Alex McArthur
- Costume Designer
- Stylist
London
Images
Links
- Personal Website
- macalexandra.wixsite.com
- @flippin_fluff
- IMDB
- IMDB
- @alexmcarthur70a121
Credits
| Year | Role / Type | Name of Production / Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Seamstress and finishing, mainly leatherwork. Other | The Witcher season 2 and Ikea's The Hare and the Tortoise TV advert. |
| 2020 | Production Designer/Costume Film (Short) | Jinx Gillian Harker |
| 2020 | Maker: soft props and millinery Other | The Piano Fairy Maya Wolff |
| 2019 | Costume designer Theatre | Mata Hari Jonathan Kaufman |
| 2019 | Art director/costume Film (Short) | Cross Gillian Harker |
| 2019 | Costume supervisor/standby Corporate | HomeAway Host Campaign Gulliver Moore |
| 2019 | Costume Coordinator Live Event | Carnival of History. Leeds Castle 900 year celebrations |
| 2019 | Costume supervisor Theatre | The Activists Jonathan Kaufman |
| 2018 - 2019 | Costume Designer Theatre | Jam Tomorrow Jeremy James |
| 2018 | Costume Design/Supervisor Television / TV | Mission to the Sun Dan Smith |
| 2018 | Stylist/Wardrobe supervisor Film (Short) | Girlfriend Deluxe Steve Moss |
| 2018 | Costume Designer Live Event | Gravity Fields Festival Jeremy James |
| 2018 | Costume Supervisor Live Event | Greenham Common Cold War Experience Jeremy James |
| 2018 | Costume Designer Theatre | Eleanor Marx 'The Jewess of Jews Walk' Jonathan Kaufman |
| 2017 | Set and Costume Designer Theatre Production | Three Men in a Boat Jonathan Kaufman |
| 2017 | Stylist, costume design, vintage clothing. Live Event | Blues and Burlesque at The Brighton Fringe Festival and London club venues. Pete Saunders and Louise Linehan. |
| 2017 | Set and costume design Theatre | Frighteners Jonathan Kaufman |
| 2017 | Assistant and Dresser to models, alterations to clothing. Commercial | Photographic model shoot. Kim Taliana |
| 2012 - 2016 | Project Manager / Interior design Other | Interior and garden design, painting and decorating. Budgeting. |
| 2013 | Co-producer for a vintage clothing fashion show. Live Event | Vintage fashion show at Greenwich Market |
| 2011 - 2012 | Wardrobe supervisor / Costume making / millinery Theatre Production | Oliver Reed: Wild Thing at The Ambassadors Theatre, West End. Kate Bannister |
Education
Year Qualification Where 2020 Costume Standby Master Course Creative Media Skills, Pinewood. 2011 Drawing for Film, including storyboarding. The London Film School BA (Hons) Performance: Costume and set design. Central St. Martins College of Art and Design Equipment
- I own (and can operate):
- Sewing machine, Steamer, Paint brush
About me
BA (Hons) in Performance Design from Central St. Martins College of Art and Design. Alex's degree covered set and costume design, along with lighting and sound design, technical drawing, model making, costume illustration and life drawing, script analysis and collaborative performance. Photoshop and basic CAD.
Since leaving college Alex has worked as a costume and set designer, costume supervisor, stylist, production designer, costume maker, milliner, prop maker, set decorator and painter. She has worked mainly in theatre and on some short films, 2 award-winning and on one low-budget feature, winning a Best Film at Reelheart in Canada.
Additional Information
Recently completed a Costume Standby Master Course at Creative Media Skills 2020.
Alex would really love to find further work as a stylist, or in film/TV costume and would be happy to take a junior or entry-level position on a larger scale professional film or TV production.
Referees
Available on request.
Skills
- Years in industry
- 6+ years
- Licenses
- Standard Driving (PLG)
- Languages Spoken
- English
- Interested in
- Arts
- Comedy
- Commercials
- Corporate
- Film (Feature)
- Film (LB)
- Film (Short)
- Magazine
- Music
- Music Promo
- Television
- Travel
- Experienced in
- Arts
- Childrens
- Comedy
- Commercials
- Film (Feature)
- Film (LB)
- Film (Short)
- Television
- Driving Licences
- Standard
