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Gavin Bocquet

Known For
Art

Known Credits
3

Gender
Male

Birthday
July 23, 1953 (73 years old)

Place of Birth
Bromley, London, England, UK

Gavin Bocquet

Biography

Gavin Bocquet is a British production designer. Trained in three-dimensional design at the Royal College of Art, he entered the film industry at the start of his career through mentor Stuart Craig, beginning work on Saturn 3 (1980) and subsequently contributing to major productions such as The Elephant Man (1980), Cry Freedom (1987), and Empire of the Sun (1987). Early roles included draughtsman, set dresser, assistant art director, and art director, with notable art direction credits on Dangerous Liaisons (1988) and Erik the Viking (1989).

Bocquet became a production designer in the early 1990s, with his breakthrough coming on The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992–1993), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award in 1992 for the pilot episode and received further Emmy nominations in 1993 and 1994 for individual episodes. This collaboration led to an extended association with George Lucas, culminating in his role as production designer on the Star Wars prequel trilogy, beginning with Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), followed by Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005). His designs on these films earned multiple industry nominations, including from the Satellite Awards and the Las Vegas Film Critics Society.

Throughout the 2000s and 2010s, Bocquet balanced large-scale fantasy and action films with more grounded projects. His film credits include Stardust (2007), The Bank Job (2008), Gulliver's Travels (2010), Jack the Giant Slayer (2013), Warcraft (2016), Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016), and Mute (2018). In television, he served as production designer on The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019) and later on Silo (2023).

For Silo (2023), Bocquet won the BAFTA TV Award for Production Design in 2024, shared with Amanda Bernstein, as well as the British Film Designers Guild Award, and received nominations from the Art Directors Guild and the Set Decorators Society of America. He also won the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Production Design for Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (2020).

Reflecting on his career path, Bocquet has credited mentorship and collaboration as central to his development, noting, "I was in the final week doing 3D Design at the Royal College of Art and Stuart Craig… put up a note asking if anybody wanted to Design Props for a science fiction film… Stuart and Norman were my two main mentors and although I didn't quite get to their level, it has been fun trying." He has emphasised the collaborative nature of filmmaking and the support of his family throughout the years of international production.

Known For

Art

2027Avengers: Secret Wars...Production Design
2026Avengers: Doomsday...Production Design
2023Silo...Production Design
2023Citadel...Production Design
2020Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey...Production Design
2019The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance...Production Design
2018Mute...Production Design
2016Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children...Production Design
2016Warcraft...Production Design
2013Jack the Giant Slayer...Production Design
2010Gulliver's Travels...Production Design
2008The Bank Job...Production Design
2007Stardust...Production Design
2005Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith...Production Design
2005xXx: State of the Union...Production Design
2002xXx...Production Design
2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones...Production Design
2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change...Production Design
2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid...Production Design
2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Passion for Life...Production Design
2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades...Production Design
2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song...Production Design
2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Journey of Radiance...Production Design
2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure...Production Design
2000The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle...Production Design
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception...Production Design
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil...Production Design
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure...Production Design
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life...Production Design
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert...Production Design
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service...Production Design
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence...Production Design
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom...Production Design
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell...Production Design
1999Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace...Production Design
1994Radioland Murders...Production Design
1991Kafka...Production Design
1990Yellowthread Street...Production Design
1989Erik the Viking...Art Direction
1988Dangerous Liaisons...Art Direction
1987Empire of the Sun...Assistant Art Director
1987Cry Freedom...Assistant Art Director
1986Sky Bandits...Art Direction
1985Young Sherlock Holmes...Assistant Art Director
1984Supergirl...Draughtsman
1981The Island of Adventure...Set Dresser
Banking on Mr. Toad...Production Design

Crew

2019The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance...Thanks

Production

1995Kavanagh Q.C....Production Designer

Acting

2019The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistanceas Self
2005Within a Minute: The Making of Star Wars Episode IIIas Self
1993Young Indy Around the Worldas Self