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. 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. 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). 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. She won the Canadian Women's Doubles Championships in 2006 and 2007 with Leslie Freeman.

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 nomineeDGC 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 AwardBest Achievement in Art Direction/Production DesignShake Hands with the Devil(shared with Justin Craig)Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television 2007, Nominee, DGA Craft AwardProduction Design – Feature FilmShake Hands with the DevilDirectors Guild of Canada 2009, Nominee, DGA Craft AwardProduction Design – Television SeriesMurdoch Mysteries, "Shades of Grey"Directors Guild of Canada