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John West

Freelance
Art Director AD
Available

John West

Biography

Am an experienced art director with film television and theatre experience.
Have studied draughting for film with FDI at Pinewood Studios and CAD programmes with the University of the Arts, London and also with FilmCAD Limited.

Have practical construction skills as I have built sets for the Royal Shakespeare Company and for BBC TV. Construction Managers like me as I am able to communicate clearly as I know their trade.

Have art directed high-end television dramas and feature films at home and abroad. Have art directed the underwater sequences for the movie “47 Meters Down: Uncaged”, which had the most underwater screen time of any motion picture. This was mostly shot on “U Stage” at Pinewood Studios.

Am probably best known for being the Art Director on the award-winning ITV Studios period production “Victoria”, for PD Michael Howells. My training in the history of art and architecture at Croydon has proved to be invaluable. I have a very big collection of books on period art and architecture for reference.

My main skill is making the work in the Art Department pleasurable, as this gets the best results and the greatest efficiency. (Why work in the industry, if you are not enjoying it?)

Member Information

First Name John
Last Name West
Company Freelance
Membership Level Art Director AD

Work Information

Preferred Work Locations
All of UK
Additional Experience
Supervising Art Director
Availability Available
Experience - Budget Bands Film - Motion Picture (£5-30M)
Skills & Software Budgeting, Concept Art, Graphic Design, Hand-draughting, Model Making, Scenic Painting, Sketchup, Vectorworks
Agent GEMS Agency

Credits

"Christmas at Mistltoe Farm" feature for Netflix - 2022 Art Director
"47 Meters Down; Uncaged" 2019 - feature for theatrical release - Art Director
"Torvill and Dean" - feature for TV Christmas Day 2018 - Art Director
Victoria Series I, II and Christmas Special 2017 for ITV - Art Director
"Gangs of London" series 2 - TV series for Pulse Films / Sky Atlantic - Art Director

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