www.bc-fx.co.uk Billy@bc-fx.co.uk TEL, 07950489879 VAT No 299 7707 26 © 2008 - 2019 Billy Cessford
Education and Qualifications
2009-12. The Theatre Royal Achievement Award,
Entertainment Design Crafts First Class BA (Hons)
2008-09. Cleveland College of Art and Design BETC First Diploma, in Art and Design,
Distinction star.
2006. Gateshead College NVQ Level 2 in Business Improvement Techniques.
1996-98. Spring Board, Roker, Sunderland Horticulture, NVQ level 1, Skills gained landscaping,Paving, laying and maintenance of turf and lawns, planting and pruning of plants shrubsand trees, pond maintenance all skills I still use to date.
2017. Technical demonstrator at Cleveland Collage of art and Design, Production Design for
Stage and Screen/ part time
The Word South Shields, Treasure Island and chest with animatronic Parrot
Valhalla Props, Prop Weapon Maker
Walking with Dinosaurs, restoration of original Trixie dinosaur
Jane Steel Weddings, show room benches
Northshire, Narnia wardrobe entrance
Enter CIC. Coal mine theatre set design and construction
No Limits Design. Prop costume maker
Churchill Shopping Centre, Coal Christmas grotto
2016. The Word South Shields, replica Martian helmet maker
Valhalla Props, Prop Weapon Maker
Madame Tussauds, Ant Man, Helmet and Costume detailing
Churchill Shopping Centre, Coal Christmas grotto, Replica Martian Helmet
Madame Tussauds, Loki, Helmet and body armour
Casanova Cardiff, furniture
Madame Tussauds, Edward Scissor hands, hands and costume details
Chapterz Hair Northallerton, Interior design and furniture maker
Madame Tussauds, captian America, Helmet and Costume detailing
Wollfblood, Action prop maker, Guns and tree roots
Snowdos, restoration
Royal Mail Underground Museum, carriage maker
2015. CBCC Wolf Blood, Prop Painter
CBCC Dumping Ground, Prop Maker
Stage One, Painter/Prop maker-UK Pavilion: Winner of the Gold Medal
I graduated in 2012 and started my company BC-FX Prop Makers as well as working freelance in film and TV and events like, set dressing on BBC’s Paradise, Sculpting and scenic painting on opening ceremonies for the Winter Olympics/Russia, the Common Wealth Games/Glasgow and the European Games/ Azerbaijan. And made many props for films and TV programs as well as prop weapons and costume props for Madame Tussauds London, Hollywood, Las Vegas, Amsterdam and Hong Kong.
I now work in collaboration with a wide range of industry professionals in film and TV, events and have interior designed several commercial property’s keeping me very busy. Business growing quick and I have now moved into my third premises having out grown the previous two and employing part time staff and often work with the collage taking work experience.
for Architecture & Landscape Design at the 2015 World Expo in Milan. &
Jean Prouvé 6x6 Demountable House 1944, adaptation Richard Rogers
Trade Stand, Lovo Drinks
Mobile Bars, Grey Hark Brewery’s
Gin Bar
AA, Event Prop AA Phone Box
Buckingham Covers, Event Prop Maker
Trade stand for distillery
2014. Madame Tussauds, Hunger Games Weapon maker
Shaandaar, Prop Maker
Unlocked Vision, Prop Maker
Combe Pafford School, Themed rainforest restaurant
Stage One, Common Wealth Games Opening Glasgow 2014
Stage One, Tennents Brewery Lemon Trees Promotion
Stage One, Hyde Park Summer Pavilion
CBBC, Harriet's Army, Dressing
CBBC, Wolf Blood, Sculptor/Painter
Madame Tussauds, Captain America, Mask and costume props maker
BBC, Cowboy Films, Bill, (Horrible History’s) Prop Maker
Stage One, Paralympics opening ceremony, Scenic Painter
2013. BBC, The Paradise, Set Dresser s1 and s2
LC Props, Costume/Prop Maker, Priscilla queen of the desert (UK tour)
LC Props, Costume/Prop Maker, The Book Of Mormon
2012
Weardale Railway, Prop Maker, The Polar Express
Wildchilds, Designer/Set build, Narnia wardrobe entrance
LC Props, Costume/Prop Maker, The Lion King UK Tour
BBC, The Paradise, Scenic Painter/Prop Maker/Set Dresser/stand in standby props
Pioneer Productions, Sky 3D, Assistant Art Director, Storm City 3D.
LC Props, Costume/Prop Maker, Priscilla queen of the desert (Brazil)
2011
Song for Marion, dressing
The Other Child, dressing
Yarm School, Set construction and scenic painting.
Lightwater Valley, Sculptor, Skelton cove ship