Grace Snell is an award winning Costume Designer working on internationally acclaimed feature films, television and advertising campaigns.
Born in Norwich, England. Grace graduated from Wimbledon College of Art in 2012 with a BA in Theatre Design; Costume Interpretation.
Starting out in music promos Grace quickly established lasting relationships with production companies such as Riff Raff & Blink; often called upon to design and make all her costumes on tight budgets, picking up a UK MVA nomination for Best Styling in 2017 and a British Craft Arrow nomination in 2019.
Grace continues to design commercial work collaborating with directors including Georgi Banks-Davis, Sam Brown, thirtytwo, Francois Rousselet, Megaforce and Michael Gracey and has shot in Cuba, France, Spain, Iceland, Romania, Hungary, Ukraine, Georgia and the UAE.
In 2015, Grace signed to her first agency aged 25. For the following 8 years Grace’s passion for long form storytelling has seen her work on visually rich films including Rare Beasts (Dir. Billie Piper) premiering at Venice Film Festival in 2019 and Mogul Mowgli (Dir. Bassam Tariq) winner of the Fipresci Prize at Berlinale 2020.
After being put forward by Billie Piper, Grace went on to design I Hate Suzie, the BAFTA nominated show co-created by Piper & Lucy Prebble for Sky Atlantic. Grace’s designs for the show would see her lauded by the press with British Vogue saying the show was ‘Full of stand out pieces’ and was also included on the ‘Best Costumes in TV 2020’ list by the Evening Standard.
Grace picked up Best Costume Design at the British Independent Film Awards in 2021 for her work on The Souvenir Part II, after being nominated the previous year for her work on The Souvenir. Grace’s third film with director Joanna Hogg, The Eternal Daughter (A24), was released in 2023 and stars Tilda Swinton in dual lead roles.
2023 saw the release of BAFTA nominatedThe Gold (BBC) a 6 part 1980s drama directed by Academy Award winner Aneil Karia, Grace’s second collaboration with Karia, having previously designed his BAFTA nominated short Work (Film 4) in 2017. Grace wrapped the The Gold series 2 in Spring 2024 shooting with shooting in the UK & Tenerife . This second series has been directed by Patrick Harkins and is due for release in the new year 2025.
The Sundance Film Festival 2024 premiered Grace's most recent featureThe Outrun directed by Nora Fingscheidt. The film is an adaptation of the Sunday Times Best Seller of the same name by Amy Liptrot and stars Saoirse Ronan as the lead.
Grace has recently wrapped with Element Pictures on PIllion - a kinky, queer romance with Alexander Skarsgard & Harry Melling to star. The debut feature is directed by BAFTA nominated Harry Lighton (Wren Boys) The film with have US Distribution with A24.
In addition to her design work Grace has sat on the jury for the British Arrows and internationally for the Shots Awards, where she was Head Judge for the Casting/Production & Styling Category. Grace is actively involved in training and mentoring industry peers from trainees to heads of department. Grace is recognised by Screen Daily as an International Star of Tomorrow alumni 2021.
