Ann Mollo
Margaret Ann Mollo (* 1933 ) is a British set designer , garden designer and model . She received an Oscar nomination for the production design in The French Lieutenant's Beloved .
Live and act
From 1956 to 1966 Ann Mollo was married to the costume designer and military historian John Mollo .
In 1973 Ann Mollo designed the set for a feature film for the first time: the British horror satire Theater des Grauens . Until the 1990s she was involved in numerous feature film productions as a set designer and set designer. For her collaboration in the production of the film Die Geliebte des French Lieutenant , she was nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Production Design in 1982 together with the film architect Assheton Gorton . She also worked as a model. Notoriety she gained by an After Eight - commercial producer Lester Richard .
After her career in the film business, Moll devoted herself to horticulture . Her own garden, which is designed in a romantic style with roses, lilies and a Gothic arbor , has received multiple awards and featured in gardening magazines. She works as a garden designer and often uses elements such as trellises , arches, obelisks and arbors to structure gardens.
Mollo lives in Notting Hill with her partner, production designer Jon Bunker .
A portrait photo of her is in the National Portrait Gallery in London. It was taken in 1969 by photographer and production designer Michael Seymour (* 1932).
Filmography
- 1973: Theater of Blood ( Theater of Blood )
- 1977: The Duellists ( The Duellists )
- 1981: The French Lieutenant's Woman ( The French Lieutenant's Woman )
- 1982: Murderous Passion ( Murder Is Easy )
- 1983: Desire ( The Hunger )
- 1984: Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes ( Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes )
- 1985: revolution
- 1985: Legend ( Legend )
- 1987: Bellman and True - Dangerously ( Bellman and True )
- 1989: Woman in Black ( The Woman in Black )
- 1992: 1492 - The Conquest of Paradise ( 1492: Conquest of Paradise )
- 1995: Rob Roy
- 1990: My Life So Far
Web links
- Ann Mollo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Portrait of Ann Mollo in the National Portrait Gallery (London)
- Anna Mollo's garden website
Individual evidence
- ^ John Mollo Biograph filmreference.com, accessed January 8, 2013.
- ↑ a b Ann Mollo npg.org.uk, accessed January 8, 2013.
- ^ A b Elspeth Thompson, Jean Sturgis: The London gardener: guide and sourcebook. Frances Lincoln, London 2006, ISBN 0-7112-2656-3 , p. 272.
- ↑ Vinny Lee: Innovative interiors. Watson-Guptill Publications, New York 2002, ISBN 0-8230-2517-9 , p. 23.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mollo, Ann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mollo, Margaret Ann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British set designer and garden designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1933 |