Gavin Bocquet
- Dirección de arte
- 23 de julio de 1953 · Bromley, London, England, UK
Biografía
Gavin Bocquet is a British production designer. Trained in three-dimensional design at the Royal College of Art, he entered the film industry at the start of his career through mentor Stuart Craig, beginning work on Saturn 3 (1980) and subsequently contributing to major productions such as The Elephant Man (1980), Cry Freedom (1987), and Empire of the Sun (1987). Early roles included draughtsman, set dresser, assistant art director, and art director, with notable art direction credits on Dangerous Liaisons (1988) and Erik the Viking (1989). Bocquet became a production designer in the early 1990s, with his breakthrough coming on The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992–1993), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award in 1992 for the pilot episode and received further Emmy nominations in 1993 and 1994 for individual episodes. This collaboration led to an extended association with George Lucas, culminating in his role as production designer on the Star Wars prequel trilogy, beginning with Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), followed by Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005). His designs on these films earned multiple industry nominations, including from the Satellite Awards and the Las Vegas Film Critics Society. Throughout the 2000s and 2010s, Bocquet balanced large-scale fantasy and action films with more grounded projects. His film credits include Stardust (2007), The Bank Job (2008), Gulliver's Travels (2010), Jack the Giant Slayer (2013), Warcraft (2016), Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016), and Mute (2018). In television, he served as production designer on The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019) and later on Silo (2023). For Silo (2023), Bocquet won the BAFTA TV Award for Production Design in 2024, shared with Amanda Bernstein, as well as the British Film Designers Guild Award, and received nominations from the Art Directors Guild and the Set Decorators Society of America. He also won the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Production Design for Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020). Reflecting on his career path, Bocquet has credited mentorship and collaboration as central to his development, noting, "I was in the final week doing 3D Design at the Royal College of Art and Stuart Craig… put up a note asking if anybody wanted to Design Props for a science fiction film… Stuart and Norman were my two main mentors and although I didn't quite get to their level, it has been fun trying." He has emphasised the collaborative nature of filmmaking and the support of his family throughout the years of international production.
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Filmografía
- Vengadores: Doomsday · Production Design
- Silo · Production Design
- Citadel · Production Design
- La navidad mágica de los Jangle · Production Design
- La llamada del Cristal: Así se hizo Cristal Oscuro: La era de la resistencia · En persona, Agradecimientos
- Cristal oscuro: La era de la resistencia · Production Design
- Mudo · Production Design
- El hogar de Miss Peregrine para niños peculiares · Production Design
- Warcraft: El origen · Production Design
- Jack, el cazagigantes · Production Design
- Los viajes de Gulliver 2010 · Production Design
- El gran golpe (El robo del siglo) · Production Design
- Stardust · Production Design
- Within a Minute: The Making of Star Wars Episode III · En persona
- La guerra de las galaxias. Episodio III: La venganza de los Sith · Production Design
- xXx II. Estado de emergencia · Production Design
- xXx · Production Design
- La guerra de las galaxias. Episodio II: El ataque de los clones · Production Design
- Las Aventuras del Joven Indiana Jones: Vientos de Cambio · Production Design
- Las Aventuras del Joven Indiana Jones: Los Peligros de Cupido · Production Design
- Las Aventuras del Joven Indiana Jones: Pasión por la Vida · Production Design
- Las Aventuras del Joven Indiana Jones: Escapadas de Espionaje · Production Design
- Las Aventuras del Joven Indiana Jones: Dulce Canción del Amor · Production Design
- Las Aventuras del Joven Indiana Jones: Viaje de Resplandor · Production Design
- Las Aventuras del Joven Indiana Jones: Mi Primera Aventura · Production Design
- The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle · Production Design
- Las Aventuras del Joven Indiana Jones: Demonios del Engaño · Production Design
- Las Aventuras del Joven Indiana Jones: Crónicas de la Legión · Production Design
- Las Aventuras del Joven Indiana Jones: Aventuras en el Servicio Secreto · Production Design
- Las Aventuras del Joven Indiana Jones: Espías, Submarinos y Revolución · Production Design
- Las Aventuras del Joven Indiana Jones: El Tren Fantasma Maldito · Production Design
- Las Aventuras del Joven Indiana Jones: Oganga, el que da y quita la vida · Production Design
- Las Aventuras del Joven Indiana Jones: Los Temerarios del Desierto · Production Design
- Las Aventuras del Joven Indiana Jones: Los Rostros del Mal · Production Design
- Las Aventuras del Joven Indiana Jones: Trincheras Infernales · Production Design
- La guerra de las galaxias. Episodio I: La amenaza fantasma · Production Design
- Kavanagh Q.C. · Production Designer
- Asesinatos en la radio · Production Design
- Young Indy Around the World · En persona
- Kafka, la verdad oculta · Production Design
- Yellowthread Street · Production Design
- Erik el vikingo · Art Direction
- Las amistades peligrosas · Art Direction
- El imperio del sol · Assistant Art Director
- Grita libertad · Assistant Art Director
- Gunbus · Art Direction
- El secreto de la pirámide · Assistant Art Director
- Supergirl · Draughtsman
- The Island of Adventure · Set Dresser
- Banking on Mr. Toad · Production Design