Paul Kirby

Paul Kirby graduated from the National Film and Television School in London where he studied with David Yates, director of four films in the Harry Potter series, and Alwin Kuchler, the director of photography on Steve Jobs.

He started his film career on Richard Attenborough's Chaplin, which starred Robert Downey, Jr. Working on over 30 film projects, Kirby has progressed through the art department on such films as Shadowlands, The Fifth Element and three James Bond movies. Kirby was art director on Batman Begins, The Phantom of the Opera, The Four Feathers, Wrath of the Titans and Captain America: The First Avenger. Other eminent directors that Kirby has worked with include Kenneth Branagh, Stephen Frears, Shekhar Kapur and Steven Spielberg.

Kirby gained his first production design credit during additional photography on Paul Greengrass' Green Zone and reunited with director Lee Tamahori as production designer of The Devil's Double, which starred Dominic Cooper. He has earned four Art Directors Guild Award nominations for Excellence in Production Design for his work on Batman Begins, The Phantom of the Opera, Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain Phillips. Since Captain Phillips, Kirby has designed Matthew Vaughn's Kingsman: The Secret Service and Bastille Day, which starred Idris Elba.

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