PRODUCTION DESIGNER + ART DIRECTOR
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London based
mayjdavies@gmail.com
BERLINALE TALENTS 2022 - PRODUCTION DESIGNER/ ART DIRECTOR
MEMBERSHIPS
BRITISH FILM DESIGNERS GUILD
BAFTA CONNECT MEMBER
PRODUCTION DESIGNERS COLLECTIVE
BRITISH SOCIETY THEATRE DESIGNERS
AWARDS
BRITISH FILM DESIGNERS GUILD AWARDS 2022/23 - Nominee - Best Short Film Production Design - Dream Big
BRIGHTON ROCK FILM FESTIVAL 2022 - Winner - Best Mise-en-Scene - All That Glitters
BRITISH FILM DESIGNERS GUILD AWARDS 2021/22 - Nominee - Best Short Film Production Design - Her Majesty + Pops
LONDON INTERNATIONAL MONTHLY FILM FESTIVAL 2021 - Winner - Best Production Design - THE (UN)HOLY TRINITY
PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL INDIE FILM FESTIVAL 2021 - Nominee - Best Production Design - Her Majesty
BRITISH FILM DESIGNERS GUILD AWARDS 2019/ 20 - Nominee - Best Short Film Production Design - Lola 2019 + Affection 2020
LONG ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM EXPO 2019 - Winner - Best Production Design - Mea Culpa
FEATURE FILM - PRODUCTION DESIGNER
THE BUCKINGHAM MURDERS, 2022 / Dir. Hansal Mehta / Prod. Kuban Kassam / Balaji Motion Picture / BFI London Film Festival Official Selection 2023
WITCHES, 2023 Feature Doc / Dir. Elizabeth Sankey / Prod. Manon Ardisson, Chiara Ventura / MUBI
THE GROUP, 2021 / Dir. Will Higo / Prod. Talia Burrows / Final Boss Pictures + Special Treats / FrightFest 2022, Dead Northern horror and fantasy Film Festival 2022
WAR OF THE WORLDS: THE ATTACK, 2020 / Dir. Junaid Syed / Prod. Hayley Medwell / Lola Productions / Semi Finalist at Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (Oscar Qual) 2022, released on Amazon Prime 2023
DAEMON MIND, 2020 / Dir. Jason Fite / Prod. Barbara Toschi / Peracals Productions /
FEATURE FILM + TV DRAMA - AS ART DIRECTOR
SURFACE S2, 2024 (as Senior Art Director) Designer. Catrin Meredydd / SAD. Fabrice Spelta
THE CRITIC, 2022 (as supervising art director) Designer. Lucienne Suren / Dir. Anand Tucker / Prod. Jolyon Symmonds / Toronto International Film Festival | Special Presentations 2023
MY HAPPY ENDING, 2022 (as supervising art director) Designer. Arad Sawat / Dir. Tal Granit, Sharon Maymon / Prod. Daisy Allsop, Osnat Handelsman-Keren, Talia Kleinhendler
TREASON, 2022 Designer. Catrin Meredydd / SAD. Fabrice Spelta / Prod. Foz Allan/ NETFLIX
SOMEWHERE BOY, 2021 Designer. Alexandra Toomey / Clerkenwell Film, Channel 4
LANDSCAPERS, 2021 Designer. Cristina Casali / SAD. Fabrice Spelta / Dir. Will Sharpe / Prod. Katie Carpenter / HBO, SKY, Sister Pictures / TV Bafta 2022 - Winner - Production Design
MARTYRS LANE, 2020 / Dir. Ruth Platt / Prod. Katie Hodgkins / Designer. Gini Godwin / BFI + Ipso Facto / Edinburgh International Film Festival 2021
THE POWER, 2019 / Dir. Corinna Faith / Prod. Rob Watson, Matthew Wilkinson / Designer. Francesca Massariol / BFI + Stigma Films / SHUDDER
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING OSCAR 2018 / Designer. Keith Dunne / BBC
ART & INSTALLATION
CO DESIGNER HELLO STRANGER 2023 / Co-designed and curated exhibition at the Mercury Theatre Colchester as part of the Society of British Theatre Designers UK entry to the Prague Quadrennial of performance design
PRODUCTION DESIGNER THE (UN) HOLY TRINITY 2020 / Dir. Laura Jean Healey / S[edition] for International Womens Day 2020 / Winner YICCA Art Prize 2021
CO DESIGNER FUTURE UTOPIAS 2019 / Co-designed performance/ installation with 9 emerging designers as part of the Society of British Theatre Designers UK entry to the Prague Quadrennial of performance designPerformed in Prague, June 2019 and Installed in the V&A
