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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.- Art Director
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Roland Anderson was born on 18 November 1903 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an art director and production designer, known for Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), White Christmas (1954) and Reap the Wild Wind (1942). He was married to Dorothee. He died on 29 October 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Visual Effects
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Robert Stromberg is known for Avatar (2009), Maleficent (2014) and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003).- Production Designer
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Stuart Craig was born on 14 April 1942 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK. He is a production designer and art director, known for The English Patient (1996), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001). He has been married to Patricia Stangroom since 1965. They have two children.- Production Designer
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Guy Hendrix Dyas is a two-time Academy Award Nominated Production Designer and the recipient of a BAFTA Award for Best Production Design. Guy gained recognition in the design field through his collaborations with directors such as Pablo Larraín, Danny Boyle, Christopher Nolan, Ang Lee and Steven Spielberg.
Originally from Devon, South England, Guy obtained a Masters Degree in design from The Royal College of Art in London. Guy's professional journey started in Japan, working for several years as an Industrial Designer for the Sony Corporation in Tokyo.- Production Designer
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Dante Ferretti was born on 26 February 1943 in Macerata, Marche, Italy. He is a production designer and set decorator, known for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Shutter Island (2010) and The Age of Innocence (1993).- Production Designer
- Art Director
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Rick Carter was born in 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a production designer and art director, known for Avatar (2009), Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) and Jurassic Park (1993).- Production Designer
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- Art Director
Eve Stewart was born in 1961 in London, England, UK. She is a production designer and art director, known for Les Misérables (2012), The Danish Girl (2015) and The King's Speech (2010).- Producer
- Costume Designer
- Production Designer
Catherine Martin was born on 26 January 1965 in Lindfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She is a producer and costume designer, known for Moulin Rouge! (2001), The Great Gatsby (2013) and Australia (2008). She has been married to Baz Luhrmann since 26 January 1997. They have two children.- Production Designer
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Judy Becker is known for Carol (2015), American Hustle (2013) and Feud (2017). She is married to Michael Taylor.- Production Designer
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- Art Department
Adam Stockhausen was born on 30 November 1972 in Brookfield, Wisconsin, USA. He is a production designer and art director, known for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Asteroid City (2023) and The French Dispatch (2021).- Costume Designer
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- Visual Effects
Rick Heinrichs is known for Sleepy Hollow (1999), Glass Onion (2022) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).- Production Designer
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Jeannine Oppewall was born on 28 November 1946 in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, USA. She is a production designer, known for L.A. Confidential (1997), Pleasantville (1998) and Catch Me If You Can (2002). She was previously married to Paul Schrader.- Production Designer
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Dennis Gassner was born on 22 October 1948 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is a production designer, known for Blade Runner 2049 (2017), 1917 (2019) and Road to Perdition (2002).- Production Designer
- Costume Designer
- Actress
Luciana Arrighi was born in 1940 in Brazil. She is a production designer and costume designer, known for Howards End (1992), Sense and Sensibility (1995) and The Remains of the Day (1993).- Production Designer
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- Set Decorator
Allan Starski was born on 1 January 1943 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He is a production designer and set decorator, known for Schindler's List (1993), The Pianist (2002) and Oliver Twist (2005). He is married to Wieslawa Starska.- Production Designer
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Ken Adam was a British movie production designer, best known for his set designs for the James Bond films of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964).
His first major screen credit was as production designer on the British thriller Spin a Dark Web (1956). In 1961 he was hired for the first James Bond film, Dr. No (1962).
Adam did not work in the second James Bond film, From Russia with Love (1963) because he was working in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). This enabled him to make his name with his innovative, semi-futuristic sets for further James Bond films, such as Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), and his last Bond film was Moonraker (1979).
Adam returned to work with Kubrick on Barry Lyndon (1975), for which he won an Oscar. He also worked in The Ipcress File (1965) and its sequel Funeral in Berlin (1966), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), Sleuth (1972), and The Madness of King George (1994), for which he won his second Oscar for Best Art Direction.
