Biography
J. Dennis Washington is an American production designer and art director. He is credited on films including Stand by Me (1986), The Fugitive (1993), Dante's Peak (1997), The World's Fastest Indian (2005), Shooter (2007), Nebraska (2013) and Thirteen Days (2000). He has also worked as an art director on titles such as Rocky III (1982).
Washington was born in Santa Monica, California, in 1945. He studied architecture before entering the film industry in 1965 as a junior set designer at MGM. He later designed for directors including John Huston and served as second-unit director on three projects. In 2025 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Art Directors Guild.
