Richard Jones was born in London.

Opera productions include The Queen of Spades, Hansel and Gretel, Wozzeck (WNO); The Love for Three Oranges, Die Fledermaus, From Morning to Midnight, Lulu, The Trojans (ENO); Der Ring des Nibelungen (Evening Standard Award), Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (ROH); Pelleas and Melisande (Opera North, ENO); Der fliegende Holländer, Jenůfa (Amsterdam); Julius Caesar (Opernwelt Production of the Year), The Midsummer Marriage (Munich); L’enfant et les sortilèges, Der Zwerg, Juliette (Paris Opera); Un ballo in maschera, La bohème (Bregenz Festival); Flight, Euryanthe (Glyndebourne); Wozzeck (Komische Oper).

Theatre productions include Too Clever by Half (Olivier Award), The Illusion (Evening Standard Award) (Old Vic); Into the Woods (Olivier and Evening Standard Award) (Phoenix Theatre); A Flea in Her Ear (Old Vic); Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Tales from the Vienna Woods (Royal National Theatre); Black Snow (American Repertory Theatre); All’s Well That Ends Well (Public Theatre, New York); Holy Mothers (Ambassadors/Royal Court Theatre); La Bête (West End/Broadway); Titanic, Wrong Mountain (Broadway); Six Characters Looking For an Author, Hobson’s Choice (Young Vic); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (RSC, Barbican, Teatre Liceo).

Awards include Olivier Award for The Trojans (ENO); Designer of the Year with Antony McDonald for Un ballo in maschera in Germany; Barclays/TMA Award for The Queen of Spades, Olivier Award for Hansel and Gretel, TMA Award and Royal Philharmonic Society Opera Award for Wozzeck (WNO); 5 Tony awards for Titanic on Broadway.