Mark Tildesley (production designer)

Mark Tildesley
Mark Tildesley
Known for	Production Design

Mark Tildesley (born 1963) is a British production designer. Tildesley has collaborated with film directors Danny Boyle, Michael Winterbottom, Mike Leigh, Roger Michell, Paul Thomas Anderson, Cary Joji Fukunaga, and Sam Mendes. He studied theatre design at Wimbledon School of Art in the 1980s before transitioning to film work.^[1]^[2] In 1998, he won a BAFTA Cymru award for best production design for his work on House of America. He also worked with Danny Boyle as a designer for the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony Isle of Wonder for which he won an Emmy Award for best art direction.^[3] In 2021, he served as production designer for the 25th James Bond film No Time to Die, replacing regular designer Dennis Gassner.^[4] In February 2026, it was announced Tildesley would serve as production designer alongside Stefania Cella and Neal Callow for Mendes' The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event, set to be released in theatres in April 2028.^[5]

Selected filmography

Blue Juice (1995) - Carl Prechezer
House of America (1997) - Marc Evans
The Claim (2000) - Michael Winterbottom
24 Hour Party People (2002) - Michael Winterbottom
28 Days Later (2002) - Danny Boyle
Code 46 (2003) - Michael Winterbottom
The Constant Gardener (2005) - Fernando Meirelles
28 Weeks Later (2007) - Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) - Mike Leigh
The Boat That Rocked (2009) - Richard Curtis
The Fifth Estate (2013) - Bill Condon
High-Rise (2015) - Ben Wheatley
In the Heart of the Sea (2015) - Ron Howard
Snowden (2016) - Oliver Stone
T2: Trainspotting (2017) - Danny Boyle
Phantom Thread (2017) - Paul Thomas Anderson
The Two Popes (2019) - Fernando Meirelles
No Time to Die (2021) - Cary Joji Fukunaga
Empire of Light (2022) - Sam Mendes
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) - Martin McDonagh
F1 (2025) - Joseph Kosinski
Jay Kelly (2025) - Noah Baumbach
The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event^[a] - Sam Mendes

References

↑ "Profile: Mark Tildesley". January 20, 2011.
↑ Baughan, Nikki (January 19, 2018). "How 'Phantom Thread' production designer Mark Tildesley nailed the film's intricate details". Screen.
↑ Andreeva, Nellie (September 15, 2013). "HBO, 'Behind The Candelabra' Lead Creative Arts Emmy Awards; Bob Newhart, Dan Bucatinsky, Melissa Leo, Carrie Preston, Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn, 'Undercover Boss', 'South Park' & Tony Awards Among Winners".
↑ "Rockets & Gulags". MI6-HQ.COM. May 11, 2020.
↑ D'Alessandro, Anthony (February 12, 2026). "Sam Mendes' 'Beatles' Movies Add Harry Lawtey, Farhan Akhtar, Lucy Boynton & Morfydd Clark".

Notes

↑ Including Untitled Paul McCartney film, Untitled John Lennon film, Untitled George Harrison film and Untitled Ringo Starr film

External links

Mark Tildesley at IMDb

[1] "Profile: Mark Tildesley". January 20, 2011.

[2] Baughan, Nikki (January 19, 2018). "How 'Phantom Thread' production designer Mark Tildesley nailed the film's intricate details". Screen.

[3] Andreeva, Nellie (September 15, 2013). "HBO, 'Behind The Candelabra' Lead Creative Arts Emmy Awards; Bob Newhart, Dan Bucatinsky, Melissa Leo, Carrie Preston, Heidi Klum & Tim Gunn, 'Undercover Boss', 'South Park' & Tony Awards Among Winners".

[4] "Rockets & Gulags". MI6-HQ.COM. May 11, 2020.

[5] D'Alessandro, Anthony (February 12, 2026). "Sam Mendes' 'Beatles' Movies Add Harry Lawtey, Farhan Akhtar, Lucy Boynton & Morfydd Clark".

[Beatles_films-6] Including Untitled Paul McCartney film, Untitled John Lennon film, Untitled George Harrison film and Untitled Ringo Starr film

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v t e Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Feature Film
Feature Film (1996–1999)	Stuart Craig (1996) Peter Lamont (1997) Eugenio Zanetti (1998) Rick Heinrichs (1999)
Period or Fantasy (2000–2005)	Arthur Max (2000) Catherine Martin (2001) Grant Major (2002) Grant Major (2003) Rick Heinrichs (2004) John Myhre (2005)
Contemporary (2000–present)	David Gropman (2000) Aline Bonetto (2001) Jeannine Oppewall (2002) Henry Bumstead (2003) Alex McDowell (2004) David J. Bomba (2005) Peter Lamont (2006) Jess Gonchor (2007) Mark Digby (2008) Karl Júlíusson (2009) Thérèse DePrez (2010) Donald Graham Burt (2011) Dennis Gassner (2012) K. K. Barrett (2013) Kevin Thompson (2014) Arthur Max (2015) David Wasco (2016) François Audouy (2017) Nelson Coates (2018) Lee Ha-jun (2019) Wynn Thomas (2020) Mark Tildesley (2021) Rick Heinrichs (2022) Suzie Davies (2023) Suzie Davies (2024) Florencia Martin (2025)
Fantasy (2006–present)	Eugenio Caballero (2006) Dennis Gassner (2007) Nathan Crowley (2008) Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg (2009) Guy Hendrix Dyas (2010) Stuart Craig (2011) David Gropman (2012) Andy Nicholson (2013) Charles Wood (2014) Colin Gibson (2015) Guy Hendrix Dyas (2016) Dennis Gassner (2017) Hannah Beachler (2018) Charles Wood (2019) Nathan Crowley (2020) Patrice Vermette (2021) Jason Kisvarday (2022) James Price and Shona Heath (2023) Nathan Crowley (2024) Kasra Farahani (2025)
Period (2006–present)	Tingxiao Huo (2006) Jack Fisk (2007) Donald Graham Burt (2008) Sarah Greenwood (2009) Eve Stewart (2010) Dante Ferretti (2011) Sarah Greenwood (2012) Catherine Martin (2013) Adam Stockhausen (2014) Jack Fisk (2015) Wynn Thomas (2016) Paul Denham Austerberry (2017) Fiona Crombie (2018) Barbara Ling (2019) Donald Graham Burt (2020) Tamara Deverell (2021) Florencia Martin (2022) Ruth De Jong (2023) Craig Lathrop (2024) Tamara Deverell (2025)
Animated (2017–present)	Harley Jessup (2017) Adam Stockhausen and Paul Harrod (2018) Bob Pauley (2019) Steve Pilcher (2020) Ian Gooding and Lorelay Bové (2021) Guy Davis and Curt Enderle (2022) Patrick O'Keefe (2023) Raymond Zibach (2024) Mingjue Helen Chen and Dave Bleich (2025)

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