Kate is an up and coming Production Designer and Art Director (short form), as well as a highly skilled Prop Buyer, Props Stylist and Standby Art Director.
She cut her teeth assisting on fast-paced music videos, fashion shoots and commercials before working extensively in the Set Decoration department of Film & TV as a Prop Buyer and on set as a Standby Art Director and Dresser.
Kate’s talent for Set Decoration is evident in her work, seamlessly working across genres whilst presenting a unique aesthetic with a flair for fashion, historical dramas and a keen eye for colour and texture.
She is also an actor, having performed in Film &TV series with actors such as Natalie Portman and Jared Harris and has modelled internationally for magazines such as Italian Vogue, Elle, Hunger and for photographers such as Rankin, Solve Sundsbo and Paul Wetherell. Her wealth of experience across the industry brings an acute attention to detail whilst selecting props, working closely with actors to add layer and depth to their characters and to the story.
Professional qualifications include a BA Fine Art Degree from Central St Martins and the FDI Draughting Course for Film & Television. Kate brings a well researched and collaborative approach to her work.
Clients Include:
Netflix, HBO, BBC, BFI, British Vogue, Dior, Browns Fashion, BadBadNotGood, Noel Gallagher
Associated Production Companies Include:
Somesuch, Hound LA, RiffRaff, Caviar, Outsider, Agile, OB Mgt, Sony
Associated Directors Include:
Campbell X, Daniel Kokotajlo, Nicole Kassell, Shawn Levy
Commercials
TITLE | DIRECTOR | PRODUCTION COMPANY | HOD | ROLE |
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Jigstack | Tony Miller | Block Films | Jakob Gierse | Assistant Art Director |
Splyt | Tony Miller | Block Films | Jakob Gierse | Assistant Art Director |
Guinness | Chris Balmond | Outsider | Jakob Gierse | Assistant Art Director |
Trustwrap | Tony Miller | Block Films | Jakob Gierse | Assistant Art Director |
Marmite | Harry Dwyer | OB Management | Jakob Gierse | Assistant |
Head and Shoulders | Bethan Seller | Made | James Hamilton | Assistant |
Vanish | Sye Allen | Mad Cow Films | Jakob Gierse | Assistant |
MTV | Dan Sully | Vimn UK | Jakob Gierse | Assistant |
LNER | Rodrigo Valdes | Birth | Jakob Gierse | Prob Buyer |
Roxi | Joshua Stocker | Burning Reel | Jakob Gierse | Assistant Art Director |
Lotus | Nicola Turek | Animated Storyboards | Jakob Gierse | Assistant |
Aldi | Henry Littlechild | Dark Energy Films | Jakob Gierse | Assistant |
BT sport/WWE | Rob Rafalat | Dark Energy Films | Jakob Gierse | Assistant |
Batiste | Sye Allen | Burning Reel | Jakob Gierse | Assistant |
Youtube / Google | Ricky Williams | Across the Pond | Jakob Gierse | Assistant |
Film & Drama
TITLE | DIRECTOR | PRODUCTION COMPANY | HOD | ROLE |
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Lowrider
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Campbell X | BFI | Production Designer (UK) | |
The Good Nurse | Robin Ockleford | Sandpaper Films / Netflix | Harold Chapman | Buyer |
Inside the Autistic Mind | Emma Jones | BBC | Art Director | |
Damage (reshoots) | Glenn Leyburn / Lisa Barros D’Sa | Moonage Pictures / Netflix | Hannah Spice | Production Buyer |
Femme | Sam Freeman/Ng Choon Ping | Agile Films / Anton | Chris Melgram | Action Props Buyer |
Music Videos
TITLE | DIRECTOR | PRODUCTION COMPANY | HOD | ROLE |
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Badbadnotgood | Duncan Loudin | Somesuch | Art Director | |
Re:tract | Lucy Chappel | Pynk Prysm | Art Director | |
Slyjnx | Patrick & Simon | Patrick & Simon | Art Director | |
Noel Gallagher | Dan Cadan/Jonathan Mowatt | Graft/Rankin | Jakob Gierse | Assistant Art Director |
Reiley | Nicholas Lam | Hound LA | Jakob Gierse | Assistant Art Director |
Tom Odell | Chris Chance | Sony | Jakob Gierse | Assistant |
Short Films
TITLE | DIRECTOR | PRODUCTION COMPANY | HOD | ROLE |
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The Reckoning | Bobby Goulding / Nathan Brown | Pavilion Films | Production Designer | |
Theo’s Friend | Indigo Jones | Joshua Black Films | Production Designer | |
Hard Luck | Indigo Jones | Snapper Films | Art Director | |
My Mother’s Tongue | Cassandra Kyeyune | BBC/ ICA/ NTS | Jakob Gierse | Assistant |