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
