---
name: "Daniel May"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/daniel-may"
fi1m_id: "daniel-may"
imdb_id: "nm1047480"
tmdb_id: 1120224
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T11:45:04.366121+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Daniel May

## Identity

Daniel May

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daniel-may
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** daniel-may
- **IMDb ID:** nm1047480
- **TMDB ID:** 1120224
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1047480/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1120224

Production designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Active:** 2010–2011
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1047480/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1120224

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Black Mirror*](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md) (81)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Daniel May is a visual effects professional, art director and production designer. He is co-founder and CEO of Painting Practice, a studio specialising in visual effects design, motion graphics and production design for film and television.

May worked as VFX Art Director and contributed to production design on the first series of *Black Mirror* (2011), including the episode 'Fifteen Million Merits'. He has also served as pre-visualisation supervisor on *Quantum of Solace* (2008) and *Angels & Demons* (2009), and as 3D modeller on *Gravity* (2013). Other credits include VFX art direction on *His Dark Materials* (2019–2022) and work on *Doctor Who*.

He has received BAFTA nominations for his contributions to visual effects and production design.

*Sources: paintingpractice.com, imdb.com, pushing-pixels.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Black Mirror* (2011), Fi1m 81, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader* (2010), Fi1m 56, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/the-chronicles-of-narnia-the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Gravity* (2013), as 3D Modeller — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/gravity.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, Production Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader* (2010), as Art Direction — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/the-chronicles-of-narnia-the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader.md)
- *Angels & Demons* (2009), Pre-Visualization Supervisor — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/angels-and-demons.md)
- *Quantum of Solace* (2008), Pre-Visualization Supervisor — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/quantum-of-solace.md)
- *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy* (2005), as Art Direction

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