---
name: "Helen Scott"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/helen-scott"
fi1m_id: "helen-scott"
imdb_id: "nm0779225"
tmdb_id: 36205
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 10
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_over: 10
updated: "2026-10-07T16:53:59.898616+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."
---

# Helen Scott

## Identity

Helen Scott

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/helen-scott
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** helen-scott
- **IMDb ID:** nm0779225
- **TMDB ID:** 36205
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0779225/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36205

Production designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Active:** 1999–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Andrea Arnold](https://film.one/person/andrea-arnold.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (1), 2000s 80 (2), 2010s 81 (4), 2020s 81 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 80 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 7 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 10, Comedy 1, Crime 1, History 1, Music 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 12 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $22m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0779225/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36205

## Coming up

- *Elsinore* (2026-11-20), Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/elsinore.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Small Axe*](https://film.one/tv/small-axe.md) (88)
- **AMC+:** [*The Selfish Giant*](https://film.one/film/the-selfish-giant.md) (88)
- **Tubi:** [*Fish Tank*](https://film.one/film/fish-tank.md) (85)
- **Netflix:** [*Black Mirror*](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md) (81)
- **Pluto TV:** [*The Great Train Robbery*](https://film.one/tv/the-great-train-robbery-2013.md) (73)

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

## Biography

Helen Scott is a British production designer whose credits include the 2011 series *Black Mirror*, *Fish Tank* (2009), *Wuthering Heights* (2011), *The Selfish Giant* (2013), *Living* (2022) and *Firebrand* (2023).

She trained in 3D Design (Interior) at Manchester Polytechnic and began working in television before moving into feature films. Scott has collaborated repeatedly with directors including Andrea Arnold on shorts and features such as *Wasp* (2003) and *Fish Tank*, and with Steve McQueen on the *Small Axe* anthology (2020).

Her work on *Living* earned a BIFA for Best Production Design in 2022, and her designs for *Small Axe* won a BAFTA Craft Award in 2021.

*Sources: unitedagents.co.uk, imdb.com, britishcinematographer.co.uk, goldderby.com.*

## On Fi1m (10)

- *Elsinore* (2026), Fi1m 74, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/elsinore.md)
- *Living* (2022), Fi1m 81, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/living.md)
- *Small Axe* (2020), Fi1m 88, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/tv/small-axe.md)
- *The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies* (2014), Fi1m 81, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-lost-honour-of-christopher-jefferies.md)
- *The Great Train Robbery* (2013), Fi1m 73, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-great-train-robbery-2013.md)
- *The Selfish Giant* (2013), Fi1m 88, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-selfish-giant.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), Fi1m 81, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Fish Tank* (2009), Fi1m 85, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/fish-tank.md)
- *Red Road* (2006), Fi1m 74, Production Design, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/red-road.md)
- *Topsy-Turvy* (1999), Fi1m 88, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/topsy-turvy.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *Elsinore* (2026), Production Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/elsinore.md)
- *Firebrand* (2024), Production Design
- *Mary & George* (2024), series, Production Design
- *Living* (2022), Production Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/living.md)
- *Mothering Sunday* (2021), Production Design
- *Small Axe* (2020), series, Production Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/small-axe.md)
- *State of the Union* (2019), series, Production Design
- *Dark River* (2017), Production Design
- *How to Talk to Girls at Parties* (2017), Production Design
- *The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies* (2014), series, Production Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-lost-honour-of-christopher-jefferies.md)
- *The Great Train Robbery* (2013), series, Production Design — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-great-train-robbery-2013.md)
- *The Selfish Giant* (2013), Production Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-selfish-giant.md)
- *The Politician's Husband* (2013), series, Production Design
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, Production Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Wuthering Heights* (2011), Production Design
- *Fish Tank* (2009), Production Design — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/fish-tank.md)
- *Red Road* (2006), Production Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/red-road.md)
- *The Only Boy for Me* (2006), Production Design
- *Wasp* (2003), Production Design
- *Dog* (2001), Production Design
- *Topsy-Turvy* (1999), as Art Direction — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/topsy-turvy.md)
- *Career Girls* (1997), as Art Direction

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