Curriculum Vitae
PRODUCTION DESIGN
THE SALT PATH (2023) Number Nine Films/ BBC Films
Director: Marianne Elliott
Producer: Elizabeth Karlsen
Feature film based on the best selling book by Raynor Winn
With Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs
ONE LIFE (2022), See-Saw Films/ BBC Films
Director: James Hawes
Producers: Guy Heeley, Jo Laurie and Iain Canning
Period drama about the Kindertransport from Prague, shot in London and Prague
With Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn and Helena Bonham-Carter
Gala premieres at TIFF and LFF 2023, general release January 2024
THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY (2021), Essential Cinema/ Free Range Films/ BFI
Director: Hettie Macdonald
Producers: Juliet Dowling, Marilyn Milgrom, Kevin Loader
Feature film based on the novel by Rachel Joyce starring Jim Broadbent, cinematic release April 2023
A VERY BRITISH SCANDAL (2021), Blueprint/ BBC/ Amazon
BFDG Award for best production design for independent TV drama, March 2022
Director: Anne Sewitsky
Producer: Chris Ballantyne
Period drama about the life and notorious divorce of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll
BRITANNIA (2020 – 2021), Vertigo Films/ Neal Street/ Sky
Directors: Ben Gregor, Joasia Goldyn, Mackenzie Crook
Producer: Rupert Ryle-Hodges
Season 3 of period fantasy drama based around Roman conquest of Britain
HONOUR (2019), Hera Pictures
Director: Richard Laxton
Producers: Alliea Nazar, Liza Marshall
Powerful crime drama series about honour killing, based on real events, broadcast ITV 2020
SUMMERLAND (2018), BFI/ Embankment Films
Director: Jess Swale
Producer: Guy Heeley
Magical period drama with Gemma Arterton (cinema release August 2020)
SUPER BOWL LIII , Bud Light/ Game of Thrones, (Feb 2019), Anheuser-Busch, HBO
Award: Super Clio 2019 Agencies: Wieden + Kennedy, Droga5
Products: Bud Light, Game of Thrones: “For the Throne”
Directors: David Nutter, Spencer Riviera
JUST HENRY ITV
Director: David Moore; based on the novel by Michelle Magorian
Family drama set in 1949 shot on location & studios in Yorkshire
THE NATIVITY Kudos/ Red Planet for BBC1
Director: Coky Giedroyc; Writer/Exec: Tony Jordan
Period Drama shot on location & studios in Morocco
EXODUS Artangel, Channel 4
Director: Penny Woolcock
Contemporary reworking of the Book of Exodus
Collaboration with Anthony Gormley
THE BEST MAN also known as Unhitched
Director: Stefan Schwarz
Romantic comedy
Shot on location and in studios in Hungary & UK
LENA The Bride of Ice
Director: Polly Steele
Contemporary reimagining of the life of Alma Mahler
Premiered at Venice 2003
10 MINUTES OLDER
Portfolio feature “Addicted to the Stars”
Director: Michael Radford
With Daniel Craig and Roland Gift
Premiered at Venice 2002
ART DIRECTION
THE RHYTHM SECTION (2018, released 2020), Eon Productions, Paramount Pictures
Credit: Supervising Art Director
Director: Reed Morano, Producers Barbara Broccoli, Michael G Wilson
Production Designer: Tom Conroy
Action film with Blake Lively and Jude Law, shot in Ireland and Spain
SERENITY Identical Pictures, I M Global
Credit: Senior Art Director
Director: Steven Knight
Production Designer: Andrew McAlpine
Drama with Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway, shot in Mauritius
GAME OF THRONES, Seasons 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 HBO
Awards: EMMY for Excellence in Art Direction, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
BAFTA for Best TV Production Design, 2018; special BAFTA Craft Award 2018.
Honors for Excellence in Art Direction, ADG, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018; Best Production Design, BFDG 2017
Credit: Supervising Art Director, Foreign Unit (Morocco, Croatia and Spain)
Production Designers: Gemma Jackson, Deborah Riley
DENIAL , BBC Films, Participant Media
Nomination: BAFTA Best British Film, 2017
Credit: Supervising Art Director
Director: Mick Jackson, written by David Hare
Production Designer: Andrew McAlpine
Drama shot on location in UK and Poland
THE OTHER MAN Rainmark Films
Credit: Supervising Art Director
Director: Richard Eyre
Production Designer: Gemma Jackson
Thriller set in Milan and UK
JOHN ADAMS HBO
Awards: EMMY for Excellence in Art Direction, 2008
Honors for Excellence in Art Direction, ADG 2008
Credit: Supervising Art Director, Hungary
Director: Tom Hooper; Production Designer: Gemma Jackson
Period Drama shot on location & studios in Hungary
SPARTAN Franchise Pictures
Credit: UK Art Director
Director: David Mamet
Production Designer: Gemma Jackson
Thriller with Val Kilmer
A DIFFERENT LOYALTY Lions Gate Films
Credit: UK Art Director
Director: Marek Kanievska
Period thriller with Rupert Everett and Sharon Stone
KILLING ME SOFTLY Montecito Picture Company
Credit: Art Director
Director: Chen Kaige
Production Designer: Gemma Jackson
Thriller based on the novel by Nicci French
HOTEL SPLENDIDE Film 4
Credit: Supervising Art Director
Director: Terence Gross
Production Designer: Alison Dominitz
ROGUE TRADER
Credit: Supervising Art Director
Director: James Dearden
Production Designer: Alan Macdonald
Shot in UK, Malysia and Singapore
LOVE IS THE DEVIL
A Portrait of Francis Bacon BBC Films/ BFI Productions
Credit: Art Director
Director: John Maybury
Production Designer: Alan Macdonald
THE BORROWERS Working Title
Credit: Assistant Art Director/ Stand-by
Director: Peter Hewitt
Production Designer: Gemma Jackson
SURVIVING PICASSO Merchant Ivory
Credit: Assistant Art Director
Director: James Ivory
Production Designer: Luciana Arrighi
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Columbia Pictures
Credit: Storyboard Artist
Director: Ang Lee
Production Designer: Luciana Arrighi
ADDITIONAL
I am a qualified architect and worked for various architectural practices before switching to production design.
Outside of UK I have worked in Mauritius, Morocco, Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Spain, Ireland, Italy, France, Dubai, Greece, Malaysia, Singapore & USA.
EDUCATION
St Martin’s School of Art: Foundation Course in Art
Cambridge University: BA, MA and Diploma in Architecture
National Film and Television School: Diploma in Production Design