Arthur Lawson

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Arthur Lawson (born July 28, 1908 in Sunderland , Tyne and Wear , England , † 1970 in London- Hammersmith) was a British film architect who won an Oscar for best production design at the Academy Awards in 1949 .

Life

Lawson began his work as an art director and production designer in the film industry in 1942 for the film A Dangerous Company and worked on the stage equipment of nearly forty films until shortly before his death.

At the Academy Awards in 1949, he and Hein Heckroth received the Oscar for best production design in the color film The Red Shoes (1948), a ballet film directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger with Moira Shearer , Anton Walbrook and Marius Goring .

In 1966 he was also nominated for a British Academy Film Award (BAFTA Film Award) for best art direction in a black and white film, namely for the drama Incident in the Atlantic (1965) by James B. Harris with Richard Widmark , Sidney Poitier and Martin Balsam .

Filmography (selection)

Awards

  • 1949 : Oscar for best film structures in a color film

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 4: H - L. Botho Höfer - Richard Lester. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 623.

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personal data
SURNAME Lawson, Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British art director and production designer
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Sunderland , Tyne and Wear , England
DATE OF DEATH 1970
Place of death London Hammersmith