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Austin Cedric Gibbons (March 23, 1890 [1] – 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. Gibbons designed the Oscar statuette in 1928, but tasked the sculpting to George Stanley, a Los Angeles artist.
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.
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Jul 22, 2024 · 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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Did you know that an Irish American designed the original Oscar statuette? One of the most lauded set designers in US film history, Cedric Gibbons went on to win 11 Academy Awards of his own for art direction – a category record that remains unsurpassed to this day.
- Films as Art Director (Selected List)
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By GIBBONS: articles—
"Motion Picture Sets," in The Theatre and Motion Pictures, edited by Warren E. Cox, Chicago, 1933. "Every Home's a Stage," in Ladies' Home Journal(Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), July 1933. "Designs of Settings for Romeo and Juliet," in Romeo and Juliet: A Moving Picture Edition, New York, 1936. "The Art Director," in Behind the Screen: How Films Are Made, edited by Stephen Watts, London, 1938.
On GIBBONS: articles—
Lachenbruch, Jerome, "Interior Decoration for the 'Movies': Studies from the Work of Cedric Gibbons and Gilbert White," in Arts and Decoration(New York), January 1921. Flint, Ralph, in Creative Art, October 1932. Stuart, Betty Thornley, "Movie Set Up," in Collier's(New York), 30 September 1933. Erengis, George P., in Films in Review(New York), April 1965. Hambley, John, in The Art of Hollywood, London, 1979. Cinématographe(Paris), February 1982. Webb, Michael, "Pioneering Art Director Who Bro...
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.
Feb 23, 2015 · High up in the Santa Barbara mountains, with a commanding view of the Pacific Ocean, is the unobtrusive two-storey villa that once housed Ireland's most prolific Oscar winner.
