Eve Stewart

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Eve Stewart
Born1961 (age 62–63)
London, England
OccupationProduction designer
Years active1993–present
Notable work Topsy-Turvy
The King's Speech
Les Misérables

Eve Stewart (born 1961) is a British production designer. She grew up in Camden Town and later trained in film, originally working in theatre. She later became a set designer, starting with Naked in 1993. In 1999, she received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Production Design for Topsy-Turvy . She later began a collaboration with director Tom Hooper, working on Elizabeth I , The Damned United , The King's Speech , Les Misérables , and The Danish Girl .

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Stewart has won several awards, including a BAFTA Award for Best Production Design, an ADG Excellence in Production Design Award, and a Creative Arts Emmy Award. She has been nominated four times for an Academy Award, with her most recent nomination being in 2016. She also served as production designer for Paul McGuigan's film Victor Frankenstein .

Early life

Eve Stewart was born in London, England in 1961. [1] She grew up in Camden Town. [2] Stewart studied theatre design at Central Saint Martins, and later acquired a Masters in Architecture from the Royal College of Art. Initially, Stewart worked as a theatre designer. Eventually, she did a play for Mike Leigh at the Hampstead Theatre, who then offered her the post of art director for an upcoming project. [3]

Career

Stewart's first film credit was as art director on Leigh's film Naked . She described the experience as "very hard work" and "a bit of a shock". [4] [5] Stewart served as art director on Secrets & Lies and as set designer on Career Girls and Topsy-Turvy ; [1] she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Production Design for her work on the latter, sharing the nomination with set decorator, John Bush. [6] [7] In 2000, Stewart was the set designer for New Year's Day , Saving Grace , and Sorted , while in 2001 she served that position on Goodbye Charlie Bright and The Hole . [7]

Stewart's fourth and final collaboration with Leigh was as production designer on the 2004 film Vera Drake . [8] For her work on the film, she received her first nomination for a BAFTA Award for Best Production Design. [7] Working for the first time with Tom Hooper, Stewart was the production designer on the 2005 television miniseries Elizabeth I , which won her the Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or TV Movie. [9] In 2008, Stewart served as production designer on the thriller film Fifty Dead Men Walking . For this, she received the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design. [10] In 2009, Stewart worked with Hooper for the second time on The Damned United . [7]

Stewart served as production designer on Hooper's 2010 film The King's Speech . Before working on the film, she researched the settings for the script by viewing old newsreels and touring the Victoria and Albert Museum.[ citation needed ] Her work on The King's Speech received several award nominations. She won an ADG Excellence in Production Design Award, [11] and has said that it is the award she is the most proud of. [3] Stewart also received a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, and was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award. [7]

Stewart collaborated with Hooper once more in 2012, when she worked as production designer on Les Misérables . [2] For reference, Stewart followed the film protagonist's route through France. She also visited the house of the story's author, Victor Hugo. [2] Stewart received her third Academy Award nomination for the film, as well as winning a BAFTA Award. [7] She received her first Saturn Award nomination for her work on the film. [12] Stewart was later hired on Muppets Most Wanted [13] and has served as production designer on Paul McGuigan's Victor Frankenstein . [14]

Filmography

YearTitle
1997 Career Girls
1998Jilting Joe
1999 Topsy-Turvy
2000 Saving Grace
Sorted
New Year's Day
2001 The Hole
Goodbye Charlie Bright
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Happy Now
2002 All or Nothing
Nicholas Nickleby
2003 Wondrous Oblivion
Cheeky
2004 De-Lovely
Vera Drake
2005 The Dark
Revolver
2007 The Good Night
Becoming Jane
2008 Wild Child
Fifty Dead Men Walking
2009 The Damned United
The Firm
2010 The King's Speech
2011 Late Bloomers
2012 Les Misérables
2014 Muppets Most Wanted
2015 The Danish Girl
Victor Frankenstein
2016 A Cure for Wellness
2017 Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
2018 The Girl in the Spider's Web
2019 Cats
2021 Eternals
2023 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

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  4. ↑ Hannigan, Fionnuala (2013). Filmcraft: Production Design. CRC Press. p. 160. ISBN   978-1136071102.
  5. ↑ "Safari Books Online". Interview: Eve Stewart. Focal Press. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "The 72nd Academy Awards (2000) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . 22 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
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  8. ↑ Rogers, Nathaniel. "Eve Stewart on "The King Speech" Lacquering, Mike Leigh Yelling and Marlene Dietrich Peeing". The Film Experience. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  9. ↑ "Elizabeth I". companypictures.co.uk. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  10. ↑ "Eve Stewart's 'Fifty Dead Men' Bags a Genie" (PDF). Dattner Dispoto. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
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