Joel Collins is a formidable production designer on television dramas, feature films and commercials, teaming up with Dan May in 2007 to create Painting Practice, a company that combines concept design, production design and visual effects under one roof.

Previously a production designer for Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror, Joel won a BAFTA for Special, Visual and Graphic Effects in 2018 after receiving two previous nominations for the same series, and a previous BAFTA win for Day of the Triffids.

He has worked with directors Tom Hooper, Otto Bathurst, Joe Wright and Jodie Foster, as well as collaborating with Hammer & Tongs on Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and Son of Rambow.

He is currently production designer on Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials for BBC One and HBO.