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Production designer is a term used in the movie and television industries to refer to the person responsible for the overall look of a filmed event such as films, TV programs, music videos or adverts. Production designers have one of the key creative roles in the creation of motion pictures and...
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Sergei Parajanov

Sergei Parajanov (Armenian: Սարգիս Հովսեփի Փարաջանյան, Sargis Hovsepi Parajanyan; Georgian: სერგეი (სერგო) ფარაჯანოვი; Ukrainian: Сергій Йосипович Параджанов, Serhiy Yosypovych Paradzhanov; Russian: Сергей Иосифович Параджанов, Sergey Iosifovich...

Date of birth:

  • Jan 9, 1924

Date of death:

  • 1990 (age 66 years)

William Cameron Menzies

William Cameron Menzies (July 29, 1896 - March 5, 1957) was an Academy Award-winning American film production designer and art director who also worked as a director, producer, and screenwriter during a career spanning five decades. He earned...

Date of birth:

  • Jul 29, 1896

Date of death:

  • Mar 5, 1957 (age 60 years)

Mark Tildesley

Mark Tildesley (born 1963, London) is a British designer and director. After graduating from the London College of Printing, earned a First Class BA Honours from the Wimbledon School of Art under the direction of Richard Negri. He co-founded (with...

Date of birth:

  • 1963 (age 46 years)

Otto Schenk

Otto Schenk (born June 12, 1930 in Vienna, Austria) is an actor, theatre director and production designer. He is most famous in the United States for his lavish, realist, traditionalist productions at the Metropolitan Opera. He has also produced...

Date of birth:

  • Jun 12, 1930 (age 79 years)

Herman F. Zimmerman

Herman F. Zimmerman (born 19 April 1935) is an art director and production designer. He is probably best known for his work in Star Trek. Zimmerman aspired to be an actor, and began by studying acting and directing at Northwestern University, and...

Date of birth:

  • Apr 19, 1935 (age 74 years)

Dale Meeks

Dale Meeks (born 1975) is an English actor, who is well known in the United Kingdom for his television career. Meeks is best known for his role as Simon Meredith in the British TV drama Emmerdale Farm. He also starred in Byker Grove as the leader of...

Date of birth:

  • 1975 (age 34 years)

Thotta Tharani

Padmashri Thota Tharrani is an Indian film art Director and production designer. Thotta Tharani has been involved in the art of set design since he was just twelve when he helped his father. Be it the creation of a realistic set of the Dharavi Slums...

Date of birth:

  • 1949 (age 60 years)

Joe Alves

Joe Alves (born 21 May 1936, San Leandro, California) is an American film production designer, perhaps best known for his work on three of the Jaws films. He directed Jaws 3-D. Alves has designed three features for Steven Spielberg, firstly for The...

Date of birth:

  • May 21, 1936 (age 73 years)

Rick Carter

Rick Carter, born in 1950, is an American production designer and art director. He is known for his work in the film Forrest Gump, which earned him an oscar nomination, as well as numerous nominations of other awards for his work in Amistad and...

Date of birth:

  • 1950 (age 59 years)

Assheton Gorton

Assheton Gorton (b. 1930) is an English production designer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film The French Lieutenant's Woman and was the BAFTA nominated art director for Michelangelo Antonioni's...

Date of birth:

  • 1930 (age 79 years)

Anthony Masters

Anthony Masters (1919 – 1990) was a British production designer and set decorator. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Date of birth:

  • 1919

Date of death:

  • 1990 (age 71 years)

Terence Marsh

Terence Marsh (b. 14 November 1931) is a British production designer. He won two Academy Awards and was nominated for another two in the category Best Art Direction. Marsh won two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and was nominated for two more:...

Date of birth:

  • Nov 14, 1931 (age 78 years)

J. Michael Riva

J Michael Riva (born in New York, New York on June 28, 1948) is a motion picture production designer.

Date of birth:

  • Jun 28, 1948 (age 61 years)

Michael Stringer

John Michael Stringer (26 July 1924 – 7 March 2004) was a film production designer, art director, painter and illustrator. Stringer's work as art director on Fiddler on the Roof (1971), involving much shooting in Yugoslavia, earned him an Academy...

Date of birth:

  • Jul 26, 1924

Date of death:

  • Mar 7, 2004 (age 79 years)

Clyde Klotz

Clyde Klotz (born Errol Clyde Klotz on June 8, 1961) is a Canadian television art director and production designer. He worked as assistant art director on several TV series filmed in Vancouver, such as The Hitchhiker, 21 Jump Street and The X-Files;...

