About

I am a Supervising Art Director for Film & TV, based in South London, UK.

I have been working within the Art Department for 25 years.

I started as an eager Art Assistant working on Pop promos, commercials, idents and the occasional short film. Due to coming from a family that represented most trades in the construction industry I was naturally drawn to Set Building and within time became a Carpenter working for Freeform Design & Construction.

But the Art Department was still always calling and I would dovetail wearing my construction hat with Stand-by Art Direction and within time I had the opportunity to Art Direct. Due to my extensive construction and varied Art Dept experience - this was a very natural decision.

For the last 12 years I have enjoyed a very close working relationship with Production Designer, friend and mentor, Paul Cross. The projects we have worked on have been broad and occasionally very explosive - projects ranging from the griminess of Luther (Series 1,2 & 4, BBC), the massive Expendables 2 (Millennium), the bitesize BBC iPlayer shorts, the unique I May Destroy You (BBC/HBO) and most recently the urban superhero drama Supacell (Netflix).

I have enjoyed facilitating the creation of these worlds - especially the more technical aspects. I’m never happier than when we have to collapse, explode or deteriorate an element within one of our environments! But, equally, maintaining some order, managing the budget and enabling our very talented crew continues to invigour me.

I unceasingly look forward to establishing further worlds - contained within the widescreen frame.

Member of British Film Designers Guild

Member of BECTU