Chris Richmond (film producer)

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Chris Richmond is a British film and television production designer. He started his career in the film industry in 1998 as an art department runner on the BBC drama 'Births, marriages and deaths'.

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Career

Richmond started his career in the film industry in 1998 as an art department runner on the BBC drama 'Births, marriages and deaths', starring Ray Winstone, Mark Strong and Phil Davis.

He was promoted to the standby Art Director and worked on a number of award-winning films and television dramas including Control , [1] Endgame [2] and The Queen's Sister . During his career, Richmond has worked with a number of notable directors, including Pete Travis, Simon Cellan Jones, Jez Butterworth, Saul Metzstein, Carol Morley [3] and Matt Hope. [4]

He rose to the position of production designer in 2007, working on the third series of the interactive drama Dubplate Drama . [5] He has since worked on a number of feature films as production designer.[ citation needed ] In 2010, Richmond served as a designer on the feature film The Veteran [6] starring Toby Kebbell and Brian Cox. He got praise for his work, with a "Contactmusic.net" review describing it as "fiercely stylised production design adds an intriguing layer to this gritty, twisty London thriller." [7]

Richmond is 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, [8] nominated for the Grierson Award [9] at the 55th London Film Festival.

Filmography

Production designer

Art director

Art department

References

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  6. 1 2 Gant, Charles (2011-04-27). "The Veteran". Variety. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
  7. Cline, Rich (28 April 2011). "The Veteran Review". Contactmusic.com. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  8. "Dreams of A Life | 55th BFI London Film Festival". www.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2011-10-11.
  9. Mitchell, Wendy (4 October 2011). "BFI to give Fellowship Awards to David Cronenberg, Ralph Fiennes". Screen. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  10. Kemp, Stuart (2011-04-21). "Parminder Nagra Leads 'Twenty8k' Cast". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
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