Date of birth:

  • Jun 8, 1961 (age 48 years)

Anna Asp

Anna Asp (born 16 May 1946) is a production designer and art director. She won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction in 1983 for her work in Fanny & Alexander.

Date of birth:

  • May 16, 1946 (age 63 years)

Graeme Murray

Father of actress Katharine Isabelle.

Is the father of actor Joshua Murray.

Luigi Scaccianoce

Luigi Scaccianoce (July 12, 1914 – October 18, 1981) was an Italian production designer, art director and set decorator. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for his work in The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964).

Date of birth:

  • Jul 12, 1914

Date of death:

  • Oct 18, 1981 (age 67 years)

Vincent Peranio

Vincent Peranio is an American film and television production designer, art director, set designer, and actor. Peranio began his career designing film sets for John Waters. Because of his work with Waters, he is considered one of the Dreamlanders,...

Ed Peranio

Ed Peranio is an American film actor and associate production designer, working primarily in the films of John Waters. Because of his work with Waters, he is considered one of the Dreamlanders, Waters' ensemble of regular cast and crew members....

Nitish Roy

Nitish Roy is an Indian film art director, production designer, and costume designer in Hindi cinema, who is known for his work with art cinema directors, Shyam Benegal, Mrinal Sen and Govind Nihlani, Hindi mainstream cinema, directors like Rajkumar...

Tigran Xmalian

Tigran Xmalian (aka Khzmalyan) 1979-1984 Yerevan State University, Dpt of Philology1990-1992 Moscow Highest Courses for Film Directors, Russia 1994, 1998 International Writing Courses, Reuters, BBC, London, UK

Date of birth:

  • Apr 8, 1963 (age 46 years)

Boris Leven

Boris Leven (August 13, 1908 - October 11, 1986) was a Russian-born Academy Award-winning art director and production designer whose Hollywood career spanned fifty-three years. Born in Moscow, Leven emigrated to the United States in 1927 and became...

Date of birth:

  • Aug 13, 1908

Date of death:

  • Oct 11, 1986 (age 78 years)

John Truscott

John Truscott (23 February 1936 – 5 September 1993) was an Australian actor, production designer and costume designer. He won two Academy Awards for his work on the 1967 film Camelot. Truscott won two Academy Awards for his work on the 1967 film...

Date of birth:

  • Feb 23, 1936

Date of death:

  • Sep 5, 1993 (age 57 years)

Taizô Kawashima

Taizô Kawashima is a Japanese production designer and art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Tora! Tora! Tora!.

Pierre Guffroy

Pierre Guffroy (born 22 April 1926) is a French production designer and art director. He won an Academy Award and was nominated for another in the category Best Art Direction. Guffroy won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction and was nominated for...

Date of birth:

  • Apr 22, 1926 (age 83 years)

Herbert Strabel

Herbert Strabel is a German production designer, art director and set decorator. He won an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Cabaret.

Hans Jürgen Kiebach

Hans Jürgen Kiebach is a German production designer, art director and set decorator. He won an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Cabaret.

Rolf Zehetbauer

Rolf Zehetbauer (born 13 February 1929) is a German production designer, art director and set decorator. He won an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Cabaret.

Date of birth:

  • Feb 13, 1929 (age 80 years)

Robert W. Laing

Robert W. Laing is an American production designer, art director and set decorator. He won an Academy Award and was nominated for another in the category Best Art Direction. Laing won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction and was nominated for...

Willy Holt

Willy Holt (30 November 1921 – 22 June 2007) was an American production designer and art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Is Paris Burning? He also won a César Award for Best Production...

Date of birth:

  • Nov 30, 1921

Date of death:

  • Jun 22, 2007 (age 85 years)

Carmelo Patrono

Carmelo Patrono is an Italian production designer and art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Brother Sun, Sister Moon.

Geoffrey Drake

Geoffrey Drake (1911 – 1995) was an English production designer and art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Young Winston.

Date of birth:

  • 1911

Date of death:

  • 1995 (age 84 years)

Mario Chiari

Mario Chiari (14 July 1909 – 8 April 1989) was an Italian production designer and art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Doctor Dolittle.

Date of birth:

  • Jul 14, 1909

Date of death:

  • Apr 8, 1989 (age 79 years)

Stephen B. Grimes

Stephen B. Grimes (18 April 1927 – 12 September 1988) was an English production designer and art director. He won an Academy Award and was nominated for two more in the category Best Art Direction. Grimes won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction...

