Lindsey Hermer-Bell
Lindsey Hermer-Bell is a Canadian production designer based in Toronto, Ontario.
Designer career
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Lindsey Hermer-Bell moved to Canada in 1977. She received a bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Toronto.
She began her career as designer on the 1983 HBO drama Between Friends.[1] Her production design credits include the feature film Shake Hands with the Devil (2007), for which she received nominations for both a Genie Award and a Directors Guild of Canada award.[2] Her credits for television include the meticulous construction of the brownstone house of Nero Wolfe for the A&E original film The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000) and the subsequent series, A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001–2002).[3] Her production design for the TV series Murdoch Mysteries was nominated for a DGC Craft Award in 2009.
Squash career
Hermer-Bell was a member of Team Canada in squash at the 1993 Maccabiah Games.[4] She won the Canadian Women's Doubles Championships in 2006 and 2007 with Leslie Freeman.[5]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Losing Chase (TV) | |
| 1996 | Critical Choices (TV) | |
| 1997 | When Secrets Kill (TV) | |
| 1997 | When Husbands Cheat (TV) | |
| 1998 | Down in the Delta | |
| 1998 | The Defenders: Taking the First (TV) | |
| 1999 | The Passion of Ayn Rand (TV) | |
| 1999 | The City (TV series) | |
| 1999 | Rocky Marciano (TV) | |
| 1999 | Ricky Nelson: Original Screen Idol (TV) | |
| 1999 | In the Company of Spies (TV) | |
| 2000 | The Crossing (TV) | |
| 2000 | The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (TV) | |
| 2000 | Thin Air (TV) | |
| 2000 | Hendrix (TV) | |
| 2000 | The Miracle Worker (TV) | |
| 2000 | Leap Years (TV series) | |
| 2001–2002 | A Nero Wolfe Mystery (TV series) | |
| 2003 | America's Prince: The John F. Kennedy Jr. Story (TV) | |
| 2003 | Soldier's Girl (TV) | |
| 2003 | Ice Bound: A Woman's Survival at the South Pole (TV) | |
| 2003 | Word of Honor (TV) | |
| 2004 | Celeste in the City (TV) | |
| 2004 | Anonymous Rex (TV) | |
| 2005 | Confessions of an American Bride (TV) | |
| 2005 | Our Fathers (TV) | |
| 2005 | Ambulance Girl (TV) | |
| 2007 | Shake Hands with the Devil | Genie Award nominee DGC Craft Award nominee |
| 2007 | The Dresden Files (TV series) | |
| 2007–2009 | Da Kink in My Hair (TV series) | |
| 2009 | Murdoch Mysteries (TV series) | DGC Craft Award nominee |
| 2009–2014 | The Listener (TV series) | |
| 2009 | Being Erica (TV series) | |
| 2010 | When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story (TV) | |
| 2011 | Good Dog (TV series) |
Awards
- 2007, Nominee, Genie Award
Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design
Shake Hands with the Devil
(shared with Justin Craig)
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television - 2007, Nominee, DGA Craft Award
Production Design – Feature Film
Shake Hands with the Devil
Directors Guild of Canada - 2009, Nominee, DGA Craft Award
Production Design – Television Series
Murdoch Mysteries, "Shades of Grey"
Directors Guild of Canada
References
- Lindsey Hermer-Bell Biography, The Listener (retrieved July 30, 2011)
- Awards for Lindsey Hermer-Bell at IMDb
- Hermer-Bell is interviewed on the set in the 2001 featurette, "The Making of Nero Wolfe," included in the DVD set Nero Wolfe: The Complete Classic Whodunit Series (ISBN 076708893X disc 8). The text of the A&E interview is available at the Internet Archive (retrieved July 30, 2011).
- "1993 Team Canada Delegation"
- "Canadian Doubles Championships Women," September 2022