Geoffrey Kirkland

Production designer. Born 7 October 1939 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK.

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Born

7 October 1939, Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK

Active

1983–2006

Biography

Geoffrey Kirkland is an English production designer. Born on 7 October 1939 in Derby, Derbyshire, he began working in film and television in the 1960s.

He received an Academy Award nomination for best art direction for The Right Stuff (1983). Kirkland won BAFTA Awards for production design on Bugsy Malone (1976) and Children of Men (2006). His other credits include Midnight Express (1978), WarGames (1983), Mississippi Burning (1988), Space Jam (1996) and The Birth of a Nation (2016). He was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012).

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Films and series

Beyond what we have reviewed, Geoffrey Kirkland is known for Space Jam (1996), The Life of David Gale (2003), Midnight Express (1978), After the Sunset (2004), Glory Road (2006), Birdy (1984), The Birth of a Nation (2016) and Fame (1980).

Children of Men

2006 · Production design

Mississippi Burning

1988 · Production design

The Right Stuff

1983 · Production design