Jack Mills
Jack Mills († May 24, 2005 in Gloucester , Gloucestershire, England) was a production designer .
Life
Mills began his career in film crew in 1947 as production designer on several in the same year resulting fuzzy - Western . By the late 1940s he had worked on a dozen films. He stayed true to the western in the years that followed. He seldom worked on other genres, including Fritz Lang's crime film The Beast , the adventure film Clarence, the cross-eyed lion and the agent thriller Eisstation Zebra .
In 1966 Mills was for the Western That Was the Wild West by directors John Ford , Henry Hathaway , George Marshall and Richard Thorpe along with George W. Davis , William Ferrari , Addison Hehr , Henry Grace and Don Greenwood junior for the Oscar in the category Best Production design nominated, but this year the award went to the monumental film Cleopatra .
Mills also worked on numerous television productions between 1953 and 1967. Among other things, he worked on 17 episodes of the series police report , 18 episodes of Mickey Rooney Show and six episodes of Solo for Oncel 1967 he was in an episode of I Dream of Jeannie seen as an actor in a small supporting role.
Even in his last film work it was with Sam Peckinpah's billed is finally back to a Western.
Filmography (selection)
- 1956: The Beast (While the City Sleeps)
- 1958: Stolen Gold (The Badlanders)
- 1962: How the West Was Won (How the West Was Won)
- 1965: Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion (Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion)
- 1965: Nebraska (The Rounders)
- 1966: Seven Women (7 Women)
- 1967: Chuka
- 1968: Ice Station Zebra (Ice Station Zebra)
- 1969: The the Gypsy Moths (The Gypsy Moths)
- 1970: The final bill (The Ballad of Cable Hogue)
Awards (selection)
- 1964 : Oscar nomination for Best Production Design for That Was the Wild West
Web links
- Jack Mills in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jack Mills in the All Movie Guide (English)
Individual proof
- ↑ Jack Mills in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mills, Jack |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Production designer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 19th century or 20th century |
DATE OF DEATH | May 24, 2005 |