runner Phenomenon (2021)
• Midnight Special (2016)
• Death and the Powers (2015)
• Journey of Discovery: Creating Man of Steel (2013)
• Man of Steel (2013)
• Upside Down (2012)
• Arthur Christmas (2011)
• In Time (2011)
• Bunraku (2010)
• Story Within a Story: The Books of Watchmen (2009)
• Mechanics: Technologies of a Fantastic World (2009)
• Watchmen (2009)
• Bee Movie (2007)
• Breaking and Entering (2006)
• Corpse Bride (2005)
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
• The Terminal (2004)
• The Cat in the Hat (2003)
• Minority Report (2002)
• The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
• Sade: Life Promise Pride Love (2001)
• Fight Club (1999)
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
• The Crow: City of Angels (1996)
• Silent Trigger (1996)
• Fear (1996)
• Crying Freeman (1995)
• The Crow (1994)
• The Lawnmower Man (1992)