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BEN BIRD

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Benjamyn.bird@gmail.com

07764 227 908

Stockport, Greater Manchester, SK6 1RZ

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Filmography

Im Not Bruce

- Art Director

Octopus Media International

Tv Pilot

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Reckless

- Art Director

Production Designer: Blair Barnette

BW CATALYST FILM

Film

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CC: Emily

- Art Director

Production Designer: Bobbie Cousens

Working Title

Film

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All Creatures Great & Small

- Assistant Art Director

Production Designer: Thomas Goodwin

Channel 5, Playground

Tv series

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The Stolen Girl

- Art Director (part)

- Assistant Art Director

- Draughtsperson

Production Designer: Carly Reddin

Supervising Art Director: Mark Tanner, Andrea Coathupe

ITV, Disney, Quey Street

Tv series

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Back To Black: The Amy Winehouse Biopic

Draughtsperson

Production Designer: Sarah Greenwood

Supervising Art Director: Matt Kerly

Starcrossed Films, Focus Films

Feature Film

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Emigration

Art Director

Production Designer: Katarzyna Filimoniuk

Salt Film

Polish TV Series

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Better Man: The Robbie Williams Biopic

Assistant Art Director

Production Designer: Joel Chang

Supervising Art Director: David Hindle

Partizan

Feature Film

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Lenovo

Art Assistant

Production Designer: Grace Bailey

HMX

AD

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Paddy Power

Art Assistant

Production Designer: Frederica Hodgkinson

Outsider

AD

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The Bad Girl

Assistant Art Director

Production Designer: Lorenza Manrique

Supervising Art Director: Sarah Mursal

Salt Film

Mexican TV Series

 

Obsession

Art Department Assistant

Production Designer: John Stevenson

Supervising Art Director: Ben Clements

Netfix, Moonage, Gaumont

Drama Series

 

Killing Eve Season 4
Art Department Assistant

Production Designer: Lucienne Suren

Supervising Art Director: Philip Barber

BBC

Drama Series

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Grantchester Season 6
Art Department Assistant

Production Designer: Michael Fleischer

Supervising Art Director: Philip Barber

ITV

Drama Series

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For Love
Set Dressing Assistant

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Regulars

Art Department Assistant

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Birthday Boy
Art Director

NFTS

References

Blair Barnette
Production Designer,

Reckless
07790 682 567
blairbarnette@mac.com

Carly Redin
Production Designer,

Sleepover
07949 134 724

reddincarly@gmail.com

Skills

  • Draughting for surveys and construction.

  • Location Surveying.

  • Writing intention sheets.

  • Model making for sets and surveyed locations.

  • Experience being in-charge of location’s for construction and dressing.

  • Communication & presentation skills.

  • Full Driving Licence and own a car.

  • Full set of tools.

  • Personal laptop and tablet.

  • CAD skills including: VectorWorks, Rhino, Sketchup, AutoCAD, Blender, Solidworks, Photoshop & Illustrator.

  • Experience with most prop houses and how they operate.

  • Confident with all workshop tools.

Education

Arts University Bournemouth
2018 - 2020
MA: Film Production.

The course specialised in Production Design, studying modules in:
Cinematic Story Telling, VFX, Graduation Film and Research Project on the Cyber-Punk genre.
Outside university: Kodak competition NSPCC Advert, Solitude Graduation Film, Birthday Boy NFTS Film and Return of the Beast from Outer Space.

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Leeds Beckett University.
2012 - 2015
BA: Design Product.

I completed a three-year BA: Design Product course achieving a 2:1, studying modules including research, model making, design for manufacture, responsible design and feasibility.

 

Professional Summary

I graduated from Arts University Bournemouth in 2020 with a Master’s degree in film production, specialising in Production Design. I then worked steadily as Art Department Assistant within the Art Departments for ITV’s Grantchester, BBC’s Killing Eve and Netflix drama Obsession. In these roles, I undertook a lot of draughting for smaller construction elements on location; plugs, cover-ups and location enhancements. I was also responsible for managing these locations and overseeing construction during the installation. Here I found a passion for Art Direction and have pursued this role since. On Back to Black & All Creatures I started draughting for all construction elements, many of which were large scale cover-up, plugs and set peace’s. In my most recent role on CC: Emily I was promoted from Assistant Art Director to Art Director. Fulfilling my career long goal.

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