Alex Nikolaidou


Production Designer

With Smoggie Queens S1 & S2 as Production Designer and a feature film under her belt, Alex has moved quickly through the art department, progressing from Assistant Art Director to Standby, Art Director and into design. Based in the Northwest, she has worked across film, television and commercials, with particular experience in comedy and comedy-drama across a range of scales and styles. She is continuing to build momentum across both TV and film.

SMOGGIE QUEENS S2

Production designer

Small Prophets

Art director

Selected credits


date
production
director / producer / production company
as Production Designer
television:
2025
SMOGGIE QUEENS S2
Tom Marshall / Hat Trick Production, BBC
2024
SMOGGIE QUEENS S1
Andrew Chaplin / Hat Trick Production, BBC
films:
2026
DANCE OF THE MACARONI FLOWERS
Vadim Jean / The Mob Film Comp. /So Many Stories
2024
RHUBARB RHUBARB (short)
Kate McCullen / Bold Productions
Nominated: The Bay International Film Award (Best Northern Short)
commercials/digital content:
2026
THE DICKIE SHOW (YouTube)
Hat Trick Production, BBC
2026
NEWCASTLE UNITED X ADIDAS
Kelvin Jones / Elevated (Zero / TMC)
2018
MAUD'S DIARY
Emma Joyce / CBBC Interactive for The Worst Witch
2017
ETHELS HALLOWED HALL OF FAME
Emma Hill / CBBC Interactive for The Worst Witch
2017
CREEPED OUT
Emma Joyce / CBBC Interactive
as Art Director
television:
2025
ANN DROID
Joseph Roberts / Boffola Pictures, BBC
2025
SMALL PROPHETS
Mackenzie Crook / Blue House Productions, Treasure Trove Productions, BBC)
2023
ALMA'S NOT NORMAL S2
Andrew Chaplin / Expectation North, BBC
Winner: BAFTA Award (Scripted Comedy)
Winner: RTS Award (Comedy Drama)
2023
PLATFORM 7
Geoffrey Sax / ITV X, Dancing Ledge Productions
2022
THE FULL MONTY (Asst. Art Dir.)
Andrew Chaplin & Catherine Morshead / Disney+, Little Island Productions
Winner: National Film Award (Best TV Drama Series)
2022
ACKLEY BRIDGE S5
Various / The Forge, Channel 4
2021
ALMA'S NOT NORMAL S1
Andrew Chaplin / Expectation North, BBC
Winner: RTS Award (Scripted Comedy)
Winner: Broadcast Award (Best Comedy)
2020
ACKLEY BRIDGE S4
Various / The Forge, Channel 4
2019
GET EVEN
Andrew Gunn / Netflix, BBC, Boatrocker
2019
ACKLEY BRIDGE S3 (Standby Art Dir.)
Various / The Forge, Channel 4
2018
PITCHING IN
Reece Dinsdale & Noreen Kershaw / LA Productions, BBC Wales
2018
THE FEED (Dailies, Standby Art Dir.)
Various / Studio Lambert, Amazon
2018
ACKLEY BRIDGE S2 (Asst. Art Dir.)
Various / The Forge, Channel 4
films:
2024
VOLVY & FRIENDS (short)
Joseph Pelling / Blink Ink, Devolver Digital
2024
NO FACES (short)
Louis McCourt / Love Song Productions
2023
RABBIT TRAP
Bryn Chainey / Mad As Birds, SpectreVision
World Premiere at Sundance Film Festival 2025
2023
CHARLOTTE LINK: WITHOUT GUILT (OHNE SCHULD) (TVM)
Roland Suso Richter / CLTV Productions, W&B TV
commercials:
2025
SMART ENERGY GB
The Hard Way (Blink Productions)
2025
JP MORGAN
Make Opportunity Happen (Rogue Films)
2024
EE
Battlestations (Love Song Productions)
2024
MCDONALDS
Surprize Fries (Somesuch Productions)
2023
ADIDAS
FIFA Women's World Cup (Canada London)