Gavin Bocquet
- Known for
- Art
- Born
- July 23, 1953 (age 73)
- Birthplace
- Bromley, London, England, UK
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
Filmography
Banking on Mr. Toad
Movie · Production Design
Avengers: Doomsday
Movie · Production Design
Silo
TV · Production Design · 10 eps
Citadel
TV · Production Design · 7 eps
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Movie · Production Design
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
TV · Production Design · 10 eps
Mute
Movie · Production Design
Warcraft
Movie · Production Design
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Movie · Production Design
Jack the Giant Slayer
Movie · Production Design
Gulliver's Travels
Movie · Production Design
The Bank Job
Movie · Production Design
Stardust
Movie · Production Design
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Movie · Production Design
xXx: State of the Union
Movie · Production Design
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Movie · Production Design
xXx
Movie · Production Design
The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle
Movie · Production Design
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
Movie · Production Design
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure
Movie · Production Design
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Movie · Production Design
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change
Movie · Production Design
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song
Movie · Production Design
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Journey of Radiance
Movie · Production Design
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Passion for Life
Movie · Production Design
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Movie · Production Design
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Demons of Deception
Movie · Production Design
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence
Movie · Production Design
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
Movie · Production Design
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Phantom Train of Doom
Movie · Production Design
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure
Movie · Production Design
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, the Giver and Taker of Life
Movie · Production Design
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
Movie · Production Design
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil
Movie · Production Design
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Trenches of Hell
Movie · Production Design
Radioland Murders
Movie · Production Design
Kafka
Movie · Production Design
Yellowthread Street
TV · Production Design · 13 eps
Erik the Viking
Movie · Art Direction
Dangerous Liaisons
Movie · Art Direction
Empire of the Sun
Movie · Assistant Art Director
Cry Freedom
Movie · Assistant Art Director
Sky Bandits
Movie · Art Direction
Young Sherlock Holmes
Movie · Assistant Art Director
Supergirl
Movie · Draughtsman
The Island of Adventure
Movie · Set Dresser