The Art of the Shoemaker - Designing a Music Video
In the final episode of our series featuring winners from the 15th BFDG Production Design Awards, winner of the awards for Best Production Design - Music Video Anna Riot talks to Jonathan Paul Green about the creative journey behind designing The Shoemaker, a music video for folk singer Tom Hickox. With a £600 budget and just one week, Anna crafted a shoemaker’s workshop from scratch, including a 6ft tower of discarded leather shoes for the climax. From sourcing props to transforming a ...
3 Aug 2026
Codebreaking and Supercomputers - Designing The Iris Affair
In this episode of the the BFDG podcast, Jonathan Paul Green talks to the Laura Pozzaglio and Tiberio Caporossi two of the talented design team behind the spy thriller, The Iris Affair, winner of Best Production Design - TV Band 2 at the 15th BFDG Production Design Awards. The team discuss the creation of "Charlie," a 600kg quantum computer featuring 200 meters of practical LED lighting and design roots inspired by Cambodian temples. They also share insights into building 12 complex sets for...
8 Jun 2026
Designing an Award Winning Commercial
In this episode of Work in Progress, we’re celebrating our 15th Production Design Award winners by stepping into the fast-paced, high-pressure world of commercial design. PD Will Htay chats with Jonathan Paul Green about the mind-bending challenges, tight deadlines, and creative triumphs behind his spectacular Schweppes "Take your Time"/"Mission to Mars" commercial. Tune in to learn how to make a massive impact in just 30 seconds. WIP is a BFDG Podcast. Connect with us: Instagram: @british_f...
6 May 2026
Building Frankenstein: Craft, Collaboration, and the Art of Production Design
In the latest episode of Work in Progress, the British Film Designers Guild chair Jonathan Paul Green interviews the creative team behind Frankenstein—production designer Tamara Deverell, supervising art director Brandt Gordon, and set decorator Shane Vieau. The episode celebrates the film as the winning production in the Major Motion Picture – Period category at the 15th BFDG Production Design Awards. The team reflects on their varied career paths and collaborative dynamic, while detailing t...
10 Mar 2026
15th BFDG Production Design Awards - Mark Kermode meets the winner of the Planet Positive Award and the award sponsor Sky Studios Elstree
In the fourth episode featuring winners from the 15th BFDG Production Design Awards, Mark Kermode is talking to the winner of our groundbreaking Planet Positive Award, Stephanie Shires who worked as the Sustainability Coordinator on 'Down Cemetery Road'. Mark is also joined by the award sponsors Sky Studio Elstree who have a strong commitment to sustainable film-making. Find out how sustainability on 'Down Cemetery Road' was ingrained in the entire creative process, how the production s...
10 Mar 2026
15th BFDG Production Design Awards - Mark Kermode meets the winners of the award for Best Production Design - Short Film
In the third episode featuring winners from the 15th BFDG Production Design Awards, Mark Kermode is talking to Production Designer, Olavo Abrantes and Set Decorator, Eleanor Dolan about their designs for the short film 'Fishbrain'. Find out how the Art Department team on a short film often have to use their ingenuity, creativity and resourcefulness to create the set when budgets are tight and why, if you are an aspiring Production Designer or Set Decorator, working on a short film is often a ...
1 Mar 2026
15th BFDG Production Design Awards - Mark meets Malcolm Stone, winner of the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award
In this special 15th Awards episode of Work in Progress, Mark Kermode speaks to Production Designer/Art Director/Set Decorator - Malcolm Stone the winner of this year's Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as Emily Stillman, Snr Vice President of Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden who tells us why Warner Bros. are so proud to support the award again this year. Malcolm Stone has had a long and distinguished career working in Film and TV Art Departments. He tells how he found his way into a c...
16 Feb 2026
15th BFDG Production Design Awards - Mark Kermode meets the nominees of the Peter Lamont Spotlighting New Talent Award
In this special 15th Awards episode of Work in Progress, we hear from the three young creatives who have been nominated for the Peter Lamont Spotlighting New Talent Award at the 15th BFDG Production Design Awards. They talk about their routes into the film industry, what they love about their jobs and give advice to anyone wanting to get into the Art Department. Mark is also joined by Rico Johnson-Sinclair, Director of CrewHQ Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden who run training courses that help y...
9 Dec 2025
The Art of Sustainability
Join Jonathan Paul Green for an insightful conversation on sustainable practice within the Art Department — a core passion for the BFDG and the driving force behind the annual Planet Positive Award. In this episode, Jonathan is joined by Production Designer Blair Barnette, along with Jimmy Keeping, Director and Co-founder of Sustainable Film, and Rhidian Davies, the company’s Client Services Manager. Together, they explore how to embed environmental responsibility into everyday filmmaking by ...
