Guy Hendrix Dyas
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Guy Hendrix Dyas, Production Designer
, most recently collaborated with Christopher Nolan
on his ambitious science fiction thriller “Inception
” which earned him an Academy Award Nomination®™ as well as a BAFTA award for best Production Design. In 2010 Dyas became the first British designer to win a Goya Award for Best Production Design for his work on Alejandro Amenábar
’s historical epic “Agora
” which premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival
. Dyas previously received three consecutive Art Directors Guild
Award nominations for his production design work on Steven Spielberg
’s “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”, Shekhar Kapur
’s “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” and “Superman Returns
” for Bryan Singer and he won an ADG award in 2011 for “Inception
”. He also earned a BAFTA Award nomination in 2007 for Best Production Design for “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” and for four years in a row Guy has been named by The Sunday Times as one of the top ten Brits working behind the camera in Hollywood.
Production designer
In film and television, a production designer is the person responsible for the overall look of a filmed event such as films, TV programs, music videos or adverts. Production designers have one of the key creative roles in the creation of motion pictures and television. Working directly with the...
, most recently collaborated with Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan
Christopher Jonathan James Nolan is a British-American film director, screenwriter and producer.He received serious notice after his second feature Memento , which he wrote and directed based on a story idea by his brother, Jonathan Nolan. Jonathan went to co-write later scripts with him,...
on his ambitious science fiction thriller “Inception
Inception
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” which earned him an Academy Award Nomination®™ as well as a BAFTA award for best Production Design. In 2010 Dyas became the first British designer to win a Goya Award for Best Production Design for his work on Alejandro Amenábar
Alejandro Amenábar
Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos is a Spanish- Chilean film director. Amenábar was born in Santiago, Chile to a Spanish mother and Chilean father, but the family moved to Spain just one year after his birth...
’s historical epic “Agora
Agora
The Agora was an open "place of assembly" in ancient Greek city-states. Early in Greek history , free-born male land-owners who were citizens would gather in the Agora for military duty or to hear statements of the ruling king or council. Later, the Agora also served as a marketplace where...
” which premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
. Dyas previously received three consecutive Art Directors Guild
Art Directors Guild
The Art Directors Guild is an American labor union and branch of the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees representing almost 2,000 motion picture and television professionals....
Award nominations for his production design work on Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an...
’s “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”, Shekhar Kapur
Shekhar Kapur
Shekhar Kapur is an Indian film director and producer. A critically acclaimed director, he rose to popularity with the movie Bandit Queen...
’s “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” and “Superman Returns
Superman Returns
Superman Returns is a 2006 superhero film directed by Bryan Singer. It is the fifth and final installment in the original Superman film series and serves as a alternate sequel to Superman and Superman II by ignoring the events of Superman III and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace .The film stars...
” for Bryan Singer and he won an ADG award in 2011 for “Inception
Inception
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”. He also earned a BAFTA Award nomination in 2007 for Best Production Design for “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” and for four years in a row Guy has been named by The Sunday Times as one of the top ten Brits working behind the camera in Hollywood.
Filmography and awards
| Year | Film | Notes and awards |
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| 2012 | Robopocalypse Robopocalypse Robopocalypse is a New York Times best selling science fiction book by Daniel H. Wilson published on June 8, 2011. The author has a PhD in robotics from Carnegie Mellon University, and many of the robots in the novel were inspired by real-world robotics research... |
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| 2010 | Inception Inception Inception: The Subconscious Jams 1994-1995 is a compilation of unreleased tracks by the band Download.-Track listing:# "Primitive Tekno Jam" – 3:23# "Bee Sting Sickness" – 8:04# "Weed Acid Techno" – 8:19... |
Won: BAFTA Award for Best Production Design BAFTA Award for Best Production Design List of winners of the BAFTA Awards from 1964 to the present in the category "Best Production Design".-1960s:Best British Production Design - Black and White1964: Dr... Nominated: Academy Award for Best Art Direction Academy Award for Best Art Direction The Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures. The Academy Award for Best Art Direction recognizes achievement in art direction on a film. The films below are listed with their production year, so the Oscar 2000 for best art direction went to a film from 1999... Won: Art Directors Guild Award for Best Production Design - Fantasy Film Won: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Production Design Won: Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards for Best Production Design Won: Satellite Award for Best Production Design |
| 2009 | Agora Agora (film) Agora is a 2009 Spanish historical drama film directed by Alejandro Amenábar and written by Amenábar and Mateo Gil. The biopic stars Rachel Weisz as Hypatia, a female mathematician, philosopher and astronomer in 4th century Roman Egypt who investigates the flaws of the geocentric Ptolemaic system... |
Won: 2010 Goya Award for Best Production Design |
| 2008 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | Nominated: Art Directors Guild Award for Best Production Design - Fantasy Film Art Directors Guild Awards 2008 The 13th Art Directors Guild Awards, which were given on February 14, 2009, honored the best production designers of films and televisions in 2008.-Film: Contemporary Film:*Mark Digby – Slumdog Millionaire... |
| 2007 | Elizabeth: The Golden Age | Nominated: BAFTA Award for Best Production Design BAFTA Award for Best Production Design List of winners of the BAFTA Awards from 1964 to the present in the category "Best Production Design".-1960s:Best British Production Design - Black and White1964: Dr... Won: Satellite Award for Best Art Direction and Production Design Satellite Award for Best Art Direction and Production Design The Satellite Award for Best Art Direction is one the annual awards given by the International Press Academy.- 1990s :Best Art Direction:*1996: Romeo + Juliet**The English Patient**Evita**Hamlet... Nominated: Art Directors Guild Award for Best Production Design - Period Film Art Directors Guild Awards 2007 The 12th Art Directors Guild Awards, given on February 18, 2008, honored the best art directors of 2007.-Film: Contemporary Film:* Jess Gonchor – No Country for Old Men**Peter Wenham – The Bourne Ultimatum... |
| 2006 | Superman Returns Superman Returns Superman Returns is a 2006 superhero film directed by Bryan Singer. It is the fifth and final installment in the original Superman film series and serves as a alternate sequel to Superman and Superman II by ignoring the events of Superman III and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace .The film stars... |
Nominated: Art Directors Guild Award for Best Production Design - Fantasy Film Art Directors Guild Awards 2006 The 11th Art Directors Guild Awards, given on 17 February 2007, honored the best art directors of 2006.-Contemporary: Casino Royale*Babel*The Da Vinci Code*The Departed*The Queen-Fantasy:... |
| 2005 | The Brothers Grimm The Brothers Grimm (film) The Brothers Grimm is a 2005 fantasy Adventure film directed by Terry Gilliam. The film stars Matt Damon and Heath Ledger in an exaggerated and fictitious portrait of the Brothers Grimm as traveling con-artists in French-occupied Germany during the late 18th century... |
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| 2003 | X2 X2 (film) X2 is a 2003 superhero film based on the fictional characters the X-Men. Directed by Bryan Singer, it is the second film in the X-Men film series... |
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| 2000 | The Cell The Cell The Cell is a 2000 science fiction psychological thriller film directed by Tarsem Singh, and starring Jennifer Lopez in the lead role.-Plot:... |
(assistant art director) Nominated: Art Directors Guild Award for Best Production Design - Fantasy for Period Film Art Directors Guild Awards 2006 The 11th Art Directors Guild Awards, given on 17 February 2007, honored the best art directors of 2006.-Contemporary: Casino Royale*Babel*The Da Vinci Code*The Departed*The Queen-Fantasy:... |