Guy Hendrix Dyas (born 20 August 1968) is a British American production designer. He collaborated with Christopher Nolan on his science fiction thriller Inception which earned him an Academy Award nomination as well as a BAFTA Award for Best Production Design. In 2017, Dyas was nominated for another Academy Award, this time for his work on Passengers. In 2010, Dyas became the first British designer to win a Goya Award for Best Production Design for his work on Alejandro Amenábar's historical epic Agora which premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. Dyas previously received three consecutive Art Directors Guild Award nominations for his production design work on Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Shekhar Kapur's Elizabeth: The Golden Age and Superman Returns for Bryan Singer. He won an ADG award in 2011 for Inception. He also earned a BAFTA Award nomination in 2007 for Best Production Design for Elizabeth: The Golden Age and for four years in a row Dyas has been named by The Sunday Times as one of the top ten Brits working behind the camera in Hollywood.
Selected filmography
Robopocalypse (TBA) - Steven Spielberg
Spencer (2021) - Pablo Larraín
Lisey's Story (2021) - Pablo Larrain, J.J. Abrams and Stephen King
Gemini Man (2019) - Ang Lee
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) - Lasse Hallstrom and Joe Johnston
Passengers (2016) - Morten Tyldum
Steve Jobs (2015) - Danny Boyle
Blackhat (2015) - Michael Mann
Inception (2010) - Christopher Nolan
Agora (2009) - Alejandro Amenabar
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) - Steven Spielberg
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) - Shekhar Kapur
Superman Returns (2006) - Bryan Singer
The Brothers Grimm (2005) - Terry Gilliam
X2 (2003) - Bryan Singer
Awards and nominations
2017: Nominated by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences for an Academy Award for Best Production Design for Passengers 2011: Nominated by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for Inception 2011: Winner of a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award for Best Production Design for Inception 2008: Nominated for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award for Best Production Design for Elizabeth: The Golden Age 2017: Winner of an Art Directors Guild production design award for Passengers 2011: Winner of an Art Directors Guild production design award for Inception 2009: Nominated for an Art Directors Guild production design award for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 2008: Nominated for an Art Directors Guild production design award for Elizabeth: The Golden Age 2007: Nominated for an Art Directors Guild production design award for Superman Returns 2001: Nominated for an Art Directors Guild production design award for The Cell as Art Director 2011: Winner of a Critics' Choice Movie Awards for Best Achievement in Production Design for Inception 2010: Winner of a Goya Awards for Best Achievement in Production Design for Agora 2011: Winner of a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Production Design for Inception 2010: Winner of an American Film Institute Award for Inception
External links
Guy Hendrix Dyas Official site
The Designs of Guy Hendrix Dyas
Terry Gilliam's The Brothers Grimm Production Design by Guy Hendrix Dyas
Entertainment Weekly's 2003 "it List" The Art of X2, Newmarket Press