Biography
Jan Roelfs is a Dutch production designer. Born in 1957 in Amsterdam, he began his career as an art director in the Netherlands before becoming known for his work as production designer on several films directed by Peter Greenaway, including The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) and Prospero's Books (1991).
Roelfs received Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction for Orlando (1992), shared with Ben van Os, and for Gattaca (1997), shared with set decorator Nancy Nye. His later credits include Alexander (2004), World Trade Center (2006), 47 Ronin (2013), Ghost in the Shell (2017), Bird Box (2018), F9 (2021) and Fast X (2023).
