Maria Djurkovic (born April 1960) is a British 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. She has Czech, Russian and Montenegrin roots and spent some of her childhood in former Yugoslavia.
Djurkovic attended St Helen's School, completing her A Levels in 1978. She graduated with a degree in Fine Art from Oxford University's Ruskin School of Art in 1982. She then pursued the Motley Theatre Design Course.
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.
Filmography Television Year Title Notes1986The Singing Detective1 episode1988East of the Moon1992No Head for HeightsShort film1993Spender2 episodes1995 Inspector Morse1 episode1996In Your Dreams Television film1999 RKO 281 Television film2002Doctor ZhivagoMiniseries2010 The Special Relationship Television film2018The Little Drummer GirlMiniseries
Film Year Title Notes1995 The TurnaroundThe Young Poisoner's Handbook1996Sweet Angel Mine1997Wilde1998Sliding Doors1999Fanny and Elvis2000 Billy Elliot2001The Grey Zone2002The Hours2003Sylvia2004Vanity Fair2005Man to Man2006Scoop 2007Cassandra's Dream2008Mamma Mia!2011Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy2012 I Missed My Mother's FuneralShort film2013The Invisible Woman2014 The Imitation Game2015A Bigger Splash2016Gold2017The Snowman2018Red Sparrow2021The Dig2022My Policeman2023 Ferrari 2025 The Amateur
Awards Nominated, Academy Award for Best Production Design for The Imitation Game Nominated, BAFTA Award for Best Production Design for The Imitation Game
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