Aidan Blakey-Milner

Job Designation: Art Director | Production Designer | Props Master

Home Base: Cape Town

OVERVIEW

Aidan Blakey-Milner is a Cape Town-based Art Director, Production Designer and Props Master who has worked in the film and TVC art department since 2014. Known for building layered, richly textured sets, moving fluidly between period, sci-fi, contemporary and hyper-real aesthetics, Aidan has contributed to major international productions including Netflix's Runs in the Family, The Kissing Booth 2 & 3 and The Last Days of American Crime, alongside HBO's The Young Pope, BBC's Doctor Who and Call the Midwife, and Nat Geo's No Man Left Behind. Their commercial credits span leading global brands such as Adidas, VW, Gillette, Pandora and Sanlam, working with agencies across South Africa, Europe and the UK. Comfortable leading teams under pressure, Aidan is valued for clear communication, calm problem-solving and building systems that let every member of the art department do their best work.    REQUEST CV

ART DIRECTOR

Commercial (Branded Content)

Music Video

PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Commercial (Branded Content)

PROPS MASTER

Feature Film

Drama/Series

Commercial (Branded Content)

Stills / Print Campaign

SPECIALIST SKILLS

Set Design;  Set Decoration;  Prop Sourcing;  Prop Styling;  Visual Research;  Concept Development;

Period Sets;  Contemporary Sets;  Retail & Product Work;  Food Styling Environments;  Lifestyle Sets;

Set Dressing;  Creative Problem Solving

DIRECTORS WORKED WITH

Adrian

Alexander Norek

Alice Kunisue

Anna Telford

Ari Kruger

Asanda Sandulela

Basha De Bruijn

Daniel Wolfe

David Findlay

Drew Murphy

Fabian Roettger

Fausto Becatti

Gale Maimane

Gary Freedman

Greg Grey

Hal Kirkland

Jabu Nadia Newman

Jarred Figgins

Jeana Theron

Karin Cherry

Lars Kristian Flemmen

Leigh Ogilvy

Matthäus Bussmann

Meghan Daniels

Miguel

Mindcastle

Paul Ward

Peter Verster Cohen

Pierre Dupâquier

Sam Brown

Slim

Stini Rohrs

Tanja Haering

Tanya Posternak

Vincent Urban

Xee Ntuli

REFEREES

Aurore Pegon

Bernadette Mc Cabe

Darryl Hammer

Henri Du Rand

Mark Auret

Melinda Launspach

Warren Gray