Cedric Gibbons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Austin Cedric Gibbons (March 23, 1893 – July 26, 1960) was an Irish art director and production designer for the film industry. He also made a significant contribution to motion picture theater architecture from the 1930s to 1950s. He is credited as the designer of the Oscar statuette in 1928. Gibbons was born in Dublin, Ireland and studied at the Art Students League of New York and worked for his architect father. While at Edison Studios from 1915, he first designed a set for a film released in 1919, assisting Hugo Ballin. But, after this first foray, the studio closed, and he signed with Samuel Goldwyn in 1918. This evolved to working for Louis B. Mayer at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1924 to 1956—a 32-year career. Gibbons was one of the original 36 founding members of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and oversaw the design of the Academy Awards statuette in 1928, a trophy for which he himself would be nominated 39 times, winning 11. He retired in 1956 with about 1,500 films credited to him: however, his contract with MGM dictated that he receive credit as art director for every MGM film released in the United States, even though other designers may have done the bulk of the work. Even so, his actual hands-on art direction may have been on about 150 films. In 1930, Gibbons married actress Dolores del Río and co-designed their house in Santa Monica, an intricate Art Deco residence influenced by Rudolf Schindler. They divorced in 1941; three years later he married actress Hazel Brooks with whom he remained until his death at the age of 67. Gibbons's grave is in the Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles.
Filmography (106)
Forbidden Planet
Somebody Up There Likes Me
High Society
Lust for Life
Invitation to the Dance
Bad Day at Black Rock
It's Always Fair Weather
Blackboard Jungle
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Brigadoon
Kiss Me Kate
Small Town Girl
Julius Caesar
The Band Wagon
Singin' in the Rain
Pat and Mike
Scaramouche
The Painted Hills
An American in Paris
Royal Wedding
Quo Vadis
Father of the Bride
King Solomon's Mines
The Asphalt Jungle
Challenge to Lassie
The Sun Comes Up
Adam's Rib
Little Women
Battleground
On the Town
Hills of Home
State of the Union
The Three Musketeers
The Pirate
Easter Parade
The Sea of Grass
Song of the Thin Man
Courage of Lassie
The Yearling
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Son of Lassie
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Without Love
Ziegfeld Follies
Twice Blessed
Anchors Aweigh
The Thin Man Goes Home
Gaslight
Bathing Beauty
Lassie Come Home
Keeper of the Flame
Girl Crazy
Thousands Cheer
Cabin in the Sky
Swing Fever
Random Harvest
Woman of the Year
Mrs. Miniver
Andy Hardy's Double Life
Panama Hattie
Ship Ahoy
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Shadow of the Thin Man
Lady Be Good
The Philadelphia Story
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Strike Up the Band
Pride and Prejudice
The Shop Around the Corner
Broadway Melody of 1940
The Wizard of Oz
The Women
Ninotchka
Babes in Arms
Another Thin Man
Love Finds Andy Hardy
Captains Courageous
The Good Earth
A Day at the Races
Saratoga
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
Broadway Melody of 1938
Camille
The Great Ziegfeld
Wife vs. Secretary
San Francisco
Fury
Born to Dance
After the Thin Man
A Tale of Two Cities
A Night at the Opera
Mutiny on the Bounty
China Seas
Mark of the Vampire
Broadway Melody of 1936
The Thin Man
Freaks
Tarzan the Ape Man
Grand Hotel
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Rasputin and the Empress
The Champ
The Broadway Melody
