About us
A Woodstock based production designer, props master, set dresser, graphic designer, illustrator and artist committed to realizing the highest production values possible. An enthusiastic collaborator, passionate about production design and costume to create an effective look and feel. Strengths include pre-production planning from design concept, research, buying, fabricating, dressing to a high competency in presentation and a broad financial management skillset. Visualising set elements in spaces and lighting states and from different perspectives. Communication skills are honed, deftly seeking understanding to conceive the visual world needed. A strong work ethic and 100% commitment to any project brings satisfaction. Working from Cape Town, London, New York & Los Angeles has added insight behind the scenes from script to strike and from inspiration to exhibition. Readings of the script are paired with equally practical & efficient design and implementation for the high and low moments.
Nilsen-Misra Studio, established in 2014 next to the Biscuit Mill in Woodstock, serves as workshop, store and office and can accommodate a team in comfort with secure overnight parking. HOD art department experience includes a couple of international tv commercials (as production designer and art director) and props master on a feature. As senior set dressing buyer working with the then Oscar reigning production designer, Colin Gibson, as props & dressing buyer with many other designers and art directors. Set & Graphic design skills range from architectural plans, signage, product design, posters, corporate Identity, booklets, maps & newsletters. Illustration for film ranges from chalkboard signage, digital illustration, mural painting to ink sketches. Thirteen years in Cape Town has given a knowledge of the greater metro, from top draw grandeur to ghetto.
Sector Experience
#93 Ranked Art