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Ben Bird Design Ltd

CONTACT & CV

-  benjamyn.bird@gmail.com

-  07764 227 908

-  Watford, WD18 0JW

CV

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CV

Filmography

Playdate

- Art Director (part)

- Assistant Art Director

- Draughtsperson

Production Designer: Carly Reddin

Supervising Art Director: Mark Tanner, Andrea Coathupe

ITV, Disney, Quey Street

Tv series

Back To Black: The Amy Winehouse Biopic

Draughtsperson

Production Designer: Sarah Greenwood

Supervising Art Director: Matt Kerly

Starcrossed Films, Focus Films

Feature Film

Emigration

Art Director

Production Designer: Katarzyna Filimoniuk

Salt Film

Polish TV Series

Better Man: The Robbie Williams Biopic

Assistant Art Director

Production Designer: Joel Chang

Supervising Art Director: David Hindle

Partizan

Feature Film

Lenovo

Art Assistant

Production Designer: Grace Bailey

HMX

AD

Paddy Power

Art Assistant

Production Designer: Frederica Hodgkinson

Outsider

AD

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

Grantchester Season 6
Art Department Assistant

Production Designer: Michael Fleischer

Supervising Art Director: Philip Barber

ITV

Drama Series

For Love
Set Dressing Assistant

Regulars

Art Department Assistant

Birthday Boy
Art Director

NFTS

References

Matt Kerly
Supervising Art Director

Back to Black
07795 292 212

matthewkerly@googlemail.com

Philip Barber
Supervising Art Director

Killing Eve
07973 684 244

philip.barber@me.com

Skills

• Draughting.

• Location Surveying.
• CAD technical drawing for surveys and
construction.
• Model making for sets and surveyed
locations.
• Experience writing intention sheets.
• Experience being in charge of locations
for construction and dressing.
• Full Driving Licence and own a car.
• Full set of tools.
• Own all required software.
• Personal laptop and tablet.
• CAD skills including: VectorWorks,
Rhino, Sketchup, AutoCAD, Blender,
Solidworks, Photoshop, Illustrator and
InDesign.

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.

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.

 

Hobbies and interests

My greatest hobby is film and film memorabilia. I attend several conventions a year and go to the cinema at least once a week. I find the best way to learn film and TV is simply to watch it. Physically I enjoy the outdoors, in particular walking and cycling. I also take an interest in photography, art, space and science.

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 Damage. 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 on the instalments. In my role as Assistant Art Director on Better Man (UK Shoot), I was draughting for all the construction elements, many of which were large-scale covers and plugs for shop fronts on London’s Regent Street. I have since honed these skills during my time on Back To Black, The Amy Winehouse Biopic.

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