Lindsey Hermer-Bell is a Canadian

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based in

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, Ontario.

Designer career

Born in

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, South Africa, Lindsey Hermer-Bell moved to Canada in 1977. She received a bachelor's degree in architecture from the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

. She began her career as designer on the 1983

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drama '' Between Friends''. Her production design credits include the feature film ''

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'' (2007), for which she received nominations for both a

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and a Directors Guild of Canada award. Her credits for television include the meticulous construction of the

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house of

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for the A&E original film '' The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery'' (2000) and the subsequent series, ''

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'' (2001–2002). Her production design for the TV series ''

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'' was nominated for a DGC Craft Award in 2009.

Squash career

Hermer-Bell was a member of Team Canada in squash at the

1993 Maccabiah Games The 14th Maccabiah Games brought 5,100 athletes to Israel from 48 nations. Jewish athletes from Poland, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia participated for the first time after World War II, after the fall of the Iron Curtain. Athletes from the eight ...

. She won the Canadian Women's Doubles Championships in 2006 and 2007 with Leslie Freeman."Canadian Doubles Championships Women,"
September 2022

Filmography

Awards

*2007, Nominee,

Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design
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(shared with Justin Craig)
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television *2007, Nominee, DGA Craft Award
Production Design – Feature Film
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Directors Guild of Canada *2009, Nominee, DGA Craft Award
Production Design – Television Series
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'', "Shades of Grey"
Directors Guild of Canada

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hermer-Bell, Lindsey Canadian art directors Living people Canadian production designers Canadian set decorators Competitors at the 1993 Maccabiah Games Jewish Canadian sportspeople Maccabiah Games squash players Maccabiah Games competitors for Canada People from Johannesburg People from Toronto South African emigrants to Canada University of Toronto alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Canadian women designers