After a course in theatrical design at Medway College of Art in Rochester Wilson went straight to AP Films, working as Bob Bell's assistant on Fireball XL5 and succeeding series. He was recruited in January 1973 to assemble sketches for Space: 1999. Outside Anderson series, he worked on The Revenge Of Dr Death (1974), and the series Star Maidens (1975) and The New Avengers (1977). He then worked on the films International Velvet (1978) and The Day Christ Died (1980), and the series Worlds Beyond (1986). Later work has been in TV miniseries, often Biblical or Dickens adaptations with director Kevin Connor. Miniseries have included Great Expectations (1989), Stalin (1992, won an Emmy award for art direction), The Old Curiosity Shop (1994, won a Cable Ace Award for art direction), Oliver Twist (1997), Mary, Mother Of Jesus (1999), In The Beginning (2000), A Christmas Carol (2004), The Ten Commandments (2006), Love and Virtue (2008).
Wilson attended conventions in 1996, 2000 and 2005.
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