Chris Richmond is a British film and television production designer. Having read architecture at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he started his career in the film industry in 1998 as an art department runner on the BBC drama 'Births, marriages and deaths'[1], starring Ray Winstone, Mark Strong and Phil Davis. He moved up to standby Art Director and worked on a number of award winning films and television dramas including Control,[2] Endgame[3] and The Queen's Sister. During his career, Richmond has worked with the following notable directors Pete Travis, Simon Cellan Jones, Jez Butterworth, Saul Metzstein, Carol Morley[4] and Matt Hope.[5]
He rose to the position of production designer in 2007, when he designed the third series of the interactive drama Dubplate Drama 3'.[6] He has since worked on numerous feature films as production designer.
In 2010, Richmond designed the feature film The Veteran (film) [7] starring Toby Kebbell[7] and Brian Cox.[7] He was credited with the review, "Fiercely stylised production design adds an intriguing layer to this gritty, twisty London thriller."[8]
Richmond is also a visiting lecturer at the London College of Communication in film and television production design. Chris Richmond designed the feature length Drama Documentary, Dreams of a Life,[9] nominated for the Grierson Award[10] at The 55th London Film Festival.
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