Last Saturday, the British Film Designers Guild announced the winners of the 2025 Production Design Awards at The Royal Lancaster Hotel in London.
Winners in the film categories included Gladiator II (Major Motion Picture – Period), Conclave (Feature Film – Contemporary & Fantasy), Wicked (Major Motion Picture – Fantasy), A Quiet Place: Day One (Major Motion Picture – Contemporary), and Lee (Independent Feature Film – Period).
In television, awards went to House of the Dragon S2 (TV Band 3 & 4 Programmes), The Gentlemen (TV Band 2 Programmes), and Witches (TV Light Entertainment & Band 1 Programmes).
The historical fantasy romance TV series My Lady Jane won The Planet Positive Award for their system to turn film set waste into community infrastructure.
WINNERS OF THE 14th BFDG PRODUCTION DESIGN AWARDS
1. Peter Lamont Spotlighting New Talent
SUPPORTED BY CREW HQ
Nivitha Muralikrishna – Art Dept Assistant / Junior Draughtsperson
2. Best Production Design – Commercial
John Lewis – “The Window”
PD: Dan Betteridge
AD: Viktor Andreev
Stylist: Natalia Todorova
3. Best Production Design – Music Video
Sabrina Carpenter: Taste
PD: Grant Armstrong,
AD: May Mitchell,
SD: Kelsey Fowler
4. Best Production Design – Short Film
Embers
PD: Ged Clarke
SD: Menouer Samiri
5. Best Production Design – Planet Positive
SUPPORTED BY SKY STUDIOS ELSTREE
My Lady Jane
6. Best Production Design – TV – Light Entertainment & Band 1 Programmes
Witches
PD: May Davies
7. Best Production Design – TV – Band 2 Programmes
SUPPORTED BY DELL TECHNOLOGIES
The Gentlemen
PD: Martyn John
SAD: Fiona Gavin
SD: Linda Wilson
8. Best Production Design – TV Band 3 & 4 Programmes
SUPPORTED BY GREAT POINT STUDIOS
House of the Dragon S2
PD: Jim Clay
SAD: Dominic Masters
SD: Claire Richards
9. Best Production Design – Feature Film – Period
SUPPORTED BY PALMBROKERS
Lee
PD: Gemma Jackson
SAD: Adam Squires
SD: Lotty Sanna
10. Best Production Design – Feature Film – Contemporary & Fantasy
SUPPORTED BY COMPUHIRE
Conclave
PD: Suzie Davies
SAD: Roberta Federico
SD: Cynthia Sleiter
11. Best Production Design – Major Motion Picture – Period
SUPPORTED BY REVOLVER MOTION
Gladiator II
PD: Arthur Max
SADs: Tamara Marini (Malta) and David Ingram (Morocco)
SDs: Jille Azis (Malta) and Elli Griff (Morocco)
12. Best Production Design – Major Motion Picture – Contemporary
SUPPORTED BY TLO
A Quiet Place: Day One
PD: Simon Bowles
SAD: Nick Dent
SD: Neil Floyd
13. Best Production Design – Major Motion Picture – Fantasy
SUPPORTED BY SHINFIELD STUDIOS
Wicked
PD: Nathan Crowley
SAD: Ben Collins
SD: Lee Sandales
14. Outstanding Contribution to the Art Department
SUPPORTED BY PINEWOOD STUDIOS
Danny Rogers- Art Director
15. Lifetime Achievement
SUPPORTED BY WARNER BROS. STUDIOS LEAVESDEN
(Note there are 2 winners)
Gavin Bouquet – Production Designer
Charmian Adams – Supervising Art Director
