birth_place birth_date yearsactive article_title name occupation
bedford , bedfordshire , england , uk 1 july 1954 1985-present martin childs
 martin childs production designer
martin childs

martin david william childs mbe -lrb- born 1 july 1954 -rrb- , is a british production designer .
he won the 1998 academy award for best art direction-set decoration -lrb- jointly with jill quertier -rrb- for shakespeare in love , and was nominated at the 74th academy awards for his work on the film `` quills '' .
he has also been nominated once for the art directors guild award for excellence in production design , and three times for a bafta award for best production design .
in the new year honours 2002 , childs was appointed as a member of the most excellent order of the british empire for his `` services to the film industry '' as a production designer .
