Neil Hedger

Sculptor and Artist
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I am a British sculptor and artist who has worked in the British Film industry since 2000, starting on Tomb Raider at Pinewood Studios. I have worked on many films since then, sculpting, supervising and running the Sculpture Department the construction and art departments. Credits are too numerous to list here, but include Wolfgang Peterson’s Troy 2004, Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005, The Da Vinci Code 2006, Disney’s remake of Beauty and the Beast 2017, as well as many of the Marvel Universe and DCU features. More recently he has run the sculpture department for the remake of Roald Dahl’s classic Matilda 2021, Kenneth Branagh’s murder mystery Death in Venice 2022, and Paddington in Peru 2023. I have worked on numerous television productions, pop promos and events, worked as a portrait and body sculptor for Madame Tussauds London, as well as exhibiting contemporary artwork internationally.

For more than two decades, Excel Packaging has been an invaluable resource to the British Film Studios, supplying the raw materials in the form of polystyrene blocks and adhesives for many of these projects, as well as offering a recycling service to help reduce the environmental impact of the use of such materials.

Portfolio

Take a look at just some of the amazing film sets Neil has sculpted using materials supplied by Excel Packaging.

Image showing a prop in build
The Nevers - 2020
Image showing the set of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Pinewood Studios - Before
Image showing the set of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Pinewood Studios - After
Image showing the set of Morbius
Morbius - 2022
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Matilda - 2022
Image showing the set of The Kid Who Would be King
The Kid Who Would be King - 2019
Image showing the Justice League set in build
Justine League - 2017
Image showing the set of The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms - 2019
Image showing a prop from Bloodmoon
Bloodmoon - 2019 (unreleased Game of Thrones prequel)