Keith Wilson (production designer)

Keith Wilson
Born(1941-09-19)19 September 1941
Died6 July 2011(2011-07-06) (aged 69)
EducationMedway College of Art, Rochester
OccupationsProduction designer, art director
Years active1961[1]–2007

Keith George Wilson (19 September 1941 – 6 July 2011)[2] was a British production designer of television and film. Having studied theatre design at the Medway College of Art, Rochester,[1][3] he began his career at AP Films (later Century 21 Productions) in the early 1960s, working as an art department assistant on Fireball XL5 (1963) and subsequent Gerry Anderson productions.

For the production of Joe 90 and The Secret Service, Wilson took over from Bob Bell as Century 21's art director.[1] He was an uncredited costume designer on UFO[1] and created sets for Space: 1999 (1975–1977) and Star Maidens (1976).

Wilson continued to work in production design until the 2000s. His final PD credit was The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007).[1]

He died on 6 July 2011, aged 69.[1][4]

Awards

Wilson won an Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Art Direction for a Miniseries or a Special for the TV film Stalin (1992). He had been nominated for Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or a Special for Great Expectations (1989). He later received a CableACE Award for Art Direction in a Dramatic Special or Series/Movie or Miniseries for The Old Curiosity Shop (1995).

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Bentley, Chris (2022). Space: 1999 – The Vault. Signum Books. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-99551914-5.
  2. ^ "Summer 2011 Newsletter: In Memoriam – Keith Wilson" (PDF). British Film Designers Guild. 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Keith Wilson – Production Designer". catacombs.space1999.net. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  4. ^ "Genius Keith Wilson Dies". Archived from the original on 5 August 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2011.