Leslie Tomkins

Leslie Tomkins (* 1948 in Hammersmith , London ) is a British production designer and art director .

Life

Tomkins began his career in film crew in 1970 as undisclosed uncredited technical draftsman in the actual so-wrong - Comedy Love, love, etc. In 1980 he worked on Stanley Kubrick Stephen King - filming Shining first time as an art director. In the course of his career he worked for Kubrick two more times; 1987 to Full Metal Jacket and 1999 to Eyes Wide Shut . He has also worked for directors such as David Lean , Ridley Scott , Tim Burton , William Friedkin , Wolfgang Petersen and Michael Mann .

In 1984 he was nominated for Barbra Streisands Yentl together with Roy Walker and Tessa Davies for the Oscar in the category Best Production Design , but that year the award went to Fanny and Alexander . Between 2000 and 2017 Tomkins was nominated four times for the Excellence in Production Design Award of the Art Directors Guild , for the horror film Sleepy Hollow he won the award. He also received the Satellite Award for Best Production Design for Sleepy Hollow .

1970: Love, Love, etc. (Carry On Loving)
1977: Breathless with fear (Sorcerer)
1980: Shining (The Shining)
1983: The Uncanny Power (The Keep)
1983: Yentl
1984: Journey to India (A Passage to India)
1985: The Jewel of the Nile (The Jewel of the Nile)
1987: Full Metal Jacket
1988: High Spirits
1989: Batman
1992: 1492 - The Conquest of Paradise (1492: Conquest of Paradise)
1995: Judge Dredd
1999: Eyes Wide Shut
1999: Sleepy Hollow
2001: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
2001: Planet of the Apes
2004: Troy (Troy)
2005: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2013: Fast & Furious 6
2016: Fantastic Beasts and where to find them (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them)

personal data
SURNAME	Tomkins, Leslie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British production designer and art director
DATE OF BIRTH	1948
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hammersmith , London , United Kingdom