
Cedric Gibbons
art_department, art_director, set_decorator
- Birth name:
- Austin Cedric Gibbons
- Born:
- 1890-03-23, New York City
- Died:
- 1960-07-26, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Professions:
- art_department, art_director, set_decorator
Biography
After graduating from New York's Art Students League he worked for his architect father, then started film work at Edison Studios in 1915 assisting Hugo Ballin. In 1918 he moved to Goldwyn as art director and, in 1924, began his 32 year stint as supervising art director for some 1500 MGM films, with direct responsibility in well over 150 of those. He designed the Oscar itself, winning it 11 of the 37 times he was nominated for it. Some of his designs influenced American interiors, and it has been argued that he was the most important art director in the history of American cinema.
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Directed (1)
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