Date of birth:

  • Apr 18, 1927

Date of death:

  • Sep 12, 1988 (age 61 years)

Ted Haworth

Ted Haworth (26 September 1917 – 18 February 1993) was an American production designer and art director. He won an Academy Award and was nominated five more times in the category Best Art Direction. Haworth won an Academy Awards for Best Art...

Date of birth:

  • Sep 26, 1917

Date of death:

  • Feb 18, 1993 (age 75 years)

Gil Parrondo

Gil Parrondo (born 17 June 1921) is a Spanish art director, set decorator and production designer. He won two Academy Awards and was nominated for another in the category Best Art Direction. Parrondo won two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and...

Date of birth:

  • Jun 17, 1921 (age 88 years)

Bill Malley

Bill Malley is an American production designer and art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film The Exorcist.

Paul Markwitz

Paul Markwitz was an German production designer, art director and set decorator. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Martin Luther.

Ward Preston

Ward Preston was an American production designer and art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film The Towering Inferno.

Pierre-Louis Thévenet

Pierre-Louis Thévenet is an American production designer, art director and set decorator. He won an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Patton.

Léon Barsacq

Léon Barsacq (18 October 1906 – 23 December 1969) was a Russian production designer, art director and set decorator. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film The Longest Day.

Date of birth:

  • Oct 18, 1906

Date of death:

  • Dec 23, 1969 (age 63 years)

Lorenzo Mongiardino

Lorenzo Mongiardino (1916 – 16 January 1998) was an Italian production designer. He was nominated for two Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. Mongiardino was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction:

Date of birth:

  • 1916

Date of death:

  • Jan 16, 1998 (age 82 years)

John Graysmark

John Graysmark is a production designer. He was nominated for two Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. Graysmark was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction:

Roy Walker

Roy Walker is a production designer. He won an Academy Award and was nominated for two more in the category Best Art Direction. Walker won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction and was nominated for two more:

W. Stewart Campbell

W. Stewart Campbell is an American production designer and art director. He was nominated for three Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. Campbell was nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Art Direction:

Michael Seymour

Michael Seymour is a British production designer. He won a BAFTA and was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for work on the film Alien.

Brian Savegar

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...

Date of birth:

  • Aug 24, 1932

Date of death:

  • Mar 31, 2007 (age 74 years)

Daniel A. Lomino

Daniel A. Lomino is an American production designer and art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Mel Bourne

Mel Bourne (22 November 1923 – 14 January 2003) was an American production designer and art director. He was nominated for three Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. He was born Melvin B. Bourne in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Frieda...

Date of birth:

  • Nov 22, 1923

Date of death:

  • Jan 14, 2003 (age 79 years)

James L. Schoppe

James L. Schoppe is an American production designer and art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Return of the Jedi.

Leslie Dilley

Leslie Dilley is a Welsh production designer and art director. He has won two Academy Awards and has been nominated for three more in the category Best Art Direction. Dilley has won two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction and has been nominated...

Patrizia von Brandenstein

Patrizia von Brandenstein (born 1943) is an American production designer. She has won an Academy Award and has been nominated for two more in the category Best Art Direction. Brandenstein has won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction and has been...

Date of birth:

  • 1943 (age 66 years)

John Vallone

John Vallone (23 June 1953 – 15 March 2004) was an American production designer and art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Star Trek: The Motion Picture. He died by drowning in a hot tub.

Date of birth:

  • Jun 23, 1953

Date of death:

  • Mar 15, 2004 (age 50 years)

Karel Černý

Karel Černý (born 7 April 1922) is a Czech art director and production designer. He won an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Amadeus.

Date of birth:

  • Apr 7, 1922 (age 87 years)

Philip Rosenberg

Philip Rosenberg (born 15 January 1935) is an American production designer and art director. He has won an Academy Award and was nominated for another in the category Best Art Direction. Rosenberg has won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction and...

Date of birth:

  • Jan 15, 1935 (age 74 years)

Brian Ackland-Snow

Brian Ackland-Snow (born 31 March 1940) is an English production designer. He won an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film A Room with a View.

Date of birth:

  • Mar 31, 1940 (age 69 years)

Norman Garwood

Norman Garwood (born 1947) is an English production designer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. Garwood has been nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Art Direction:

Date of birth:

  • 1947 (age 62 years)

Stan Jolley

Stan Jolley (born 17 May 1926) is an American art director and production designer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Witness.

Date of birth:

  • May 17, 1926 (age 83 years)

Rodger Maus

Rodger Maus is an American art director and production designer. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Victor/Victoria.
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