Biography

Jonathan Paul Green is a multi-award-winning, UK-based Production Designer with over 33 years of experience in the entertainment industry. Renowned for his versatility across various Film and TV genres, Jonathan has built a reputation as an innovative, collaborative, and dependable professional.

His journey into the industry began after studying Fine Art Sculpture at St. Martins School of Art from 1984 to 1987. His first role was creating puppets for Spitting Image, which led to various prop and model-making opportunities, including work at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop and on the temple set of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade under Derek Howarth.

Transitioning to television as an Art Director, Jonathan soon embarked on his Production Design career. At just 26, he designed the set for Rory Bremner - Who Else? for Channel 4. He also worked on numerous pop promos, including designing a ‘frozen’ set for a Madonna performance for Fuji TV.

Over the years, Jonathan has designed some of TV’s most iconic studio sets, such as Ready Steady Cook, Can’t Cook Won’t Cook, QI, Mock the Week, Top Gear, Da Ali G Show, and The Chase. His talent for comedy set design is evident in his work on Brass Eye, Smack the Pony, and Green Wing—the latter earning him a nomination for an RTS Production Design Award.

From 2013 to 2015, Jonathan worked between London and Los Angeles on the award-winning TV series Episodes starring Matt LeBlanc, Tamsin Greig, and Stephen Mangan. In 2016, he designed the first series of Fleabag, written by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and returned for the critically acclaimed second series. His work earned him Best Production Design in a Light Entertainment TV Show at the British Film Designers Guild Awards and a prestigious Art Directors Guild Awards nomination in the United States.

In 2018, Jonathan traveled to Fiji to design the TBS comedy Wrecked starring Rhys Darby. He has also maintained a long-standing collaboration with director Jim Field Smith, designing The Wrong Mans, Stag, and Criminal: UK for Netflix.

In 2021, Jonathan worked on the highly acclaimed third season of Atlanta with Donald Glover and director Hiro Murai. Filmed across London, Paris, and Amsterdam, the season received widespread critical praise. Jonathan's contributions earned him nominations from the British Film Designers Guild and the Set Decorators Society of America.

In 2022, Jonathan served as the Production Designer on the action-comedy feature film Sumotherhood, written and directed by Adam Deacon. The following year, he designed the Channel 4 drama Truelove and the CBS and Freevee show Dinner With The Parents.

Beyond his work in HETV and Film, Jonathan's expertise spans Comedy, Light Entertainment, Reality TV, Music, Children’s Programming, Commercials, Short Films, and Promos. His career has taken him internationally, with projects in the USA, Fiji, Austria, France, The Netherlands, and across the UK.

In addition to his Production Design career, Jonathan has showcased his artistic talents at The Icehotel in Sweden. Collaborating with his daughter Marnie, he has created a series of Art Suites for the hotel’s annual temporary exhibition, further demonstrating his creative versatility.

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

British Film Designers Guild Award - Nominee - Atlanta S3
British Film Designers Guild Award - Winner - Fleabag S2 2020
Art Directors Guild (ADG) Nominee - Fleabag S2 2020
British Film Designers Guild Award - Winner - The Chase 2019
British Film Designers Guild Nominee - Defending The Guilty 2019
RTS Craft Award Nominee - Green Wing
BAFTA Craft Award - Short List - The Wrong Mans
British Film Designers Guild Nominee - Episodes S3
British Film Designers Guild Nominee - Fleabag S1

Showreel

C.V - Resumé

Feature Films

SUMOTHERHOOD - Feature Film: Dir Adam Deacon, Prod Finn Bruce

Television

THE LAST MUSICIAN OF AUSCHWITZ - BBC: Director Toby Trackman, Prod Deborah Lee
PIGLETS - Moniker Pictures: Dir Sam Leifer & Victoria Pile, Prod Victoria Pile
TRUELOVE - Clerkenwell Films: Dir Chloe Wicks & Carl Tibbetts, Prod Alex Walsh-Taylor
DINNER WITH THE PARENTS - Big Talk for CBS and Freevee: Dir Tristram Shapeero and Sam Leifer, Prod Saurabh Kakkar
I HATE YOU - Big Talk: Dir Damon Beesley, Prod Robert Popper
CHIVALRY - Baby Cow: Dir Marta Cunningham, Prod Isabel Richardson
ATLANTA Season 3 - Minim Productions: Dir Hiro Murai, Prod Alex Orr

CRIMINAL Season 2 - Idiotlamp: Dir Jim Field Smith, Prod Georgie Fallon

SEMI DETACHED - Happy Tramp: Dir Ben Palmer, Prod Ali Marlow

THE TROUBLE WITH MAGGIE COLE - Genial Prods: Dir Ben Gregor, Producer Joanna Hanley

DEFENDING THE GUILTY S1 - Big Talk: Dir Tom George, Prod Georgie Fallon

FLEABAG S2 BBC & AMAZON Two Brothers Pictures: Dir Harry Bradbeer, Prod Sarah Hammond

WRECKED SEASON 3 TBS (TURNER BROADCASTING): Prod Ronnie Chong Various Directors filmed in Fiji

URBAN MYTHS - BACKSTAGE AT LIVE AID LittleRock Pictures: Dir John Hardwick, Prod Zoe Rocha

