---
name: "Robyn Paiba"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robyn-paiba"
fi1m_id: "robyn-paiba"
imdb_id: "nm1272694"
tmdb_id: 59531
roles: ["Art direction"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T14:07:18.151574+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."
---

# Robyn Paiba

## Identity

Robyn Paiba

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robyn-paiba
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robyn-paiba
- **IMDb ID:** nm1272694
- **TMDB ID:** 59531
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1272694/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/59531

Art direction.

## Details

- **Work:** Art direction
- **Active:** 2007–2016
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 72 (1), 2010s 60 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 64 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Drama 1, Mystery 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $217m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1272694/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/59531

## 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

Robyn Paiba is a British production designer and art director. She began her career in the art department on films including *The Calcium Kid* (2004) and *Son of Rambow* (2007), later working as art director on *Goal II: Living the Dream* (2007), *The Day of the Triffids* (2009) and *London Has Fallen* (2016).

She served as co-production designer on the first season of *Black Mirror* (2011) and as supervising art director on subsequent seasons. Paiba has held similar supervising art director roles on *His Dark Materials* (2019–2022) and *Doctor Who* (2023–2024). More recently she has worked as a producer on *Doctor Who* spin-offs and related series.

Her credits include a win and nominations for the Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Award for *Black Mirror*, and a BAFTA Television Craft Award nomination for *His Dark Materials*.

*Sources: imdb.com, independenttalent.com, ericamcewan.com, pushing-pixels.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *London Has Fallen* (2016), Fi1m 38, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/london-has-fallen.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), Fi1m 81, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *Son of Rambow* (2007), Fi1m 72, Art Direction — [page](https://film.one/film/son-of-rambow.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

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

- *Doctor Who* (2024), series, Supervising Art Director
- *Collide* (2016), Supervising Art Director
- *London Has Fallen* (2016), as Art Direction — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/london-has-fallen.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, Production Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *The Day of the Triffids* (2009), series, as Art Direction
- *Goal II: Living the Dream* (2007), as Art Direction
- *Son of Rambow* (2007), as Art Direction — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/son-of-rambow.md)
- *The Calcium Kid* (2004), as Art Direction

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