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Art Directors Guild Hall Of Fame
The Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame was established by the Art Directors Guild in 2005 to recognize and honor the accomplishments and contributions of significant art directors and production designers in the film industry. 2005 inductees * Wilfred Buckland (1866–1946) * Richard Day (1896–1972) * John DeCuir (1918–1991) * Anton Grot (1884–1974) * Boris Leven (1908–1986) * William Cameron Menzies (1896–1957) * Van Nest Polglase (1898–1968)"Hall of Fame inductees from 2005 to 2009" , ''Art Directors Guild''. Retrieved August 27, 2012. 2006 inductees * (1920–2005) * |
Art Directors Guild
The Art Directors Guild (ADG; IATSE Local 800) is a trade union, labor union and local of the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees, International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees (IATSE) representing 2,979 motion picture and television professionals in the United States and Canada. The ADG's sponsored activities include a film society, the annual ADG Excellence in Production Design Awards, an art gallery called Gallery 800, technologY training programs, and the professional quarterly news magazine Perspective'. Membership Local 800 has four main craft classifications: # Art Directors (including Production designer, Production Designers) # Scenic, Title and Graphic designer, Graphic Artists # Illustrators and Digital matte artist, Matte Artists # Scenic Design, Set Designers and Model maker, Model Makers In addition, the ADG has recently included previs artists into their membership. Individual crafts represented by the ADG: * Production designers * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carroll Clark
Carroll Clark (February 6, 1894 – May 17, 1968) was an American art director. He was nominated for seven Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. He worked on 173 films between 1927 and 1968. He was born in Mountain View, California and died in Glendale, California. Early filmography Award Nominations Clark was nominated for seven Academy Awards for Best Art Direction: * ''The Gay Divorcee'' (1934) * ''Top Hat'' (1935) * '' A Damsel in Distress'' (1937) * '' Flight for Freedom'' (1943) * '' Step Lively'' (1944) * '' The Absent-Minded Professor'' (1961) * '' Mary Poppins'' (1964) See also * Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame The Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame was established by the Art Directors Guild in 2005 to recognize and honor the accomplishments and contributions of significant art directors and production designers in the film industry. 2005 inductees * Wi ... References External links * * * 1894 births 1968 deaths American art directo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinando Scarfiotti
Ferdinando Scarfiotti (6 March 1941 – 30 April 1994) was an Italian art director and production designer. After graduating in architecture at the University of Rome, he was approached by Luchino Visconti, who asked him to design his stage production of La Traviata for the 1963 Spoleto Festival. After working in opera theatre for over a decade, director Bernardo Bertolucci asked Scarfiotti to work with him on the film ''The Conformist'' followed by Visconti's ''Death in Venice''. In 1980 he moved to Los Angeles, where he worked on a number of films, including '' American Gigolo'' (1980), '' Cat People'' (1982) and '' Scarface'' (1983). Scarfiotti won a Bafta for Visconti's ''Death in Venice'' in 1971 and an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film ''The Last Emperor'' in 1987. Selected filmography * ''The Conformist'' (1970) * ''Death in Venice'' (1971) *''Daisy Miller'' (1974) * '' American Gigolo'' (1980) * '' Cat People'' (1982) * '' Scarface'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malcolm Brown (art Director)
Malcolm Brown (10 August 1903 – 29 August 1967) was an American art director. He won an Oscar and was nominated for another in the category Best Art Direction. Selected filmography Brown won an Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and was nominated for another: ;Won * '' Somebody Up There Likes Me'' (1956) ;Nominated * ''I'll Cry Tomorrow ''I'll Cry Tomorrow'' (1955) is a biopic that tells the story of Lillian Roth, a Broadway star who rebels against the pressure of her domineering mother and struggles with alcoholism after the death of her fiancé. It stars Susan Hayward, Richard ...'' (1955) References External links * * American art directors Best Art Direction Academy Award winners 1903 births 1967 deaths American production designers {{US-artdirector-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Michelson
Harold Michelson (February 15, 1920 – March 1, 2007) was an American production designer and art director. In addition, he worked as an illustrator and/or storyboard artist on numerous films from the 1940s through the 1990s. Biography A native of New York City, Michelson worked with the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C. after graduating from high school. He then served as a bombardier-navigator in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, flying more than 40 missions over Germany. After the war, Michelson became an illustrator. He worked on agazines while attending the Art Students League of New York before moving on to Chicago and Los Angeles, where he illustrated movie posters. He ultimately became an illustrator for Columbia Pictures before being traded to Paramount Pictures, where he worked as illustrator and storyboard artist on ''The Ten Commandments (1956 film), The Ten Commandments''. He then worked as a storyboard artist on '' Ben-Hur'' for MG ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Meehan (art Director)
John Meehan (June 13, 1902 – May 15, 1963) was an American art director and production designer. He was born in Tehachapi, California and attended the University of Southern California. Meehan won three Academy Awards for his art direction: William Wyler's ''The Heiress'' (1949), Billy Wilder's ''Sunset Boulevard'' (1950) and Richard Fleischer's 1954 adaptation of the Jules Verne classic for Walt Disney, ''20,000 Leagues Under the Sea''. He also worked on ''The Strange Love of Martha Ivers'' (1946), ''Golden Earrings'' (1947), ''Samson and Delilah'' (1949), ''Salome'' (1953) and '' It Should Happen to You'' (1956). See also * Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame The Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame was established by the Art Directors Guild in 2005 to recognize and honor the accomplishments and contributions of significant art directors and production designers in the film industry. 2005 inductees * Wi ... References External links * 1902 births 1963 deaths Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph McMillan Johnson
