PERSONAL INFORMATION
The combination of my architectural background and the skills and expertise I have learned from my MA in Production Design for film and TV (at Kingston University) gives me the ability to create any sort of space and make it believable.
I enjoy all parts of the production design process: searching for locations and researching information for the story to create an accurate concept that can be developed and built thinking about the spaces seen through the camera.
I use model making to express textures, lighting and camera possibilities. In addition, I use prop boards to emphasize each character and concept visuals to give a complete idea of the mood of the story. All these processes can be hand-made or computer generated, depending on the production necessities.
EDUCATION
2013: MA PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR FILM AND TV (distinction)
Kingston University (London)
2007: BA (Hons) ARCHITECTURE
ETSAM (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura), Madrid.
PROFFESIONAL EXPERIENCE
FILM & TV
December 2016 :: GRAPHIC DESIGNER
“Home Alone” (Sky TV) by Jim Greayer
Production designer :: Joe Barcham
Produced by October Films
September 2016 – December 2016 :: ART DIRECTOR
“Fearless” (ITV drama) by Peter Travis
Production designer :: James Lapsley
Produced by Mammoth Screen TV
June 2016 – September 2016 :: ART DIRECTOR
“Uncle III” (BBC3 series) by Oliver Refson and Lilah Vandenburgh
Production designer :: Charlotte Pearson
Produced by Baby Cow Productions
April 2016 – May 2016 :: ART DIRECTOR / STAND-BY ART DIRECTOR / GRAPHICS
“Baby Mine” (SHORT FILM) by Nour Wazzi
Production designer :: Antonia Lowe
Produced by Flat Cap Films
February 2016 – April 2016 :: STAND-BY ART DIRECTOR
“Wasted” (E4 SERIES, SEASON 1) by Tom Marshall
Production designer :: Charlotte Pearson
Produced by Angle Eye Media
January 2016 :: DRAUGHTSPERSON
“Sliding” (SHORT FILM) by Lucy Campbell
Production designer :: Elena Riccabona
Produced by Delaval Film
September 2015 – November 2015 :: ART DIRECTOR
“Modern life is rubbish” (FEATURE FILM) by Daniel Jerome Gill
Production designer :: Charlotte Pearson
Produced by Serotonin Films and funded by BFI and Lipsync Productions
July 2015 – September 2015 :: STAND-BY ART DIRECTOR / DRAUGHTS-PERSON
“Notes on blindness” (FEATURE DOCUMENTARY) by Peter Middleton and James Spinney
Production designer :: Damien Creagh
Produced by Archer’s Mark
July 2015 :: ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR
“Lion Babe: Impossible” (MUSIC PROMO) by Adrien Dantou
Art director :: Beth Hiley
Produced by Burning Reel LTD
May 2015 – July 2015 :: PETTY CASH BUYER / ART DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT
“The job lot 3” (ITV SERIES)
Production designer :: Lucy Spink
Produced by ITV Productions and Big Talk Productions
March 2015 – May 2015 :: STAND BY ART DIRECTOR / GRAPHICS
“Love is thicker than water” (FEATURE FILM) by Ate de Jong and Emily Harris
Production designer :: Charlotte Pearson
Produced by Barnsbury Pictures, Ingenious and Mulholland Pictures BV
December 2014 – January 2015 :: ART DEPARTMENT WORK EXPERIENCE
“O2: Be more dog” (COMMERCIAL)
Production designer :: Sarah Jenneson
Produced by Stink Productions in Pinewood Studios London
December 2014 – January 2015 :: ART DIRECTOR
“Mona” (1970s FEATURE FILM) by Anthony Abuah
Produced by Tales Of The Mother Land Productions
November 2014 :: ART DEPARTMENT (GRAPHICS)
“Mr. Bauhman” (HORROR SHORT FILM) by Miguel Ángel Bach
Production designer :: Gina Bernardo
October 2014 :: PRODUCTION DESIGNER
“Art of dress” (FASHION FILM) by Gsus López
Produced by London College of Fashion
July 2014 – October 2014 :: PRODUCTION DESIGNER
“The great unwashed” (FEATURE FILM) by Louis Fonseca & Nick Phillips
Produced by Mangoose films
July 2014 :: PROPS MASTER / LOCATION SCOUT
