Chris Richmond

Chris Richmond is a British film and television production designer. Having read architecture at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he started his career in the film industry in 1998 as an art department runner on the BBC drama 'Births, marriages and deaths'^{[1][not in citation given]}, starring Ray Winstone, Mark Strong and Phil Davis^{[disambiguation needed ]}. He moved up to standby Art Director and worked on a number of award winning films and television dramas including Control,^[2] Endgame^[3] and The Queen's Sister. During his career, Richmond has worked with the following notable directors Pete Travis, Simon Cellan Jones, Jez Butterworth, Saul Metzstein, Carol Morley^[4] and Matt Hope.^[5]

He rose to the position of production designer in 2007, when he designed the third series of the intercative drama Dubplate Drama 3'.^[6] He has since worked on numerous feature films as production designer.

In 2010, Richmond designed the feature film The Veteran (film) ^[7] starring Toby Kebbell^[7] and Brian Cox^{[disambiguation needed ]}.^[7] He was credited with the review, "Fiercely stylised production design adds an intriguing layer to this gritty, twisty London thriller."^[8]

Richmond is also a visiting lecturer at the London College of Communication in film and television production design. Chris Richmond designed the feature length Drama Documentary, Dreams of a Life^[9], nominated for the Grierson Award^[10] at The 55th London Film Festival.

Filmography

Production Designer

• Twenty8k (film)(2012)^[11][12]
• Dreams of a Life (film) (2011)^[13]
• Eight Minutes Idle (film) (2011)^[14]
• Magic Boys (film) (2011)^[15]
• The Veteran (film) (2011)^[7]
• Edge (film) (2010)^[16][17]
• Dubplate Drama (film) (2008)^[6]

Art Director / Standby Art Director

• Micro Men (TV movie) (2009)
• Endgame (film) (2009)
• A Boy Called Dad (film) (2009)^[18]
• Control (film) (2007)^[2]
• Almost Adult (film) (2006)^[19]
• The Queen's Sister (TV movie) (2005)
• A Very Social Secretary (TV movie) (2005)^[20]
• Reach For The Moon (TV mini series) (2000)
• City Central (TV series) (1998)

Art Department

• Heroes and Villains (film) (2006)(Video Graphics Designer)
• Bloodlines (TV movie) (2005)(Graphics Designer)
• Birthday Girl (film) (2001)(Art Department Assistant)
• Births, Marriages and Deaths (TV series) (1999)(Art Department Runner)^{[1][not in citation given]}
• Thief Takers (TV series) (1995)(Set Designer)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} BFI
2. ^ ^{a b} Variety
3. ^ pbs
4. ^ BFI
5. ^ Hollywood Reporter
6. ^ ^{a b} Edinburgh Film Festival
7. ^ ^{a b c d} Variety
8. ^ contactmusic
9. ^ BFI
10. ^ ScreenDaily
11. ^ Hollywood Reporter
12. ^ Festival Focus
13. ^ Film4
14. ^ Uk Film Council
15. ^ Screen Daily
16. ^ Variety
17. ^ British Film Council
18. ^ Screenrush
19. ^ Bankside Films
20. ^ Mentorn TV

External links

• Official website
• chris richmond at the Internet Movie Database