Joseph McMillan Johnson (September 15, 1912 – April 17, 1990) was a leading Hollywood art director born in Los Angeles. He was graduated from USC with a degree in architecture before attending Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. He was working for well-known architect Kem Weber when he was hired by David O. Selznick in 1938. He worked as a sketch artist for designs on ''Gone with the Wind'' in 1939, and was heavily involved with the creation of the special effects for '' The Wizard of Oz'' that same year. He worked on most of Selznick's major productions including '' Duel in the Sun'' (1946), ''The Paradine Case'' (1947) and ''Portrait of Jennie'' (1948), for which he won an Oscar for the visual effects. A frequent collaborator with Alfred Hitchcock, (''Rear Window'' in 1954 was followed by ''To Catch a Thief'' in 1955 which earned him another Academy Award nomination), Johnson was forced to take a break from Hollywood during the McCarthy witch hunts. He returned to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Haworth
Edward S. Haworth (September 26, 1917 – February 18, 1993) was an American production designer and art director. Active from 1950 to 1992, he was the production designer or art director on more than 50 feature films. He won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for ''Sayonara'' (1957) and was nominated for the same award for five other films: '' Marty'' (1955), ''Some Like It Hot'' (1959), ''Pepe'' (1960), '' The Longest Day'' (1962), and 'What a Way to Go!'' (1964). Early years Haworth was born in Cleveland in 1917 and grew up in the suburb of Willoughby, Ohio. His father, William, was a playwright and theatrical producer. He attended the University of Southern California. Art direction Haworth began working in the motion picture business as an illustrator, set designer, and assistant art director at Warner Brothers. His first screen credit as art director was in 1951 on Alfred Hitchcock's '' Strangers on a Train''. He earned his first Academy Award nomination for ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyle R
Lyle may refer to: People Surname * Lyle (surname) Given name * Lyle Alzado (1949–1992), American NFL All-Pro football player * Lyle Beerbohm (born 1979), professional mixed martial arts fighter * Lyle Bennett (1903–2005), head coach of the Central Michigan college football program from 1947 to 1949 * Lyle Berman (born 1941), professional poker player and business executive * Lyle Bettger (1915–2003), character actor known most for his Hollywood roles from the 1950s * Lyle Bigbee (1893–1942), outfielder, pitcher and halfback * Lyle Blackwood (born 1951), played in the National Football League with the Miami Dolphins * Lyle Boren (1909–1992), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma * Lyle Bouck (1923–2016), lieutenant of the I&R Platoon of the 394th Infantry Regiment of the 99th Infantry Division in World War II * Lyle Bradley (born 1943), former ice hockey center * Lyle Campbell (born 1942), linguist and leading expert on American India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Trittipo
James Trittipo (June 30, 1928 — September 15, 1971) was an American television art director and stage set designer in New York and Hollywood, known for his designs of television variety shows including ''The Bing Crosby Show'' (ABC-March 2, 1959), '' The Frank Sinatra Show (CBS)'', '' The Frank Sinatra Timex Show: Welcome Home Elvis'', and '' An Evening with Fred Astaire''. Trittipo won Art Direction Emmy Awards for the ABC Television variety series ''The Hollywood Palace'' and ''An Evening with Fred Astaire''. He designed a set "evocative of waterfront pilings" for Rod McKuen's May 10, 1969 television special on NBC.TV GUIDE, Carolina-Tennessee Edition, May 10-16 1969, p A-10. He died of a heart attack at age 43. See also * Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame The Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame was established by the Art Directors Guild in 2005 to recognize and honor the accomplishments and contributions of significant art directors and production designers in the film indus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dale Hennesy
Dale Hennesy (August 24, 1926 – July 20, 1981) was an American production designer and art director. Hennesy was the son of designers and layout artists for Walt Disney. He began working in motion pictures as an illustrator at Twentieth Century Fox, including illustration work on ''The King and I'' and ''South Pacific''. He won the Academy Award for best art direction for ''Fantastic Voyage'' (1966), for which he created sets depicting the interior of the human body. He was also nominated for his art direction in creating the futuristic sets of '' Logan's Run'' (1976) and '' Annie'' (1982). He designed a $1-million tenement row street scene for ''Annie'' that was subsequently used in many motion pictures and was named Hennesy Street in his honor. Hennesy died suddenly of an abdominal aneurysm in 1981 during production of ''Annie''. Selected filmography * ''Under the Yum Yum Tree'' (1963, art director) * '' John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!'' (1964, art director) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen B
Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is widely regarded as the first martyr (or "protomartyr") of the Christian Church. In English, Stephen is most commonly pronounced as ' (). The name, in both the forms Stephen and Steven, is often shortened to Steve or Stevie. The spelling as Stephen can also be pronounced which is from the Greek original version, Stephanos. In English, the female version of the name is Stephanie. Many surnames are derived from the first name, including Stephens, Stevens, Stephenson, and Stevenson, all of which mean "Stephen's (son)". In modern times the name has sometimes been given with intentionally non-standard spelling, such as Stevan or Stevon. A common variant of the name used in English is Stephan ; related names that have found some c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