“Timberland: The life swap” (COMMERCIAL/DOCUMENTARY) By Yago Mariño
Produced by Vice
May 2014 – July 2014 :: PRODUCTION DESIGNER
“Dinner alone” (EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM) by Vanne Kee
June 2014 :: ART DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT
“The patient” (SHORT FILM)
Art director :: Debbie Spink
March 2014 – April 2014 :: SET DESIGNER
“Five-card draw” (WESTERN SHORT FILM) by Pedro Rudolfi
Production designer :: Lili Lea Abraham
February 2014 :: ART DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT
“Beyond plain sight” (SHORT FILM) by Joseph A. Adesunloye
Production designer :: Marco Turcich
Produced by Dreamcoat productions
January 2014 :: ART DEPARTMENT WORK EXPERIENCE
“New tricks” (BBC 1 SERIES)
Production designer :: Anthony Ainsworth
Produced by BBC Network, Wall to wall tv
October 2013 :: ART DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT
“Girl power” (SHORT FILM) by Benjamin Bee
Production designer :: Jason Carling
June 2013 :: SET DESIGNER
“Cocinero refranero” (PHOTOSHOOT)
Pictures by Pablo Conejo
ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN (SPAIN)
October 2011- August 2012 :: architect
ERA (architecture and building engineering), Barcelona
Duties:
Expert pathology reports, auditing, measurements and budgets
Projects:
· Football Club Barcelona young players home
· Football Club Barcelona basket stadium
September 2011 :: art gallery assistant
Roomservice Design (art and contemporary design gallery), Barcelona
Duties:
Graphic designer, customer reception, orders)
June 2008-July 2011 :: architect
Diego Pérez Medina (architecture), Madrid
Duties:
Worked from the first ideas in building design to construction, developing required technical detailing and working in the drawing production of all stages.
Projects:
· ”Casa de la Música” (Concert hall) and redesign of the surrounding square, the ”Plaza de la Constitución”, Madrid.
· 120 houses final design. 80 single-family houses, 40 multifamily houses in “Quitapesares”, Palazuelos de Eresma (Segovia).
Contests:
· New Court building in Segovia
· New building for the National Public Library in Barcelona
January 2008-June 2008 :: site architect and management
GDV (architecture, interior design and design), Madrid
Duties:
Design and construction, technical drawing, budgets and measurements
Projects:
· Meliá Castilla Hotel restaurant (Madrid)
· Bajocero ice cream bar (Madrid)
January 2005-January 2008 :: site architect and management
Sandra Suárez (architecture and interior design), Madrid
Duties:
Design and construction, technical drawing, budgets and measurements
Projects:
· building alteration from offices to apartments (Madrid)
· 6 alteration housing projects (Madrid)
· Manete’s restaurant (Madrid)
· Politour’s travel agency office (Madrid)
November 2006 :: architectural assistant
Javier García-Germán Trujeda (architecture), Madrid
Duties:
Design and construction, technical drawings, budgets and measurements
Projects:
· Nursery in Majadahonda (Madrid)
June 2004-June 2005 :: architectural assistant
CETSA (architecture and urban planning), Madrid
Duties:
Technical drawings, budgets and measurements
Projects:
· Inner city buildings (Madrid)
June 2003-December 2003 :: architectural assistant
ARCAYMA (architecture and urban planning), Madrid
Duties:
Technical drawing, budgets and measurements
Projects:
· Single houses in the mountain (Madrid)
SKILLS
Art direction
Set designing/dressing/building
Location scout
Technical drawings (Autocad 2D/3D, SketchUp, hand drawing)
3D visualization (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator)
White card and colour/texturized scale model making (hand made/laser cutted)
Prop design and source/buying
Graphic design and print preparation
Photography
LANGUAGES
Spanish (mother tongue)
Italian (basic knowledge)
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