Carmen Dillon

Carmen Dillon (born October 25, 1908 in London -Cricklewood, † April 12, 2000 in Hove ) was a British architect and film architect at the high-class entertainment cinema.

Life

Carmen Dillon, one of the few women in (British) film architecture, was one of the most outstanding representatives of British cinema design. She had studied in her hometown of London architecture and incidentally worked as an actress in amateur plays and also the screenshots designed. She gained her first experience as an architect in various architectural offices in the British capital.

In 1934 Carmen Dillon came to film, where she began as assistant to the film architect Ralph Brinton . She was particularly active for the Two Cities and Rank companies . Dillon was able to gain her stage experience primarily with the building designs for Laurence Olivier's ambitious Shakespeare productions Heinrich V , Hamlet and Richard III. use; Films that instantly made Carmen Dillon famous. But also other careful literary adaptations ( conflict of heart , being serious is everything ) and various materials in historical guise ( Robin Hood and his daring companions , A Princess In Love , The Royal Rebel ) as well as a long series of more or less successful comedies, including various She provided productions of the carry-on ... film series with a stylish hand.

Carmen Dillon, who won an Oscar for her work on Olivier's Hamlet film , retreated into private life after the decorations for George Cukor's leisurely television dramas Love in the Twilight and The Grain Is Green .

Filmography

• 1937: The Five Pound Man
• 1937: Murder in the Family
• 1938: Who Goes Next?
• 1939: French Without Tears
• 1940: Freedom Radio
• 1940: Quiet Wedding
• 1941: Unpublished Story
• 1942: Secret Mission
• 1942: The First of the Few
• 1942: The Gentle Sex
• 1943: The Demi-Paradise
• 1944: Heinrich V.
• 1944: The Way to the Stars
• 1946: a heart is lost (Carnival)
• 1946: School for Secrets
• 1946: White Cradle Inn
• 1947: Vice Versa
• 1947: Hamlet
• 1948: The Woman Hater
• 1948: Great days (Cardboard Cavalier)
• 1949: The Rocking Horse Winner
• 1949: The Reluctant Widow
• 1950: The Woman in Question
• 1950: Conflict of Heart (The Browning Version)
• 1951: Being serious is everything
• 1952: Robin Hood and his daring companions (The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men)
• 1952: Meet Me Tonight
• 1953: A princess falls in love
• 1953: The Royal Rebel (Rob Roy the Highland Rogue)
• 1953: But, Doctor ...
• 1954: In love, crazy and not married (One Good Turn)
• 1955: Richard III.
• 1955: Doctor Ahoy!
• 1955: Simon and Laura (Simon and Laura)
• 1956: The Iron Petticoat
• 1956: Road of Death (Checkpoint)
• 1956: The Prince and the Dancer
• 1957: A Bride on Every Street (Miracle in Soho)
• 1957: A Tale of Two Cities
• 1958: The girl sapphire (Sapphire)
• 1959: No crooked thing can shake us
• 1959: The Dearest Family (Please Turn Over)
• 1959: The Adventures of David Balfour (Kidnapped)
• 1960: Make Mine Mink
• 1960: It's crazy - our torpedo is coming back
• 1960: No Kidding
• 1960: a man goes his own way
• 1961: Scandal at Wigmore Hall / quintet with harp and trumpet (Raising the Wind)
• 1961: Twice Round the Daffodils
• 1961: It's crazy - the ship's cook is seasick
• 1962: The Iron Maiden
• 1963: The house in the chalk garden
• 1964: The Battle of the Villa Fiorita (The Battle of the Villa Fiorita)
• 1964: Hot goods - cold feet (The Intelligence Men)
• 1965: Sky West and Crooked
• 1966: Accident incident in Oxford
• 1967: Death Dance of a Killer (A Dandy in Aspic)
• 1967: Dave - Home in All Beds (Sinful Davey)
• 1968: Unlucky named Otley (Otley)
• 1969: The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
• 1970: Catch Me a Spy
• 1971: The mediator
• 1972: The great love of Lady Caroline (Lady Caroline Lamb)
• 1972: The Nelson Affair (Bequest to the Nation)
• 1973: Butley
• 1974: In This House of Brede (TV movie)
• 1974: Love Among the Ruins (Movie made for TV)
• 1975: the omen
• 1976: Julia
• 1977: Sailor's Return
• 1978: The Corn is Green (Movie made for TV)

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 2: C - F. John Paddy Carstairs - Peter Fritz. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 402.

Web links

• Carmen Dillon in the Internet Movie Database (English)