Maxine Carlier is a collaborative Production Designer, who aims to communicate subtext through design. She began her career in independent film over 20 years ago, while studying film, working her way up in the art department with notable film-makers such as Andrea Arnold, Clio Barnard, Shane Meadows & Yorgos Lanthimos, & has worked on titles such as Fishtank, Wuthering Heights, The Selfish Giant, This is England, American Honey & Poor Things.

Production Design & Set Decoration

Production Design & Set Decoration

Each role in the art department has helped inform & shape her outlook as a designer. As a standby art director, she thrived on problem-solving & communication, developing an appreciation for shot composition & semiotics through props.

As a set decorator, she is skilled in immersive research & reference, working across various periods & countries, adapting to new communities & methods, in order to seek out unusual & beautiful solutions, within time & budget.

Most recently, Maxine had the privilege of designing her first feature film with director & long-time collaborator, Andrea Arnold, on her film Bird. A coming-of-age story starring Oscar nominee Barry Keoghan & Franz Rogowski, following a lone teenage girl who helps a stranger.