Martin Childs

Martin David William Childs MBE (born 1 July 1954), is a British production designer. He won the 1998 Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (jointly with Jill Quertier) for Shakespeare in Love,^[1] and was nominated at the 74th Academy Awards for his work on the film Quills.^[2] He has also been nominated three times for the Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design, and three times for a BAFTA Award for Best Production Design.

Martin Childs
Born	(1954-07-01) 1 July 1954 (age 71) Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Occupation	Production designer
Years active	1985-present

In the New Year Honours 2002, Childs was appointed as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire^[3] for his services to the film industry as a production designer.

Filmography

Production Designer of

• W.E. (2011)
• The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
• Miss Potter (2006)
• Lady in the Water (2006)
• Chasing Liberty (2004)
• Calendar Girls (2003)
• From Hell (2001)
• Quills (2000)
• The Clandestine Marriage (1999)
• Shakespeare in Love (1998)
• Mrs. Brown (1997)