12 Nov 2025
Designing Oz: Inside the World of Wicked with Nathan Crowley & Lee Sandales
Go behind the scenes of Wicked like never before. In this episode of WIP, BFDG Chair Jonathan Paul Green sits down with the multi-award-winning creative team behind the film’s breathtaking world: Production Designer Nathan Crowley and Set Decorator Lee Sandales. From crafting extraordinary sets to literally growing thousands of tulips, they reveal how the magic was made. WIP is a BFDG Podcast. Connect with us: Instagram: @british_film_designers_guild X: @BFDG_Film_Guild Linkedin: @british-...
20 Mar 2025
14th Production Design Awards - The Planet Positive Award winners ReCollective, repurposing film industry waste into community projects.
Mark Kermode talks to Freya Bruce, co-founder of ReCollective, about its work on 'My Lady Jayne'. ReCollective are a non-for-profit, setting new standards of re-use for the film industry to tackle the enormous amount of waste it produces. ReCollective's work on 'My Lady Jane' involved repurposing building materials which were then used for community builds in the South West of England including making poly tunnels for a market garden and a field shelter for a community farm. Find ...
20 Mar 2025
14th Production Design Awards - the winners of our new award for Best Production Design - Music Video
In this episode Mark Kermode talks to the winners of our first ever award for Best Production Design of a Music Video. Production Designer - Grant Armstrong, Art Director - May Mitchell and Set Decorator - Kelsey Fowler talk about the creative journey they took to design the Sabrina Carpenter 'Taste' music video, which included chain saws and a supermarket meat aisle! Executive Producer: Hedda Lornie Archbold at HLA Agency Audio Producer: Benjamin Cook Music: The Dodge Brothers This au...
24 Feb 2025
14th BFDG Production Design Awards Lifetime Achievement winners : Gavin Bocquet and Charmian Adams
In this episode of Work in Progress, Mark Kermode speaks to the winners of this year's Lifetime Achievement Award - Production Designer, Gavin Bocquet and Supervising Art Director, Charmian Adams. Gavin Bocquet and Charmian Adams have both had long and very interesting careers working in Film and TV Art Departments. They talk about how they found their way into a career in the Art Department and how their careers developed. Gavin has worked on productions such as: Star Wars, Stardust , XXX 1...
19 Feb 2025
The 14th BFDG Production Design Awards - Mark Kermode meets CrewHQ and the Spotlighting New Talent Award Nominees
In this latest episode of WIP Mark Kermode talks to Rico Johnson Sinclair, Director of CrewHQ, Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden about the work they are doing to inspire the next generation of film makers and providing training for young people wanting to pursue a career in the film industry. Mark then speaks to this year's nominees for the Peter Lamont Spotlighting New Talent Award about their experiences of training for, and finding that all important first job in the Art Department. Find out ...
26 Mar 2024
Lifetime Achievement Award Winner - Production Designer, Martin Childs
In this episode of Work in Progress, Mark Kermode speaks to the winner of this year's Lifetime Achievement Award - Production Designer, Martin Childs.
Martin talks about how, as a young architect with a passion for cinema he was inspired by the film 'The Third Man' and decided architecture wasn't for him going on to pursue a career in film design. Martin has had a fascinating career, from his first job as an assistant on Blue Peter to winning an Oscar for designing 'Shakespeare in Love', working with the likes of Kenneth Branagh, the Hughes brothers and Philip Kaufman and most recently working as Production Designer on all 6 seasons of the award-winning series 'The Crown'.
Host: Mark Kermode
Interviewee: Martin Childs
Executive Producer: Hedda Archbold
Audio Producer: Benjamin Cook
Music: The Dodge Brothers
This audio programme is an HLA Agency production for the British Film Designers Guild
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(c) HLA Agency
WIP is a BFDG Podcast.
Connect with us:
Instagram: @british_film_designers_guild (https://www.instagram.com/british_film_designers_guild)
Twitter: @BFDG_Film_Guild (https://twitter.com/bfdg_film_guild)
Linkedin: @british-film-designers-guild (https://www.linkedin.com/company/british-film-designers-guild/)
Facebook: /British Film Designers Guild (https://www.facebook.com/BritishFilmDesignersGuild)
Website:www.britishfilmdesigners.com (http://www.britishfilmdesigners.com/)
About the BFDG
The Society of British Film Directors and Designers was founded in 1946. Out of this society grew the Guild of Film Art Directors, and the present British Film Designers Guild (BFDG). Today the BFDG has over 630 members of skilled technicians and designers spanning all the various branches of the Art Department, as well as corporate members.
