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James Chinlund

Born March 17, 1971 · New York City, New York, USA (age 55)

James Chinlund (born March 17, 1971) is an American production designer. He was born and raised in New York City and studied fine art at CalArts in Los Angeles, with a focus on sculpture and large-scale installation artworks. After graduating, Chinlund returned to New York and started his career in film, first as a carpenter, before finding opportunities as a production designer on music videos an…

Known For

The Batman

The Batman · 2022

MovieCrimeMystery

In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.

The Avengers

The Avengers · 2012

MovieScience FictionAction

When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins!

The Lion King

The Lion King · 2019

MovieAdventureDrama

Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother—and former heir to the throne—has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his.

War for the Planet of the Apes

War for the Planet of the Apes · 2017

War for the Planet of the Apes

MovieDramaScience Fiction

Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes · 2014

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

MovieScience FictionAction

A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.

Narnia: The Magician's Nephew

Narnia: The Magician's Nephew · 2027

Narnia: The Magician's Nephew

MovieFantasyAdventure

Two children discover a wood full of pools leading to other worlds. One takes them to a dead city beneath a dying sun, where they wake a queen who exterminated its population and accidentally bring her back to London.

25th Hour

25th Hour · 2002

MovieCrimeDrama

On the eve of a seven-year prison sentence, a New York drug dealer spends his final day of freedom confronting his past, his relationships, and the choices that led to his downfall in a city still reeling from 9/11.

The Smashing Machine

The Smashing Machine · 2025

The Smashing Machine

MovieDramaHistory

In the late 1990s, up-and-coming mixed martial artist Mark Kerr aspires to become the greatest fighter in the world. However, he must also battle his opioid dependence and a volatile relationship with his girlfriend Dawn.

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The Batman

The Batman · 2022

MovieCrimeMystery

In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.

Production Design

The Avengers

The Avengers · 2012

MovieScience FictionAction

When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins!

Production Design

The Lion King

The Lion King · 2019

MovieAdventureDrama

Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother—and former heir to the throne—has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his.

Production Design

War for the Planet of the Apes

War for the Planet of the Apes · 2017

War for the Planet of the Apes

MovieDramaScience Fiction

Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.

Production Design

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes · 2014

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

MovieScience FictionAction

A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.

Production Design

Narnia: The Magician's Nephew

Narnia: The Magician's Nephew · 2027

Narnia: The Magician's Nephew

MovieFantasyAdventure

Two children discover a wood full of pools leading to other worlds. One takes them to a dead city beneath a dying sun, where they wake a queen who exterminated its population and accidentally bring her back to London.

Production Design

25th Hour

25th Hour · 2002

MovieCrimeDrama

On the eve of a seven-year prison sentence, a New York drug dealer spends his final day of freedom confronting his past, his relationships, and the choices that led to his downfall in a city still reeling from 9/11.

Production Design

The Smashing Machine

The Smashing Machine · 2025

The Smashing Machine

MovieDramaHistory

In the late 1990s, up-and-coming mixed martial artist Mark Kerr aspires to become the greatest fighter in the world. However, he must also battle his opioid dependence and a volatile relationship with his girlfriend Dawn.

Production Design

Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream · 2000

Requiem for a Dream

MovieCrimeDrama

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.

Production Design

The Fountain

The Fountain · 2006

MovieDramaAdventure

Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world.

Production Design

The Final Cut

The Final Cut · 2004

MovieDramaMystery

Set in a world with memory implants, Alan Hakman is a 'cutter'—someone with the power of final edit over people's recorded histories—but his latest assignment puts him in great danger.

Production Design

Buffalo '66

Buffalo '66 · 1998

MovieDramaRomance

Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will soon marry.

Art Direction

Auto Focus

Auto Focus · 2002

MovieCrimeDrama

A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona as a sex addict who records and photographs his many encounters with women, often with the help of his seedy friend, John Henry Carpenter. This biographical drama reveals how Crane's double life takes its toll on him and his family, and ultimately contributes to his death.

Production Design

Storytelling

Storytelling · 2001

MovieComedyDrama

College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.

Production Design

Towelhead

Towelhead · 2008

A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist, and her strict father during the Gulf War.

Production Design

Bongwater

Bongwater · 1998

MovieComedyRomance

David is an artist and a pothead. He's fallen in love with the beautiful and sexy Serena, and things are going simply splendidly until poor David's house burns down. Serena doesn't need the bad vibes, so she splits the scene and runs off to New York with rocker and junkie Tommy. Lonely David finally turns to the sweet, sweet comfort of marijuana and his strange menagerie of friends to forget about his lost home and love

Art Direction

Black Hole

Black Hole · 2010

MovieScience FictionHorror

Short film directed by Rupert Sanders based on the comic book by Charles Burns. The story deals with the aftermath of a sexually transmitted disease which causes grotesque mutations in teenagers.

Production Designer

We Were Once a Fairytale

We Were Once a Fairytale · 2009

We Were Once a Fairytale

MovieDramaFantasy

We Were Once a Fairytale is a 2009 short film directed by Spike Jonze. It stars hip hop musician Kanye West. A drunk and depressed Kanye embarrasses himself at a bar before attempting to take his own life in the bathroom.

Production Design

Speed of Life

Speed of Life · 1999

Drew must care for his father, a former professor who can now barely communicate due to Alzheimer. Depressed and struggling to make ends meet, an old buddy tries to get him to become a pusher. He gets further drawn in by a new and exciting girlfriend, Sarah, who uses drugs.

Production Design

Lift

MovieCrimeDrama

This feature takes us into the world of "boosters" or shoplifters where a charismatic, intelligent young female booster from a dysfunctional family, notably her mother and grandmother, engages in the illegal occupation of shoplifting. A non-stereotypical view of how problematic family relations fed her foray into a criminal profession.

Production Design