Joseph Tiernan

PRODUCTION DESIGNER & SET DECORATOR 

Joe is a young award winning Production Designer and Set Decorator working within Australian and British Art Departments. Over the course of several years Joe trained on some the biggest films to be made in Australia, including Ron Howard’s Thirteen Lives, Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, Aquaman, True History of the Kelly Gang, Swinging Safari and Mortal Kombat.

Having designed several short films, music videos and TVCs, Joseph made his feature film production design debut with Two Heads Creek in 2018, shot in central Australia and the UK. In 2020, he designed the feature thriller Kidnapped followed by the Netflix series Dive Club. In 2021, he was Set Decorator on an Apple TV+ series shot at Village Roadshow Studios on the Gold Coast, Australia. He recently wrapped on The Red, his third feature as Production Designer shot at Screen Queensland Studios in Brisbane, Australia.

With many of his design projects recognised by the APDG and the AACTA, The Logies and other film festivals around the world, Joe is always keen for a new challenge. Whether it’s a futuristic hotel, an ancient ship wreck or a dystopian setting, Joe strongly believes that the devil is in the detail and he is passionate about collaborating with filmmakers around the world. 

COMMERCIALS
TITLE DIRECTOR PRODUCTION COMPANY ROLE
Warner Bros. Movie World – The Wizard of Oz Precinct Hayley MacFarlane  Two Little Films  Production Designer & Set Decorator 
Kenworth Trucks  Jono Cowan  Moo Motion  Production Designer & Set Decorator 
Australian Made  Rob Geary  Outrun Creative  Production Designer & Set Decorator 
FILM & DRAMA 
TITLE DIRECTOR PRODUCTION COMPANY HOD ROLE
Dive Club Rhiannon Bannenberg, Hayley MacFarlane & Christine Luby Netflix   Production Designer & Set Decorator
The Red Ryan Coonan AMP   Production Designer & Set Decorator
Kidnapped Vic Sarin Netflix   Production Designer & Set Decorator
Two Heads Creek Jesse O’Brien Dicentium Films   Production Designer & Set Decorator
Rock Island Mysteries Tenika Smith Apple TV+ Nathan Blanco Fouraux Set Decorator
Thirteen Lives  Ron Howard  Storyteller Productions  Molly Hughes  Production Buyer 
Elvis Baz Luhrmann Warner Bros. Catherine Martin & Karen Murphy Dressing Props
This Little Love of Mine Christine Luby Netflix Jamie Cranney Set Decorator
Silent Night Will Thorne Netflix Dale Slater Set Decorator
Great White Martin Wilson Altitude Film Entertainment Adam Head Set Decorator
Mortal Kombat Simon McQuoid New Line Cinema Naaman Marshall Dressing Props
True History of the Kelly Gang Justin Kurzel Porchlight Films Karen Murphy Dressing Props
Aquaman James Wan Warner Bros. PD: Bill Brzeski / SD: Beverley Dunn Set Decoration Runner
Swinging Safari Stephen Elliott See Pictures Colin Gibson Runner
MUSIC VIDEOS 
TITLE DIRECTOR PRODUCTION COMPANY ROLE
Louis Tomlinson ‘Bigger Than Me’ Charlie Lightening WMA Production Designer & Set Decorator 
Forest Claudette ‘Everything Was Green’ Jeremy Koren  Warner Records  Production Designer & Set Decorator 
Parkway Drive ‘The Greatest Fear’ James Chappell  Hype Republic  Production Designer & Set Decorator 
Polaris ‘Inhumane’ Ed Reiss  Haus Party  Production Designer & Set Decorator 
Amy Shark ‘Only Wanna Be With You’ Jeremy Koren  Sony Music  Production Designer & Set Decorator 
Black Cab ‘Superfans!’ Darcy Conlan  Romp & Rebel  Production Designer & Set Decorator 
SHORT FILMS
TITLE DIRECTOR PRODUCTION COMPANY ROLES 
My Heart Calls For You  Bonnie Cee  BC Pictures  Production Designer & Set Decorator 
Black Site  John Balazs Prima Lux Films  Production Designer & Set Decorator 
Don’t Tell Me You Love Me Joseph Tiernan  Tiernan Art  Production Designer & Set Decorator 
Flappy  Darcy Conlan  Romp & Rebel  Production Designer & Set Decorator 
Remembrance  Shane Joseph Willis The Arcanum  Production Designer & Set Decorator 
Hitched  Keir Beck  Fin River Pictures  Production Designer & Set Decorator 
Midnight Zero  Jesse O’Brien  Raygun Film Co.  Production Designer & Set Decorator 
There Is No Antimemetics Division  Andrea Joshua Asnicar  TBSC Media  Production Designer & Set Decorator