Worked for over 50 years on the design of many more than 100 television and film productions, as Production Designer, Art Director or Set Decorator.
Also an active Screenplay Writer having written a feature film script “Mrs Caldecot’s Cabbage War”, starring Pauline Collins and John Alderton.
Four Emmy nominations, for Outstanding Art Direction,
1979 Muppet Show with Beverly Sills,
1980 Muppet Show with Brooke Shields,
1988 War and Remembrance, starring Robert Mitchum,
2001 Band of Brothers, producers, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.
2007 nomination by the Art Directors Guild of America for excellence in Design for “The Company”, producer Ridley Scott.
2015 nomination by the Art Directors Guild of America for excellence in design for
“Tut”, producer/director David Von Ancken
ACE award (American Award for cable TV excellence) “Mother Goose Tales”, producer Jim Henson
British TV Advertising Award Diploma, Paxo “Rooster Booster”
Built full size replica of prototype Docklands Light Railway Train.
Past Chairman and Treasurer of the British Film Designers Guild
Honoured Friend of the British Society of Cinematographers.
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Played Rugby for forty-six years, firstly at school, then South Leicester, Leicester Thursday, Trojans (Southampton) and Old Walcountians RFCs. Coached junior rugby at Rosslyn Park FC. Vice President of South Leicester RFC. Currently President of Old Walcountians RFC.
Since the beginning of the 'seventies, I have been involved in the design of television and feature films. My experience includes budgeting and scheduling, working in both studio and location situations, with Effects departments, physical, optical and animatronics.
Besides Great Britain, I have worked on European Locations in Ireland, France, Germany, Spain, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Holland Switzerland, Greece, Romania, Serbia, Czech Republic, Slovakia
In the Middle East and Asia, in Turkey, Jordan. Hong Kong, Malaysia, Mauritius and Thailand.
In Africa, in Eastern Transvaal (South Africa), Egypt and Morocco
In the Americas I have been a technical advisor in the USA and Canada and I have worked in the Bahamas and the West Indies
