Keith Wilson(1941-2011)
- Production Designer
- Art Department
- Art Director
Keith Wilson trained for his profession at Rochester's Medway College
of Art and Design. From the
mid-1960's, he had a long association with AP Films and Gerry Anderson,
who initially hired him as an assistant to art director
Bob Bell. Promoted to production
designer, he was especially noted for his work on creating scenery and
puppets for Thunderbirds (1965),
as well as for his contribution to the sets of Anderson's iconic
UFO (1970). Even more highly regarded in
the science-fiction genre was his work on
Space: 1999 (1975). He not only
created the sets for 'Moonbase Alpha' and many of the show's alien
creatures, but his influence carried over into the areas of costumes,
hairdressing and make-up. Consulting with the scriptwriters on a daily
basis, he thus exercised a profound impact on the look of the series as
a whole.
Wilson also won an Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Art Direction for a Miniseries or a Special for Stalin (1992).
Wilson also won an Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Art Direction for a Miniseries or a Special for Stalin (1992).
