Tony Burrough
Production designer
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Tony Burrough is a production designer known for his work on the 1995 film Richard III.
Tony Burrough | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Production designer |
| Years active | 1978–2007 |
Career
In 1989, he was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Production Design for his work on Series 1 of Alan Bennett's Talking Heads.[1] He was nominated for the same award in 1996 for his work on the 1995 miniseries The Buccaneers.[2]
In 1996, Burrough was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for the 1995 film Richard III.[3] He won the 1997 BAFTA Award for Best Production Design for the same film.[4] In 2000, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie alongside Choi Ho Man and Dominic Smithers for their work on the television miniseries Arabian Nights.[5]
Burrough's production design has been praised by many critics. Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times referred to his settings in several films as being "so satisfying that they're a reason to see the film all by themselves".[6] His design of Santa's workshop and elf village in The Santa Clause 2 was praised by Kevin Thomas as being "the film's strongest asset".[7]
Filmography
Television
- Doctor Who – The Keeper of Traken (1981), Four to Doomsday (1982), Black Orchid (1982), Warriors of the Deep (1984), The Two Doctors (1985)[8]
- BBC Television Shakespeare – Titus Andronicus (1985)[9]
- The Devil's Disciple (1987)[10]
- Talking Heads (1988)[1]
- The Buccaneers (1995)[2][11]
- Arabian Nights (2000)[5]
Film
- Richard III (1995)[3]
- Great Expectations (1998)[6]
- The Luzhin Defence (2000)[6]
- Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000)[12]
- A Knight's Tale (2001)[13]
- The Santa Clause 2 (2002)[7]
- Tuck Everlasting (2002)[14]
- Hotel Rwanda (2004)[15]
- Ladder 49 (2004)[16]
- Chromophobia (2005)[17]
- Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)[18]
- The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)[19]