In 2003, Adam was knighted for services to the film industry and Anglo-German relations.
He died on 10 March 2016 at his home in London at the age of 95.- Production Designer
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Eugenio Zanetti is an award-winning Designer, Theater and Opera Director, as well as an accomplished painter and the writer of two plays. With a multifaceted career that spans almost 30 years and three continents, Mr. Zanetti is internationally recognized as an artist of extraordinary and versatile qualities. Among others, his films include, "What Dreams May Come, " (Academy Award Nominee), "Flatliners, " "Last Action Hero, " "Soapdish, " "Tall Tale, " the Artgentinean films "Camila" and "The Truce" (both Academy Award Nominees), "The Power of Darkness" (Moscow Film Festival Award for Design), "Some Girls" (Toronto Film Festival Design Award), "Medea", "The Passengers of the Garden, " "Restoration" for which he won an Academy Award. More than 40 theater and opera productions in Europe and South America include: "A Masqued Ball" and "Nabucco" by Verdi, "Madame Butterfly" and "Tosca" by Puccini, etc. In a very successful career as Director of Musicals, he has received in Argentina the Thalia Award (equal to the Tony) for his work in "They Are Playing Our Song, " "Chicago, " and "Dracula" as a Director, and the same award as Author for "The White Queen" and the Star of the Sea Award for "The Cherry Orchard, " "Chapter Two, " "Company, " and "Peer Gynt."- Production Designer
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Grant Major was born in 1955 in Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand. He is a production designer and art director, known for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), King Kong (2005) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003).- Production Designer
- Art Director
- Art Department
Martin Childs was born on 1 July 1954 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK. He is a production designer and art director, known for Shakespeare in Love (1998), The Crown (2016) and Quills (2000).- Art Department
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- Art Director
Peter Lamont was born on 12 November 1929 in London, England, UK. He was a production designer and art director, known for Titanic (1997), Casino Royale (2006) and Aliens (1986). He was married to Ann Aldridge. He died on 18 December 2020.- Production Designer
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John Myhre was born in 1959. A film buff from an incredibly early age he began watching the TV coverage of the Oscars aged five and received a Super-8 camera for his seventh birthday. After graduating from Nathan Hale High School he studied film at the Bellevue Community College in the 1970s, subsidizing himself by working at a local cinema. He went to work designing film posters, in the process meeting several film-makers and in 1984 left his native Seattle for Hollywood, to be an assistant art director on horror comedy, 'Night of the Comet'. Since then he has designed several high profile movies and had three collaborations to date with Rob Marshall, gaining Oscars for two of them.- Production Designer
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Eugenio Caballero was born in 1972 in Mexico. He is a production designer and set decorator, known for Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Roma (2018) and A Monster Calls (2016).- Production Designer
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Donald Graham Burt is known for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Mank (2020) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011).- Production Designer
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- Special Effects
After his work on Batman, production designer Anton Furst tried in vain to find some directing work. Contractual obligations kept him from being able to do the work he did on Batman in the sequel. He committed suicide in 1991.- Production Designer
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Ferdinando Scarfiotti was born on 6 March 1941 in Potenza Picena, Marche, Italy. He was a production designer and art director, known for The Last Emperor (1987), Toys (1992) and American Gigolo (1980). He died on 30 April 1994 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Production Designer
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Stephen B. Grimes was born on 18 April 1927 in Weybridge, Surrey, England, UK. He was a production designer and art director, known for Out of Africa (1985), The Way We Were (1973) and Never Say Never Again (1983). He died on 12 September 1988 in Positano, Campania, Italy.- Production Designer
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- Art Department
Patrizia von Brandenstein was born in 1943 in Arizona, USA. She is a production designer and art director, known for Amadeus (1984), The Untouchables (1987) and Limitless (2011).