The BFDG membership covers a diverse range of Art Department skills and experience, working on projects of all budgets, from International to Independent and micro-financed productions, to Feature Films, Shorts, Pilots, Promos, Commercials, TV Film, TV Series and Light Entertainment.
21 Mar 2024
The Planet Positive Award - Developing Sustainable Practice in the Art Department
In this episode of WIP, Mark Kermode is in conversation with the supporters of the BFDG's Planet Positive Award from Sky Studios Elstree: Managing Director, Noel Tovey and VP of Business & Strategy, Sophie Owen-Jones. They talk about Sky Elstree's commitment to sustainability in the film industry and how it is implemented at their studios. Mark then talks to two of the Planet Positive Award nominees - Elwira Pluta for 'Sløborn', Zsofia Szemeredy for 'Hijack' and Michael Ralph, Production Designer for the winning production, 'Good Omens II', about the developing landscape of sustainability within the Art Department and how they are managing to integrate the use of sustainable practices into the designing and construction of sets.
Host: Mark Kermode
Interviewees:
Noel Tovel - Managing Director, Sky Studios Elstree
Sophie-Owen Jones - VP of Business & Strateg, Sky Studios Elstree
Elwira Pluta, Azofia Szemeredy, Michael Ralph
Executive Producer: Hedda Archbold
Audio Producer: Benjamin Cook
Music: The Dodge Brothers
This audio programme is an HLA Agency production for the British Film Designers Guild
hedda@hlaagency.co.uk (mailto:hedda@hlaagency.co.uk)
(c) HLA Agency
WIP is a BFDG Podcast.
Connect with us:
Instagram: @british_film_designers_guild (https://www.instagram.com/british_film_designers_guild)
Twitter: @BFDG_Film_Guild (https://twitter.com/bfdg_film_guild)
Linkedin: @british-film-designers-guild (https://www.linkedin.com/company/british-film-designers-guild/)
Facebook: /British Film Designers Guild (https://www.facebook.com/BritishFilmDesignersGuild)
Website:www.britishfilmdesigners.com (http://www.britishfilmdesigners.com/)
About the BFDG
The Society of British Film Directors and Designers was founded in 1946. Out of this society grew the Guild of Film Art Directors, and the present British Film Designers Guild (BFDG). Today the BFDG has over 630 members of skilled technicians and designers spanning all the various branches of the Art Department, as well as corporate members.
The BFDG membership covers a diverse range of Art Department skills and experience, working on projects of all budgets, from International to Independent and micro-financed productions, to Feature Films, Shorts, Pilots, Promos, Commercials, TV Film, TV Series and Light Entertainment.
21 Feb 2024
13th BFDG Production Design Awards - Spotlighting New Talent
Film Critic Mark Kermode in conversation with Blair Barnette, BFDG Chairperson and Emily Stillman, Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden Senior Vice President of Operations. They talk about the 13th BFDG Production Design Awards and also discuss the state of the Film and TV industry in February 2024 following a challenging period in the UK as a direct result of Hollywood strikes. It turns out that there may be a light at the end of the tunnel after all!
Mark then chats to the three finalists in the Peter Lamont Spotlighting New Talent Award - Olivia Clarke, Amy Herring and Libby Richardson. They share what inspired them to join the industry, including Harry Potter! As well as offering some great tips to anyone wanting to enter the world of the Art Department.
WIP is a BFDG Podcast.
Connect with us:
Instagram: @british_film_designers_guild (https://www.instagram.com/british_film_designers_guild)
Twitter: @BFDG_Film_Guild (https://twitter.com/bfdg_film_guild)
Linkedin: @british-film-designers-guild (https://www.linkedin.com/company/british-film-designers-guild/)
Facebook: /British Film Designers Guild (https://www.facebook.com/BritishFilmDesignersGuild)
Website:www.britishfilmdesigners.com (http://www.britishfilmdesigners.com/)
About the BFDG
The Society of British Film Directors and Designers was founded in 1946. Out of this society grew the Guild of Film Art Directors, and the present British Film Designers Guild (BFDG). Today the BFDG has over 630 members of skilled technicians and designers spanning all the various branches of the Art Department, as well as corporate members.
