emma davis
info@emmadavis.com
With a fine art Master’s degree from the Slade School of Fine Art, and an MA in English literature from the University of York, Emma started out as a theatre set and costume designer. She has ten years experience working in film and TV art departments in set decorating and art directing roles, and now has a number of production designer and costume designer credits. She has worked with a number of high profile directors and designers. Key skills include proven visual judgement; dexterity; a flexible, imaginative approach to problem solving; a thorough knowledge of historical and social detail; organisation; a track record of keeping to a budget and time frame, however tight; and a good sense of humour.
FILM		– selected credits
‘SOMERS TOWN’ SET DECORATOR - Mother / Tomboy feature. dir. Shane Meadows. prod. des. Lisa Hall
‘MADE OF HONOR’ PRODUCTION BUYER - Sony films feature. dir. Paul Weiland. set. dec. John Bush
‘THE BANK JOB’ PRODUCTION BUYER - Skyline films feature. writers Ian la Frenais, Dick Clement. dir. Roger Donaldson. prod. des. Gavin Bocquet. set. dec. John Bush
‘UNITED 93’ PRODUCTION BUYER - Universal feature. prod. Tim Bevan. dir. Paul Greengrass. prod. des. Dominic Watkins. set dec. Michael Standish
‘MRS HENDERSON PRESENTS’ ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR – feature. dir. Stephen Frears. prod. des. Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski
‘DIRTY PRETTY THINGS’ ART DEPT ASSISTANT – Miramax feature. dir. Stephen Frears. prod. des. Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski
SHORT FILMS	– selected credits
‘A PALACE FOR US’ PRODUCTION AND COSTUME DESIGNER - short film. Serpentine Gallery. dir. Tom Hunter
‘SATIE AND FRIENDS’ PRODUCTION AND COSTUME DESIGNER - short film. BBC concert orchestra. dir. Rupert Edwards
‘THE TEMPLAR’ PRODUCTION AND COSTUME DESIGNER - feature film teaser. dir. Adam Shaub
TV		– selected credits
‘SECRET DIARY OF A CALL GIRL’ SET DECORATOR - Tiger Aspect / ITV2 series. dir. Owen Harris, prod. des. Jak Abrahams
‘FOUR SEASONS’ SET DECORATOR - Gate tv drama. dir. Giles Foster. prod. des. Martyn John
‘CELEBRATION’ PRODUCTION BUYER - Channel 4 tv drama. writer Harold Pinter. dir. John Crowley. prod. des. Eileen Diss
‘THIS LIFE - 10 YEARS ON’ SET DECORATOR - BBC tv drama. dir. Joe Aherne. prod. des. Tom Brown
‘NOKIA N-GAGE: this is where…’ ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR - Harry Nash commercial. art dir. Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski
THEATRE	– selected credits
‘PETER HALL SEASON’ ASSISTANT DESIGNER ‘Much Ado About Nothing’; ‘Private Lives’; ‘You Never Can Tell’; ‘Waiting For Godot’ - Royal Theatre Bath / National tour. dir. Sir Peter Hall
‘WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY?’ ASSISTANT DESIGNER - Comedy Theatre, London. dir. Sir Peter Hall
‘MACBETH: FALSE MEMORY’ COSTUME DESIGNER - ATC: Lyric Theatre London. dir. Nick Philippou
QUALIFICATIONS
MA FINE ART with bursary (theatre design)	Slade School of Fine Art, University College London
MA & BA hons. ENGLISH & RELATED LITERATURE	University of York
advanced art direction / draughting	Terry Ackland Snow, Pinewood Studios
prop-making work experience	Royal National Theatre, London
BA hons. Visual art (p/t)	Chelsea College of Art, London
RECENT EXHIBITIONS	drawings, paintings, printmaking
DISCERNING EYE 2007, 2008, 2010	Mall Galleries, London
ORIGINALS 2009	Mall Galleries, London
BOTANISTS OF THE ASHPHALT	City Arts and Music Project, London
GALERIE AQUI SIAM BEN	Vallauris, Cote d’Azur, France
RCA Secret 1999-2010	Royal College of Art
SOCIETY OF WOMEN ARTISTS 2004	Mall Galleries, London
REFERENCES	on request
Eileen Diss	– production designer
Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski	– production designer
Craig Fowlie	– Senior Publisher, Routledge (academic book publisher)