Jack Okey
John "Jack" Clark Okey (born June 3, 1889 in Los Angeles , California , † January 8, 1963 in Hollywood , California) was an American art director and production designer .
Life
Jack Okey began in the mid-1920s as art director in Hollywood film productions , was first involved in the creation of Maurice Tourneur's film The White Moth (1924) and was involved in the creation of over 100 films.
At the Academy Awards in November 1930 he was nominated for an Oscar for the best production design for the first time, namely for Cilly (1929). He received a second nomination for an Oscar in 1946 with Albert S. D'Agostino , Darrell Silvera and Claude E. Carpenter for Experiment in Terror (Experiment Perilous, 1944).
Okey, who was also the architect of Alexander Korda's film studios in Denham, which opened in 1936 , also created the sets for Hunt for James A. (1932), 42nd Street (1933), Isn't Life Beautiful? (1946) and Goldenes Gift (1947) and worked with film directors such as John Francis Dillon , Mervyn LeRoy , Lloyd Bacon , Frank Capra and Jacques Tourneur .
Filmography (selection)
- 1924: The White Moth
- 1929: Cilly
- 1930: Dawn Patrol (The Dawn Patrol)
- 1931: late edition (Five Star Final)
- 1931: The Last Flight
- 1931: Safe in Hell
- 1932: Gentleman for a day (Union Depot)
- 1932: Lonely Hearts (The Purchase Price)
- 1932: So big
- 1932: Hunt for James A. (I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang)
- 1933: Lilly Turner
- 1933: The 42nd Street (42nd Street)
- 1934: Wonder Bar
- 1934: Fog Over Frisco
- 1934: Madame Dubarry
- 1934: Love without thread and thread (Fashions of 1934)
- 1934: The St. Louis Kid
- 1934: Flirtation Walk
- 1942: The Jungle Book
- 1943: Higher and Higher
- 1944: Experiment in Terror (Experiment Perilous)
- 1944: None But the Lonely Heart
- 1945: The spiral staircase (The Spiral Staircase)
- 1946: isn't life beautiful? (It's a Wonderful Life)
- 1947: Goldenes Poison (Out of the Past)
Web links
- Jack Okey in theInternet Movie Database(English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Okey, Jack |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Okey, John Clark (full name); Jack (nickname) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American art director and production designer |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1889 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California , United States |
DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 1963 |
Place of death | Hollywood , California , United States |