SELECTED SHORT FILMS - PRODUCTION DESIGNER
CUT, 2023 / Dir. Youness Banali / Prod. Sophie Stacey
OUT OF THE GREY, 2023 / Dir. Marta Baidek / Prod. George Fox
LA Shorts (Oscar Qual) 2023
DREAM BIG, 2022 / Dir. Pip Swallow / Prod. Georgina French / BFI Network / Norwich Film Festival (BIFA and BAFTA qualifying) 2022 - Official Selection
POPS, 2021 / Dir. Lewis Rose / Prod. Chris Hees / Salaud Morisset / Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (Oscar Qual) 2021 - Premiere, Indy International Shorts Festival 2021 (Oscar Qual) - Official Selection
BACH IS BLUE, 2021 / Dir. Sophie Kenny / Prod. Jasmin Morrison / Berlin Flash Film Festival June 2021 - Winner - Best Experimental, Lattitude Music and Arts Festival 2021, New York Flash Film Festival June 2021 - Finalist
HER MAJESTY, 2020 / Dir. Rebekah Fortune / Prod. Carmela Corbett /
LA Shorts (Oscar Qual) 2021, PIIFF 2021 - Best Production Design honorable mention
THE HONEY MAKERS, 2019 / Dir. Jeneffa Soldatic / Prod. Jo Farrugia / Screaming Violet Productions / LA Shorts (Oscar Qual) 2021, Fort Lauderdale Film Festival 2020 -Winner - Best Short, Amnesty International Film Festival 2021, Global Impact Festival 2020, Manchester Film Festival (BIFA Qual) 2021
ALL THAT GLITTERS, 2020 / Dir.+Prod. Dan Bronzite /
AFFECTION, 2019 / Dir. Simon Green / Prod. Katie Crook / BFI NETWORK / Nominee - Best Design for a Short Film - BFDG Award 2021, Leeds International Film Festival 2020
PENNYWORT 2019 / Dir. Rebekah Fortune / Prod. Claire Pearce / BFI NETWORK /
Bolton International Film Festival (Bafta Qual) 2021
MEA CULPA 2018 / Dir. Jason Fite / Prod. Barbara Toschi / Peracals Productions / Long Island International Film Expo 2019 - Winner - Best Art Direction
LOLA 2018 / Dir. Alexander Vlahos / Prod. Robyn Fox / I Firefly / BFDG Award 2021 - Nominee - Best Design for a Short Film, Vimeo Staff Pick, Norwich Film Festival (Bafta Qual) 2020
DEAR FRIENDS & FAMILY 2018 / Dir. Barbara Toschi / Prod. Lucia Reig / Olympus Film Festival 2019 Winner, Best International Short, Underwire Festival 2019
GOLEM 2018 / Dir. Silas Elliot / Prod. Maya Ellis / Winner Best Short - Earls Court Film Festival PRODUCTION DESIGNER
BREATHE 2017 / Dir. Louise Cooke / Prod. Andrew Oldbury / Film London / London Short Film Festival 2019
O’ CHRISTMAS TREE 2018 / Dir. Laura Degnan / Prod. Lennard Ortman / NFTS /
THE LONELY SHORE 2018 / Dir. Laura Degnan / Prod. Tom Dexter, Alana O’Neil / NFTS /
BODY SLAM 2017 / Dir. Johnny Kenton / Prod. Emma Clarke, Alex McArdle / NFTS /
COMMERCIAL
CONCEPT ARTIST VIRGIN MEDIA - FASTER BRINGS US CLOSER 2021 / Designer. Fiona Crombie / Academy Films
ART DIRECTOR GORDON’S GIN - CHRISTMAS HACKS WITH JLS 2020 / Dir. Oli Bloor / Cake. HAVAS + Meldrum Dent
ART DIRECTOR CHELSEA FC - AWAY KIT KINGS ROAD 2019 / Designer. Francesca Massariol / The Midnight Club
PRODUCTION DESIGNER GUSTO TELECOM - POWER TO THE PEOPLE 2018 / Dir. Nour Wazzi / Finished Films /
PRODUCTION DESIGNER CENTRE POINT - THE HUMAN FLESH 2017 /Dir. John Higgins / NFTS, Kodak / *Winner of 2 Kodak awards, nominated for a British Arrow 2018*
PRODUCTION DESIGNER JIGSAW - 24 MOMENTS OF TRUTH 2017 / Dir. Roland Kennedy / NFTS / *Silver winner Clio Awards, nominated for a British Arrow 2018*
PRODUCTION DESIGNER ODEON - LIMITLESS 2017 /Dir. Meg Campbell / NFTS /
LIVE PERFORMANCE
SET + COSTUME DESIGNER PANGOLIN 2020 / Dir. Sheryl Hill / Arts Council England R&D+ Born Free /
SET + COSTUME DESIGNER CONTINUITY 2017 / Dir. Shame Dempsey / Finborough Theatre /
★★★★★ - Morning Star
"ONE superb actor, two chairs and a script with immeasurable depth."