The BFDG membership covers a diverse range of Art Department skills and experience, working on projects of all budgets, from International to Independent and micro-financed productions, to Feature Films, Shorts, Pilots, Promos, Commercials, TV Film, TV Series and Light Entertainment.
21 Feb 2023
Planet Positive Production Design
This second episode of Work in Progress turns the spotlight on the all important subject of sustainability in production design. Film critic and broadcaster Mark Kermode, talks to 3 individuals whose projects were nominated for the BFDG’s groundbreaking new Planet Positive Award supported by Universal Pixels which was presented at the 12th BFDG Production Design Awards, supported by BEN.
Host: Mark Kermode
Interviewees:
Blair Barnette - Chair, British Film Designers Guild
Lilly Limmer - Sustainability Coordinator, The Essex Serpent
India Pim - Art Department Assistant
Elwira Pluta - Production Designer, The Peasants
Carys Taylor - Director, albert
Dan Edmonds - Universal Pixels
Executive Producer: Hedda Archbold
Audio Producer: Benjamin Cook
Music: The Dodge Brothers
This audio programme is an HLA Agency production for the British Film Designers Guild hedda@hlaagency.co.uk (c) HLA Agency
WIP is a BFDG Podcast.
Connect with us:
Instagram: @british_film_designers_guild (https://www.instagram.com/british_film_designers_guild)
Twitter: @BFDG_Film_Guild (https://twitter.com/bfdg_film_guild)
Linkedin: @british-film-designers-guild (https://www.linkedin.com/company/british-film-designers-guild/)
Facebook: /British Film Designers Guild (https://www.facebook.com/BritishFilmDesignersGuild)
Website:www.britishfilmdesigners.com (http://www.britishfilmdesigners.com/)
About the BFDG
The Society of British Film Directors and Designers was founded in 1946. Out of this society grew the Guild of Film Art Directors, and the present British Film Designers Guild (BFDG). Today the BFDG has over 630 members of skilled technicians and designers spanning all the various branches of the Art Department, as well as corporate members.
The BFDG membership covers a diverse range of Art Department skills and experience, working on projects of all budgets, from International to Independent and micro-financed productions, to Feature Films, Shorts, Pilots, Promos, Commercials, TV Film, TV Series and Light Entertainment.
14 Feb 2023
THE BFDG - Spotlighting New Talent
In this first episode of ‘Work in Progress’, the BFDG’s new podcast, film critic and broadcaster Mark Kermode talks to three young designers nominated in the 12th BFDG Production Design Awards supported by BEN.
Matilda Beard, Katie Mazurek and Rachel Neill are all finalists in the Peter Lamont Spotlighting New Talent Award supported by Netflix. The nominees talk about getting a job in the Art Department, their careers so far and their ambitions for the future.
If you’ve ever wondered how to get a job in the film and TV industry Art Department, this podcast is a great place to start!
The 12th BFDG Production Design Awards, are supported by BEN
The Peter Lamont Spotlighting new Talent Award is supported by Netflix
Host: Mark Kermode
Interviewees:
Blair Barnette, Chair, British Film Designers Guild
Matilda Beard, Junior Draughtsperson
Katie Mazurek, Junior Draughtsperson
Rachel Neill, Art Department Assistant
Executive Producer: Hedda Archbold
Audio Producer: Benjamin Cook
Music: The Dodge Brothers
This audio programme is an HLA Agency production for the British Film Designers Guild
hedda@hlaagency.co.uk (mailto:hedda@hlaagency.co.uk)
(c) HLA Agency
WIP is a BFDG Podcast.
Connect with us:
Instagram: @british_film_designers_guild (https://www.instagram.com/british_film_designers_guild)
Twitter: @BFDG_Film_Guild (https://twitter.com/bfdg_film_guild)
Linkedin: @british-film-designers-guild (https://www.linkedin.com/company/british-film-designers-guild/)
Facebook: /British Film Designers Guild (https://www.facebook.com/BritishFilmDesignersGuild)
Website:www.britishfilmdesigners.com (http://www.britishfilmdesigners.com/)
About the BFDG
The Society of British Film Directors and Designers was founded in 1946. Out of this society grew the Guild of Film Art Directors, and the present British Film Designers Guild (BFDG). Today the BFDG has over 630 members of skilled technicians and designers spanning all the various branches of the Art Department, as well as corporate members.
The BFDG membership covers a diverse range of Art Department skills and experience, working on projects of all budgets, from International to Independent and micro-financed productions, to Feature Films, Shorts, Pilots, Promos, Commercials, TV Film, TV Series and Light Entertainment.
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