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Austin Cedric Gibbons (March 23, 1890 – July 26, 1960) was an American art director for the film industry. He also made a significant contribution to motion picture theater architecture from the 1930s to 1950s.
Cedric Gibbons, Irish American art director who worked for MGM; his name appears on nearly 1,500 films produced by that studio during the 32 years (1924–56) that he worked there. He won 11 Academy Awards and is credited with designing the Oscar statuette. Learn more about Gibbons’s life and career.
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Cedric Gibbons was a renowned art director and Oscar designer who worked for MGM for 32 years. He won 11 Oscars and designed the statuette itself, as well as influencing American interiors with his style.
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- Dublin, Ireland
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- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Learn about Cedric Gibbons, the set designer who created the Oscar trophy and won 11 Academy Awards for art direction. Explore his career, his films and his marriages at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum in Dublin.
Cedric Gibbons. Art Director: Gaslight. 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.
- March 23, 1893
- July 26, 1960
May 18, 2018 · Cedric Gibbons was an American art director who won 11 Academy Awards for his work on MGM films. He was born in New York in 1893 and died in Westwood, California in 1960.
Sep 17, 2019 · MGM’s famous longtime art director, Cedric Gibbons—behind Singin’ in the Rain, The Wizard of Oz, and more—is the subject of a captivating new book.