★★★★ - The Guardian “ A gripping study of Irish republican terror“
★★★★ - London Theatre 1 “intelligent, engaging, vulnerable”
★★★★ - Prestige2
★★★★ - Everything Theatre "A masterful 1-man performance...thought provoking and heart wrenching"
★★★★ - The Upcoming
SET + COSTUME DESIGNER SHERYL TALKS OBESITY 2017 / Dir. Sheryl Hill / Arts Council England + Young Vic R&D /
SET DESIGNER THE VIEW FROM NOWHERE 2017 / Dir. Dan Phillips / The Park Theatre /
★★★★ - London Theatre 1 - “Fascinating and compelling in equal measure”
SET + COSTUME DESIGNER LIVER IN A BED 2018 / Dir. Ainslie Matterson / Wellcome Trust + E15 /
SET + COSTUME DESIGNER MODERN LOVE 2016 / Dir. Emilly Renee Warren / Et Cetera + Pleasance Theatre /
MENTORING + OUTREACH
EVENTS ORGANISER (UK) INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION DESIGN WEEK 2023
SESSIONAL PRODUCTION DESIGN TUTOR RAVENSBOURNE UNIVERSITY 2023
PRODUCTION DESIGN ROUNDTABLE SPEAKER BAFTA X BFI FILM ACADEMY 2023
PRODUCTION DESIGNERS UNITED PANNELIST PRODUCTION DESIGNERS COLLECTIVE GATHERING 2022
CO FOUNDER MICRO SHORT FILMS 2020 https://microshortfilms.com/
ALUMNI MENTOR BAFTA X BFI FILM ACADEMY 2021
PRODUCTION DESIGN MENTOR + PROJECT PRODUCER BFI FILM ACADEMY 2012-present / Signal Film and Media /
COURSE DESIGNER STEPPING UP TO ART DIRECTOR 2020 / Signal Film + Media, Screen Skills /
SET DESIGN MENTOR PLAY IN A DAY 2018 / National Theatre /
PRODUCTION DESIGN MENTOR PAULINE QUIRKE ACADEMY /2018 /
PROJECT PRODUCER SIGNAL FILM AND MEDIA / Film + Digital Art Charity / 2009 - 2015
TRAINING AND EDUCATION
BERLINALE TALENTS PRODUCTION DESIGN STUDIO / Berlinale Film Festival 2022
PRODUCTION DESIGN MASTERCLASS / Fest Film Lab Amsterdam with Allan Starski 2020
ART DIRECTING MASTERCLASSES / London Film School with Fleur Whitclock 2020
VECTORWORKS 3D / British Film Designers Guild 2020
SCENIC PAINTING / DAP Studios with James Rowse 2020
SCREENSKILLS MENTOR PROGRAMME / Fleur Whitlock 2020, Talking Point 2018
MA THEATRE DESIGN, Distinction / Wimbledon School of Art 2016
HAND DRAUGHTING / David McHenry / London Film School 2012
BA FINE ART / School of Arts at Oxford Brookes University 2007
OTHER STRINGS TO MY BOW
MICRO SHORT FILMS / Co-Founder / https://microshortfilms.com/
TWO BREWERS PUB + VENUE / Co-Director / https://twobrewerschelmsford.com/