The BFDG announce winners in its 13th Production Design Awards

The British Film Designers Guild (BFDG) announced winners of its 13th Production Design Awards, supported by BENlabs  in 14 categories of film, television, commercials and special awards to individuals at a black tie dinner gala at The Londoner Hotel, Leicester Square on Saturday, 24th February. 

Winners in the film categories included: One Life (Christina Moore, Aline Leionello, Philippa Hart), Saltburn (Suzie Davies, Caroline Barclay and Charlotte Dirickx) and following a trend, the recent BAFTA Production Design winner Poor Things picked up Best Production Design in the Major Motion Picture Fantasy category (James Price, Shona Heath, Adam Makin, James Lewis and Zsuzsa Mihalek. 

In the television categories awards went to Black Mirror Season 6 (Udo Kramer, Philip Barber, Peter Findley and Mike Britton) and Silo (Gavin Bocquet, Phil Harvey and Amanda Bernstein). 

In other categories the Planet Positive Award, was presented to the Art Department of the second series of the BBC’s Good Omens for using innovative and sustainable building and construction practices. Honourable mentions in the category went to the television series Sløborn and Hijack.  

The esteemed Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Production Designer Martin Childs who is best known for his work on the Netflix series The Crown, as well as The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Kenneth Branagh’s Frankenstein, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and Shakespeare in Love.

The awards took place before a sold-out audience of over 400 BFDG members, industry creatives and sponsors. The ceremony was hosted by the charismatic film critic and radio presenter Mark Kermode. 

BFDG Chairperson Blair Barnette said: “We are so proud to honour the teams and individuals who create a vision that transports audiences to different worlds. Tonight’s winners and nominees are among the best visual storytellers in the industry and we are delighted to be able to celebrate as an Art Department community”.

Hannah Butters, Manager of Global Content & Integration at BENlabs, said: “We hope everyone had a great evening at The Londoner this weekend celebrating the art departments who brought the best of British content to life this last year. It has been such an honour to sponsor the 13th British Film Designers Guild Production Design Awards, as well as the TV Band 3 & 4 Progamme category. The BENlabs team would like to congratulate the incredible winners and nominated finalists across all categories. It truly is wonderful to see your exceptionally hard work and creativity being recognised and commended with these awards. BENlabs wish you all the best for your future projects and productions. We can’t wait to see the amazing worlds you create next!”

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PETER LAMONT – SPOTLIGHTING NEW TALENT AWARD 

Supported by Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden

Amy Herring – Junior Draughtsperson

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – COMMERCIAL

Supported by Helix 3D

Ged Clarke

Production Designer – Crowdstrike “Troy”

Moulay Abdellah Achir

Stylist – Crowdstrike “Troy”

Amin Rharda

Stylist – Crowdstrike “Troy”

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – SHORT FILM 

Olavo Abrantes

Production Designer – Recursive Dreams

Jeannie Chandler

Art Director – Recursive Dreams 

Eleanor Dolan

Set Decorator – Recursive Dreams 

Francesca Jones

Set Decorator – Recursive Dreams 

PRODUCTION DESIGN – PLANET POSITIVE 

Supported by Sky Studios Elstree

The Art Department – Good Omens II

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TV – LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT & BAND 1 PROGRAMMES

Warren Gray

Production Designer – Catch Me A Killer

Sara Hartinger

Supervising Art Director- Catch Me A Killer 

Anneke Botha

Set Decorator – Catch Me A Killer

Annicia Bloom

Set Decorator – Catch Me A Killer

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TV – BAND 2 PROGRAMMES

Supported by supported by ScreenSkills High-End TV Skills Fund 

Udo Kramer

Production Designer – Black Mirror S6

Philip Barber

Supervising Art Director – Black Mirror S6 

Peter Findley

Supervising Art Director – Black Mirror S6, Ep4 Mazey Day

Mike Britton

Set Decorator – Black Mirror S6

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – TV BAND 3 & 4 PROGRAMMES

Supported by BENlabs

Gavin Bocquet

Production Designer – Silo

Phil Harvey:

Supervising Art Director – Silo

Amanda Bernstein

Set Decorator- Silo

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE FILM – PERIOD 

 Christina Moore

Production Designer – One Life

Aline Leonello

Supervising Art Director – One Life

Philippa Hart

Set Decorator– One Life

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – FEATURE FILM – CONTEMPORARY 

Supported by 4Wood TV & Film Construction

Suzie Davies

Production Designer – Saltburn 

Caroline Barclay 

Supervising Art Director – Saltburn 

Charlotte Dirickx

Set Decorator – Saltburn 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – MAJOR MOTION PICTURE – PERIOD 

John Paul Kelly

Production Designer  – A Haunting in Venice

Peter Russell

Supervising Art Director – A Haunting in Venice

 Celia Bobak

 Set Decorator – A Haunting in Venice

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – MAJOR MOTION PICTURE – CONTEMPORARY 

Supported by TLO

Gary Freeman

Production Designer – Mission Impossible 7 Dead Reckoning 

Phil Sims

Supervising Art Director – Mission Impossible 7 Dead Reckoning 

Raffaella Giovannetti

Set Decorator – Mission Impossible 7 Dead Reckoning 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – MAJOR MOTION PICTURE – FANTASY 

Supported by Revolver Motion

James Price

Production Designer – Poor Things

Shona Heath 

Production Designer – Poor Things

Adam Makin

Supervising Art Director – Poor Things

James Lewis

 Supervising Art Director – Poor Things

Zsuzsa Mihalek

Set Decorator – Poor Things

WINNER 13TH BFDG PRODUCTION DESIGN AWARDS

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE ART DEPARTMENT

Heather Noble – Art Director

WINNER 13TH BFDG PRODUCTION DESIGN AWARDS

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT 

Supported by Data Reprographics

Martin Childs