Martin David William Childs MBE (born 1 July 1954), is a British production designer. He won the 1998 Academy Award for best Art Direction-Set Decoration (jointly with Jill Quertier) for Shakespeare in Love, and was nominated at the 74th Academy Awards for his work on the film Quills. He has also been nominated once for the Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design, and three times for a BAFTA Award for Best Production Design.In the New Year Honours 2002, Childs was appointed as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for his services to the film industry as a production designer.
Production Designer, Art Director, Miscellaneous Crew
Awards
Academy Award for Best Production Design
Nominations
Satellite Award for Best Art Direction and Production Design
Star Sign
Cancer
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Fact
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Waterloo, London, England [May 2009]
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London, England [April 2009]
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He is a production designer and art director in London, England. [July 2008]
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He was awarded the M.B.E. Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2002 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to the film industry as a Production Designer.
Production Designer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Crown
2016
TV Series 10 episodes
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
2015
Mr. Holmes
2015
One Chance
2013
Parade's End
2012
TV Mini-Series 2012
W.E.
2011
London Boulevard
2010
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
2008
Miss Potter
2006
Lady in the Water
2006
Chasing Liberty
2004
Calendar Girls
2003
From Hell
2001
Quills
2000
The Clandestine Marriage
1999
Shakespeare in Love
1998
The Misadventures of Margaret
1998
Mrs Brown
1997
True Tilda
1997
TV Series
Press Gang
1991-1992
TV Series 12 episodes
Fortunes of War
1987
TV Mini-Series 4 episodes
Question Time
1985
TV Series 1 episode
Art Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Portrait of a Lady
1996
supervising art director
The Madness of King George
1994
supervising art director
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
1994
supervising art director
Much Ado About Nothing
1993
Peter's Friends
1992
To Be the Best
1992
TV Movie
Coins in the Fountain
1990
TV Movie
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
1990
TV Movie
Henry V
1989
Voice of the Heart
1989
TV Movie
Screen Two
1986
TV Series 1 episode
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Miss Potter
2006
title designer: main title sequence
Driving Lessons
2006
title designer: main titles
Art Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Press Gang
1989
TV Series designer
Set Decorator
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Crying Game
1992
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Shakespeare in Love and on Film
1999
TV Movie documentary thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Friendship Beyond the Fence
2009
Video documentary short
Himself
Reflections of Lady in the Water
2006
Video documentary short
The Making of Miss Potter
2006
Video documentary short
Himself
From Hell: Production Design
2002
Video short
Himself - Host
A View from Hell
2001
TV Short documentary
Himself
HBO First Look
2001
TV Series documentary
Himself
Quills: Creating Charenton
2001
Video documentary short
Himself
The 71st Annual Academy Awards
1999
TV Special
Himself - Winner: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration