Ben Smith


Production Designer

With five feature film credits as Production Designer to his name, not to mention the immensely popular Netflix series ‘The Last Kingdom’ and commercials for brands including Gucci, L’Oréal, Toyota and MG, Ben’s experience in the art department can truly be said to be rounded. Well liked and well regarded by all who have worked with him, he’s now looking to expand his reach further by designing more features as well as episodic television.

NOLLY

Production Designer

RIDLEY ROAD

Production Designer

I CAME BY

Production Designer

"It's been an absolute honour and delight to work with Ben and his team. He had the challenge of creating a period drama within a tight budget, and overseeing a precise rebuild of some iconic TV sets from the 1980s, and he did so with precision, insight, imagination, and a lot of fun, too. The whole show looks gorgeous. It's been a joy."

Russell T Davies - Writer - Nolly

Selected credits


date
production
director / producer / production company
as production designer:
television:
2023
KING AND CONQUEROR
Baltasar Kormakur / Robert Jones / Rabbit Track Pictures
2022
NOLLY
Peter Hoar / Karen Lewis / Quay Street Productions for ITVX
2020
RIDLEY ROAD
various directors / Betsan Morris Evans / Red Productions for BBC1
2018
THE LAST KINGDOM
various directors / Chrissy Skins / Carnival Film & Television for Netflix
feature films:
2021
I CAME BY
Babak Anvari / Bryan Sonderman / Two and Two Pictures for Netflix
2018
PROFILE
Timur Bekmambetov / Rick Sobalvarro / Sapphire Films
2016
DUSTY AND ME
Betsan Morris Evans / Barry Filby, Alan Latham / GSP Studios
2016
WAITING FOR YOU
Charles Garrad / Simon Bosanquet, Chris Curling / Zephyr Films
2014
HAMMER OF THE GODS
Farren Blackburn / Rupert Preston, Huberta Von Liel / Vertigo Films
as supervising art director:
feature films:
2013
BELLE
Amma Asante / Damian Jones, Albert Sharpe / DJ Films
2010
MADE IN DAGENHAM
Nigel Cole / Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley / Audley Films
as art director
feature films:
2012
QUARTET
Dustin Hoffman / Finola Dwyer, Stewart Mackinnon / Headline Pictures
2009
AN EDUCATION
Lone Scherfig / Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey / BBC Films
2008
MY TALKS WITH DEAN SPANLEY
Toa Fraser / Alan Harris, Matthew Metcalfe / Atlantic Film Productions
2006
THE QUEEN
Stephen Frears / Andy Harries, Christine Langan, Tracey Seaward / Pathe Pictures International
2005
THESE FOOLISH THINGS
Julia Taylor-Stanley / Paul Sarony / Micro Fusion 2004-4
television:
2012
THE HOLLOW CROWN
Thea Sharrock, Rupert Goold, Richard Eyre / Rupert Ryle-Hodges / Neal Street Productions
2011
VERA
Paul Whittington, Farren Blackburn, Peter Hoar / Elaine Collins / ITV
2010
SPIRIT WARRIORS
Jon East, Matt King / Nick Pitt / BBC
2006
ROCKET MAN
James Strong, Jane Prowse, Jon East / Philip Leach / BBC
2004
WHOSE BABY?
Rebecca Frayn / Simon Passmore / Granada Television
2004
KEEN EDDIE
Leslie Libman, Paul Shapiro, Bryan Spicer, Tony Bill, Michael Engler / Andi Bushell, Mark Cooper, Jib Polhemus / Frequency Films