Andy Nicholson is an English

production designer In film and television, the production designer is the individual responsible for the overall aesthetic of the story. The production design gives the viewers a sense of the time period, the plot location, and character actions and feelings. Wo ...

who has worked on various films, including ''

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'', '' Divergent'', ''

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'', and '' Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom''. Nicholson has also worked as an

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

for numerous films, including several by director

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Career

Art director

Nicholson has worked several times with director

, starting in 1999 as an

on '' Sleepy Hollow''. Nicholson subsequently worked as an art director on Burton's '' Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' (2005), and later collaborated with Burton as a supervising art director on ''

Alice in Wonderland ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (commonly ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatur ...

'' (2010) and as a visual development art director on '' Frankenweenie'' (2012). Other art direction credits include

Tony Scott Anthony David Leighton Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was an English film director and producer. He was known for directing highly successful action and thriller films such as ''Top Gun'' (1986), ''Beverly Hills Cop II'' (1987), ''Day ...

's '' Spy Game'' (2001),

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's '' The Good Thief'' (2002), and Wolfgang Petersen's ''

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'' (2004). His credits as a supervising art director include Anthony Minghella's '' Breaking and Entering'' (2006), Nancy Meyers' ''

The Holiday ''The Holiday'' is a 2006 romantic comedy film written, produced and directed by Nancy Meyers. Coproduced by Bruce A. Block, it was filmed in both California and England and stars Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz as Iris and Amanda, two lovelorn ...

'' (2006), Guy Ritchie's ''

RocknRolla ''RocknRolla'' is a 2008 action crime film written and directed by Guy Ritchie, featuring an ensemble cast that includes Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandiwe Newton, Mark Strong, Idris Elba, Tom Hardy, Toby Kebbell, Jeremy Piven, and Chris ...

'' (2008), and Joe Johnston's ''

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'' (2010). Further art director credits include Paul Greengrass's ''

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'' (2007), Chris Weitz's '' The Golden Compass'' (2007), and Johnston's '' Captain America: The First Avenger'' (2011).

Production designer

As a

, Nicholson worked with director

Alfonso Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón Orozco ( , ; born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican filmmaker. He is known for directing films in a variety of genres including the family drama ''A Little Princess (1995 film), A Little Princess'' (1995), the romantic drama ''Gre ...

on the 2013 film ''

'', as well as the 2013 film '' The Host'', directed by Andrew Niccol. He also served as the production designer on the 2014 science fiction action film '' Divergent'' for director

Neil Burger Neil Norman Burger (born November 22, 1963) is an American filmmaker. He is known for the fake-documentary ''Interview with the Assassin'' (2002), the period drama '' The Illusionist'' (2006), '' Limitless'' (2011), and the sci-fi action film '' ...

, and served in the same position on the 2016 film ''

'' under the direction of Justin Kurzel. After working for director

J. A. Bayona Juan Antonio García Bayona (born 9 May 1975) is a Spanish film director. He directed the 2007 horror film '' The Orphanage'', the 2012 drama film '' The Impossible'', and the 2016 fantasy drama film ''A Monster Calls''. Bayona's latest film ...

on the 2018 film '' Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'', Nicholson began design work on the 2019 film '' Captain Marvel'' for directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck.

Awards and nominations

Nicholson won an Art Directors Guild (ADG) Award for his work on ''Sleepy Hollow'', and was nominated for another ADG Award for his work as an art director on ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory''. Nicholson won another ADG Award for his work on ''The Golden Compass'', and received ADG Award nominations for ''The Bourne Ultimatum'' and ''Captain America: The First Avenger''. For his work on ''Gravity'', Nicholson was nominated for a BAFTA and an Academy Award for Best Production Design at the

86th Academy Awards The 86th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2013 and took place on March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. ...

References

External links

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