Andrew McAlpine – Production Designer

Andrew McAlpine is a respected international production designer with experience spanning 25 + films over 30 years which has made him a leader in his field.

Andrew McAlpine collaborated with fellow New Zealander Jane Campion on the Oscar-winner, The Piano and received both the Australian Film Institute Award and the BAFTA for his production design for the film. His many feature credits include Alex Cox’s Sid and Nancy, Danny Boyle’s The Beach and Alien Love Triangle, Jodie Foster’s Home for the Holidays, Spike Lee’s Clockers, Clark Johnson’s The Sentinel, Toa Fraser’s Dean Spanley and most recently Lone Scherfig’s An Education.

After receiving a postgraduate degree in theatre design from Nottingham University, he was awarded a Gulbenkian grant to pursue work in holography which led him to projects with artist Juan Munoz at the Tate Modern, Antony Gormley’s Retrospective at the Hayward Gallery and the architects, Branson and Coates, with whom he created Journey through the Body at the Millennium Dome. He has also worked with numerous choreographers and theatre and opera directors including Sally Potter, Pip Simmons and Richard Alston.

His many commercials include work for Hovis, Nike and Harley Davidson and his early career included music video designs for many iconic bands.

Love Birds is the first New Zealand film Andrew McAlpine has designed since The Piano 17 years ago.