On set - The (Un)Holy Trinity
PRODUCTION DESIGNER + ART DIRECTOR
IMDB
London based
mayjdavies@gmail.com
Citizenships - British | German | Australian
Berlinale Talents Alumni
As a London based production designer my recent feature films include Rebekah Fortune’s, Learning to Breathe Under Water (in post), Elizabeth Sankey’s latest feature doc, Witches, premiering at Tribeca Festival 2024 and showcasing in the BFI and British Council Cannes Great 8 will release on MUBI Nov 2024; and Hansal Mehta’s, The Buckingham Murders, premiered at BFI London Film Festival 2023 and had a UK theatrical release Sep 2024. Art direction credits for feature film and tv drama include Black Mirror S7 Ep2 (2024) due for Netflix release 2025, The Critic (2023) released in UK cinemas Sep 2024, and Landscapers (2021) which won a TV BAFTA for best production design.
I have 10+ years experience in community engagement for underrepresented people in the industry through my work at leading film and arts charity, Signal Film and Media in Barrow-in-Furness in my home county. I remain committed to sharing our craft and encouraging new faces into the industry through mentoring with BFI Film Academy, UAL and BAFTA, and by co-organising and participating in events with the British Film Designers Guild and The Production Designer’s Collective. I co-founded Micro Short Films, a covid lockdown project creating opportunities for professional networking by collaborating on super short, collective made drama/ experimental films of 60s-2mins, many of which enjoyed success in the film festival circuit.
After studying a fine art BA at Oxford Brookes School of Arts, and an MA in theatre design at Wimbledon College of Art, installation art and the scenographic process of performance design remains a firm influence for my work in film.