Biography
Ben van Os (1 December 1944 – 2 July 2012) was a Dutch production designer and art director. Born in The Hague, he trained at the Royal Academy of Visual Arts there and initially worked as an interior architect before entering film in the early 1980s.
He collaborated extensively with Jan Roelfs and director Peter Greenaway on films including A Zed & Two Noughts (1985), Drowning by Numbers (1988), The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) and Prospero's Books (1991). Van Os received Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction for Orlando (1992), on which he worked with Roelfs, and Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003). The latter also earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Production Design.
His other credits include The Baby of Mâcon (1993), Max (2002), It's All About Love (2003) and The Libertine (2004). He was active in film from 1985 until 2004.
