Brian Savegar (24 August, 1932 - 31 March 2007) was a production designer in the film and TV industry. He won an Academy Award in 1986 in the category Best Art Direction for the film A Room with a View.
Born and raised in Abergavenny, he was encouraged to be musical by his parents who both loved Jazz and consequently he learned to play the trumpet at an early age. While studying Fine Art, at the Cardiff College of Art, he played trumpet semi-prof...
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Brian Savegar (24 August, 1932 - 31 March 2007) was a production designer in the film and TV industry. He won an Academy Award in 1986 in the category Best Art Direction for the film A Room with a View.
Born and raised in Abergavenny, he was encouraged to be musical by his parents who both loved Jazz and consequently he learned to play the trumpet at an early age. While studying Fine Art, at the Cardiff College of Art, he played trumpet semi-professionally with local jazz bands in and around Cardiff and Bristol and was also briefly a member of the Acker Bilk Bristol Paramount Jazz Band.
His skills as a graphic artist were developed when he worked as an Art Editor and Designer before joining the film industry in 1962 when it become apparent that he needed to decide whether to earn a living as an artist or by playing jazz. He moved to Maidenhead in the mid 60's while working in various UK film production and design roles at Shepperton and Pinewood Studios. Subsequently he decamped to...
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