Maria Djurkovic

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Maria Djurkovic
BornApril 1960
Kensington, London, England
Alma materRuskin School of Art
Years active1986–present
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Maria Djurkovic (born April 1960) is a British[1] production designer for film and television.

Early life and education

Djurkovic was born in West London and grew up in Harrow, North London, the daughter of a Yugoslav-born art director.[2][3] She has Czech, Russian and Montenegrin roots and spent some of her childhood in former Yugoslavia.[4]

Djurkovic attended St Helen's School, completing her A Levels in 1978.[5] She graduated with a degree in Fine Art from Oxford University's Ruskin School of Art in 1982.[6] She then pursued the Motley Theatre Design Course.[2]

Career

After completing her postgraduate studies, Djurkovic began her career in the mid 1980s working in television for the BBC. Since then she has been involved in around 30 film and television productions.

At the 2015 Academy Awards, she and Tatiana Macdonald were nominated in the Best Production Design category for their work on The Imitation Game. In particular, she was responsible for the reconstruction of Alan Turing's bombe, for which she was given access to the archives of Bletchley Park, where Turing and his colleagues worked on deciphering the German military's Enigma code during the Second World War.[7]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Notes
1986 The Singing Detective 1 episode
1988 East of the Moon
1992 No Head for Heights Short film
1993 Spender 2 episodes
1995 Inspector Morse 1 episode
1996 In Your Dreams Television film
1999 RKO 281 Television film
2002 Doctor Zhivago Miniseries
2010 The Special Relationship Television film
2018 The Little Drummer Girl Miniseries

Film

Year Title Notes
1995 The Turnaround
The Young Poisoner's Handbook
1996 Sweet Angel Mine
1997 Wilde
1998 Sliding Doors
1999 Fanny and Elvis
2000 Billy Elliot
2001 The Grey Zone
2002 The Hours
2003 Sylvia
2004 Vanity Fair
2005 Man to Man
2006 Scoop
2007 Cassandra's Dream
2008 Mamma Mia!
2011 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2012 I Missed My Mother's Funeral Short film
2013 The Invisible Woman
2014 The Imitation Game
2015 A Bigger Splash
2016 Gold
2017 The Snowman
2018 Red Sparrow
2021 The Dig
2022 My Policeman
2023 Ferrari
2025 The Amateur

Awards

References

  1. "Marija Đurković: Nagrada uvek prija". B92. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  2. 1 2 "Interview with Production Designer Maria Djurkovic (Oscar Nominated – The Imitation Game)". Matthew Toffolo. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  3. "Contributors". Perspective. 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  4. "Marija Đurković: Nagrada uvek prija". B92. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  5. "Issue 8 Winter 2018". St Helen's School. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 23 March 2025.(subscription required)Category:Pages containing links to subscription-only content
  6. "Degree Show 1982". The Ruskin School of Art. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
  7. "Vgl. blogs.nytimes.com". carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  8. "First Films First | Maria Djurkovic". firstfilmsfirst.com. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
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