Beck Rainford Set & Costume Designer

Curriculum Vitae



Film, Television and Music Videos



2010

The Devils Playground
HMR Films
Standby Art Director
Director: Mark McQueen
Designer: Sophie Wyatt
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Katja Von Kassel Promo
Designer
Director: John Pardue
Producer: Alex Grey
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IKEA
Monkey
Standby Art Director
Designer: Lisa Hall
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Home Office
Tomboy Films
Standby Art Director / Set Dresser
Director: Shane Meadows
Designer: Lisa Hall
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2009

A-Human
Art Director
Director: John Entwhistle
Designer: Beth Collar
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Rain (short)
Reclaim Productions
Production Designer
Director: Hannah Price
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0-800 Love
Bang Bang Productions
Standby Art Director
Designer: David Bryan
Director: Abbas Tyrewala
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Street Dance
Vertigo films
Art Department Dailys
Designer: Richard Bullock
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Wreckers
A Likely Story Ltd
Production Designer
Director: Dictynna Hood
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Into The Rose Garden (short)
Pocket Watch Films
Production Designer
Director: Anthony Wilcox
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Le Roux 'Bullet Proof' Music Video
Art Director
Production Designer: Alun Davies
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2008


The Sea Change
Nicki Black Films
Standby Art Director
Production Designer : Damien Cregh
Director: Brek Taylor / Elizabeth Mitchel
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Bookaboo
Happy Films for CITV
Standby Art Director
Production Designer: Fran Cooper
Director : Ian Emes
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Kick Ass
Kick Ass Productions
Set Decorating Assistant
Production Designer: Russell De Rozario
Director: Matthew Vaughan
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Exam
Hazeldine Films
Assistant Art Director / Set Dresser
Production Designer: Patrick Bill
Director: Stuart Hazledine
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Mills and Boon
BBC 4
Scenic Artist
Production Designer: Patrick Bill
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The Horrible Histories
BBC 1
Art Department Assistant
Production Designer: Miranda
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Shimmy Rivers and Canal
Stolen Records
Prop Stylist
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Serafina Steer
Static Caravan Records
Prop Stylist
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2007


Sugar Babes Music Video
Headdress Design/Maker
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2006


Lillie
Cranberry Films
Production Designer
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2005


Incomplete
National Film School
Art Director
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The Other Man
A Likely Story Ltd
Production Designer
Winner Best British Short Film, Edinburgh Film Festival 2006
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Saxon
Sillwood Films Ltd
Set Dresser
Nominee Best Newcomer, Edinburgh Film Festival 2007
Winner Best Independent Feature, Paris Independent Film Festival
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Editorial/ Interior Design/ Events



2009

James Long Fashion Film
Dazed Digital / Fashion East
Elkev-Smith
Set Designer
Stylist: Bryan McMahon
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Vanity Fair Magazine
Set Assistant
Set Design: Alun Davis
Photographer: Vincent Peters
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Adidas
Me, you campaign
Art Director
Designer: Alun Davies
2008
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Sublime Magazine
Set Design
Photographer: Charlotte Kibbles
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Case Shirts
Set Design
Photographer: Charlotte Kibbles
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Gearbox recording studios
Interior Design for green room
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SKIN and BONES Exhibition
Somerset House /MOMA
Set Design for Publicity
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Tank Magazine/Observer Fashion Supplement
Set Design
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2007


Horse Stable
Window Display for ‘Widen & Kennedy Advertising Agency’
Set Designer
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Visa/Trade - Swap Shop
Mission Media Ltd/ VISA
Creative Manager
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Freeman's Catalogue Launch
Mission Media Ltd
Set Designer/Prop Maker and Stylist
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Christian Dior Campaign
Shona Heath
Design Assistant
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The Newcomen/ Gearbox Recording Studios
Sony Research Project
Interior Design
Dulux Brochure Cover Shoot
Set Designer/ Stylist
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O'Magazine - Observer/ TANK Magazine
December Fashion Section
Set Design
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TANK Magazine
November Fashion Section
Set Design
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Theatre



2009

Paper Kite
Written by Jack Thorne
Director: Hamish Pirie
Ignition Project, Tristan Bates Theatre
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Time Cats
Soho Theatre
Set and Costume Designer
Director: Hamish Pirie
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2008


Edward II
Set and Costume designer
St Andrews Crypt, Holborn
Director: Owen Horsley
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The Collector
Arcola Theatre
Set & Costume Designer
Director: Ben Caplan
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The Merry Widow
English National Opera
Costume assistant to Deidre Clancy
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Performance of a Mysterium
Commission for Margate Rocks / Arts Theatre Trafalgar Square
Set Design/ Prop Maker
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2007


Stacy
Arcola Theatre/Trafalgar Studios
Set and Costume Design
Director: Hamish Pirie
Writer: Jack Thorne
- Baby Girl
National Theatre Connections/Arcola Theatre
Set and Costume Design
Director: Hamish Pirie
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2006


Faust
National Theatre. 'Punchdrunk'
Fourth Floor Designer
Director: Felix Barratt
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Hiding
Watford Palace Theatre
Costume and Set Designer
Director: Anthony Biggs
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Tis Pity she’s a Whore’
Netherless Productions, Southwark Playhouse
Scenic Artist
Director: Ed Dick
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Edith Piaf
National Theatre of Iceland
Assistant Set & Costume Designer to Vytas Nybulas
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Education



2004-05

Diploma
Motley Theatre Design Course
London
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2000-03


B.A. Hons (2.1)
Theatre, Film & Television
University of Leeds
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Key Skills



Model Making
Buying
Technical Drawing
On-Set Standby
On- Set Dressing
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Other Experience



2004

‘Mia Trust’ Scholarship
Motley Theatre Design Course
London
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2002


Workshops
with Dutch National Ballet choreographer Rita Hielger
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2001


Study Exchange
4 months at Stadia Polytechnic
Helsinki
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