"Eve" 15:00 #1063 The Danish Girl production designer Eve Stewart Eve Stewart was born in London, England in 1961. She grew up in Camden Town. Stewart studied theatre design at Central Saint Martins, and later acquired a Masters in Architecture from the Royal College of Art. Initially, Stewart worked as a theatre designer. Eventually, she did a play for Mike Leigh at the Hampstead Theater, who then offered her the post of art director for an upcoming project. Career Stewart's first film credit was as art director on Leigh's film Naked. She described the experience as "very hard work" and "a bit of a shock". Stewart served as art director on Secrets & Lies and as set designer on Career Girls and Topsy-Turvy; she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Production Design for her work on the latter. In 2000, Stewart was the set designer for New Year's Day, Saving Grace, and Sorted, while in 2001 she served that position on Goodbye Charlie Bright and The Hole. Stewart's fourth and final collaboration with Leigh was as production designer on the 2004 film Vera Drake. For her work on the film, she received her first nomination for a BAFTA Award for Best Production Design. Working for the first time with Tom Hooper, Stewart was the production designer on the 2005 television miniseries Elizabeth I, which won her the Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or TV Movie. In 2008, Stewart served as production designer on the thriller film Fifty Dead Men Walking. For this, she received the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design. In 2009, Stewart worked with Hooper for the second time on The Damned United. Stewart served as production designer on Hooper's 2010 film The King's Speech. Before working on the film, she researched the settings for the script by viewing old newsreels and touring the Victoria and Albert Museum. Her work on The King's Speech received several award nominations. She won an ADG Excellence in Production Design Award, and has said that it is the award she is the most proud of. Stewart also received a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award. #love #art #design #evestewart