URBAN MYTHS - WAITING FOR ANDRE 2LE Media: Dir Ben Palmer, Prod Michael Livingstone
NIGEL FARAGE GETS HIS LIFE BACK Zeppotron: Dir Ben Palmer, Prod Kate Daughton
STILL GAME BBC: Dir Michael Hines, Prod Jacqui Sinclair
FLEABAG S1 BBC & Amazon Two Brothers Pictures: Dir Harry Bradbeer, Prod Lydia Hampson
BORDERLINE Little Rock Productions: Dir Matt Jones, Prod Zoe Rocha
URBAN MYTHS - ELIZABETH, MICHAEL & MARLON Little Rock Productions: Dir: Ben Palmer, Prod Mike Elliot
STAG Idiotlamp Productions Prod: Jim Field Smith, George Kay Dir: Jim Field Smith
THE DELIVERY MAN For ITV Monicker Pictures Prod/Dir: Victoria Pile
BOOMERS S1 and S2 For BBC Hat Trick Productions Prod: Paul Schlesinger Dir: Adam Miller
GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME For BBC BBC Prod/Dir: Nick Wood
EPISODES Series II, II, IV For BBC & Showtime Hat Trick Productions Dir: Jim Field Smith (S2) Dir: Iain B McDonald (S3-4)
THE WRONG MANS For BBC & Hulu BBC Prod/Dir: Jim Field Smith
CITIZEN KHAN S1,2 &5 for BBC: Dir Nick Wood
MOUNT PLEASANT S1 For Sky Tiger Aspect Productions Prod: Siobhan Bachman Dir: Dewi Humphreys
GRANDMAS HOUSE For BBC Tiger Aspect Productions Prod: Arnold Widdowson Dir: Chris Gernon
DA ALI G SHOW for Channel 4 Talkback Prod: Dan Mazer
ROMAN'S EMPIRE For BBC Tiger Aspect Productions Prod: Ben Cavey Dir: Eliot Hegarty
SMACK THE PONY For Channel 4 Talkback Prod: Victoria Pile Dir: Dominic Brigstocke
GREEN WING For Channel 4 Talkback Prod: Victoria Pile Dir: Dominic Brigstocke Dir: Tristram Shapeero
STAR STORIES For Channel 4 Objective Productions Prod: Lee Hupfield Dir: Eliot Hegarty
THE KEVIN BISHOP SHOW For Channel 4 Objective Productions Prod: Lee Hupfield Dir: Eliot Hegarty

Studio TV

THE CHASE for ITV
FOUR ROOMS Boundless Productions: Dir Titus Ogilvy
THE QUESTION JURY S1 & 2 Monkey Kingdom for Ch 4
QI for BBC Fremantle Talkback Thames Prod: John Lloyd Dir: Ian Lorimer/ Diccon Ramsey
MOCK THE WEEK For BBC Angst Productions: Prod Dan Paterson Dir: Geri Dowd
TOP GEAR For BBC BBC Prod: Andy Willman Dir: Brian Klein
BACK CHAT for BBC Tiger Aspect Productions Prod: Suzi Aplin Dir: Dave Skinner
THE JOAN RIVERS POSITION For Channel 5 SO TV Prod: Amanda Sangorski Dir: John F.D. Northover

Commercials & Short Films

Dressed to the Nines - Dogmother Films
Nice Guy - Short Film - Redbike Films
The Main Part - Short Film (Nominee, BAFTA TV Awards – Best Short Form Programme) Dir Rosie Westhoff
Shapes - Short Film - Dir Ethan McDowell BBC
Sparklers - Short Film - Dir Ellie Rogers
Facebook Portal Go - New Land: Dir Joanna Nordahl
SKY Q with Netflix COMMERCIAL Stink Films: Dir Ne-o
SKY Q COMMERCIALS 2am Films: Dir Becky Martin
Alfred Bartlett Potatoes - Girl Talk - Sneezing Tree Dir: Victoria Pile
Alfred Bartlett Potatoes - Check Out The Roasts - Sneezing Tree Dir: Victoria Pile
Kelloggs Crunchy Nut - Bruce Bowls Campaign - Qi Commercials Dir: John Lloyd
Cow & Gate - Lick Chomp - RSA Films Dir: Jim Field Smith
Cow & Gate - Super Group - RSA Films Dir: Jim Field Smith
Danepak - Rapid Rashers - Farrell Douglass Films

Music & Events

THE MOBO AWARDS 2009 For BBC Done & Dusted
ROCK 'N' ROLL BAND LIVE - BBC
CHILDREN IN NEED ROCKS SCOTLAND For BBC
XMAS TOP OF THE POPS For BBC
ART OF NOISE DVD Fuji International
MADONNA - FROZEN PERFORMANCE For NHK Fuji International

Other Productions

Dara O'Briain's School of Hard Sums
Gates
Argos TV Home Shopping Channel - Argos
Diversity & Spelbound DVD's
ITV Daybreak
1 vs 100
Loose Women
John Bishop Live at the Empire Liverpool, Frankie Boyle Live at the Hammersmith Apollo, John Bishop Live - Echo Arena Liverpool, Rhod Gilbert - Hammersmith Apollo, Jason Manford Live, Rhod Gilbert - The Award Winning Mince Pie Tour, Frankie Boyle Live, Lee Evans Live, Julian Clary at The Hackney Empire
A Question of Genius
Hogmanay
Children in Need BBC Scotland
Watchdog
The Great British Menu
FM
Horne & Corden
Panorama - Britain in the Red
Borat MTV Awards Promos in New York
High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman
The Comedy Store
Ready Steady Cook
Scrapheap Challenge
ITV Formula 1
Its A Knockout
Bremner, Bird & Fortune
Can't Cook Won't Cook