Ed Graves
Ed Graves ( February 24, 1917 - February 17, 1980 in Thousand Oaks , California ) was an American art director and production designer . He was nominated for an Oscar at the 1968 Academy Awards.
Life
Ed Graves started his career in the Art Department in the late 1950s . His first films were Fighter Aviators and South Pacific (both 1958).
He then made a name for himself as an art director, both in television, where he was active in the series Peyton Place , Sheriff ohne Colt und Tadel and Apple's Way , and in the cinema. His most famous work was certainly Doctor Dolittle . For this work he was nominated for an Oscar for best production design together with Mario Chiari and Jack Martin Smith from the Art Department and the production designers Stuart A. Reiss and Walter M. Scott . The set designers of the film Camelot - At the court of King Arthur were finally honored .
Ed Graves died on February 17, 1980. Most recently, he worked on the television series The Waltons and the television film based on it.
Filmography (selection)
- movie theater
- 1958: Fighter Aviators (The Hunters)
- 1958: South Pacific (South Pacific)
- 1965: Colonel of Ryan's Express (Von Ryan's Express)
- 1966: Derek Flint sends his corpse (Our Man Flint)
- 1967: Doctor Dolittle
- 1968: The Secret Life of an American Life
- 1969: The Killer and the Whore (Hard Contract)
- 1971: The Barefoot Executive
- 1979: Avalanche Express (Avalanche Express)
- watch TV
- 1965–1967: Peyton Place (TV series)
- 1966: Batman (TV series, two episodes)
- 1970: Along Came a Spider (TV movie)
- 1971–1972: Sheriff without Colt and Blame (Nichols) (TV series)
- 1972-1980: The Waltons (The Waltons) (TV Series)
- 1974: Apple's Way (TV series)
- 1975–1976: Bumpers Revier (The Blue Knight) (TV series)
- 1977: Death on Board (Killer on Board)
- 1978: Dallas (TV series, two episodes)
- 1978: Desperate Women (TV movie)
- 1980: The Waltons: A Decade of the Waltons (TV movie)
Web links
- Ed Graves in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The 40th Academy Awards | 1968 . In: Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . ( oscars.org [accessed January 15, 2018]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Graves, Ed |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American art director and production designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th February 1980 |
| Place of death | Thousand Oaks |