James Nilsen-Misra
Production Designer / Art Director at Nilsen-Misra Studio
Cape Town, South Africa
My Latest Work
SEE ALL WORKFilosofos
Renault Kangoo Van E-Tech
Keep Growing
"My Friend"
About me
Production Design/Set Decoration. Narrative work includes: Sri T-Series, Heart of the Hunter Netflix, Terra X ZDF, Cinderella Warner Bros, Knee Diep in die Warmwater SABC.
Career highlights include working for Oscar winner Colin Gibson, Bafta winner Darryl Hammer and SAFTA winners Fred Du Preez and Karel Flint.
Multimedia Visual Art exhibitions include Circa Everard Read, Ebony Curated, Absa L'Atelier and Mandela Metropolitan.
As producer, working for the Tony Award winning Handspring puppet company, with the UK's National Theatre on West End, Broadway and on tour. Other collaborators included Neil Bartlett, Rae Smith and William Kentridge.
Skills
Languages
- English - Native
Sector Experience
Awards
My Work
SEE ALL WORKWon't Be Worried Long
- BRAND:
- Pitney Bowes
- AGENCY:
- Ogilvy Worldwide
Hands
- BRAND:
- Pitney Bowes
- AGENCY:
- Ogilvy Worldwide
The Story of Commerce, Well Crafted
- BRAND:
- Pitney Bowes
- AGENCY:
- Ogilvy Worldwide
Education
Countertenor / Baritone Voice
1988 - Present (36 years 3 months)
Countertenor: Vox Cape Town - current, St George's Cathedral, St Michael's (Cape Town)
Countertenor/Baritone: St Mary's Cathedral, Nelson Mandela University, Eastern Cape Youth Choir, Grey Male Voice Choir. Treble: Robin William's Drama Studio, St Mary's Cathedral, Grey Chorale, Grey Boys' Choir - (Qeberha)
BA(Hons) Production Design (cum laude)
• BA(Hons) Production Design (cum laude)
• My Birthday (short) Starring Natalie Kombe, Mongi Mthombeni & Zolani Mahola. Much Ado About Puffing (Stop Frame Animation)
• Thesis: Monet’s Atmospheric Light for Animation.
BTech Fine Art (cum laude)
2001 - December 2004 (3 years 11 months)
Post graduate exhibition: Ex Umbra (Out of the Shadows - A Painted Animation) • Thesis: Caravaggio’s Dramatic Light for Animation.
National Diploma (Fine Art)
2001 - December 2003 (2 years 11 months)
Majors: Visual Art III, Traditional & Digital Illustration III, Drawing III, History & Theory of Art III. Minors: Sculpture I, Photography I, Graphic Design I, Communications II, Professional Practice II.
Senior Certificate
1988 - December 1999 (11 years 11 months)
English, Afrikaans, Mathematics, Biology, History & Art. Extra Mural: Voice, Piano, Double Bass, Symphony Orchestra, String Orchestra, Symphonic Winds, Choir, Drama, Ceramics, Calligraphy. Sports: Rowing, Cross Country, Tennis, Squash, Swimming.
