Elven Webb
Elven Webb (born August 29, 1910 in England , † September 1979 in London ) was a British art director and production designer who once won the Oscar for best production design and was nominated again for this Oscar.
Life
Webb began his career as an art director and production designer in the film industry in 1944 for the film The Way Ahead and was involved in the staging of almost thirty films until 1970.
In 1964 , together with John DeCuir , Jack Martin Smith , Hilyard M. Brown , Herman A. Blumenthal , Maurice Pelling , Boris Juraga , Walter M. Scott , Paul S. Fox and Ray Moyer, he won the Oscar for best production design in a color film, namely for the monumental film Cleopatra (1963) by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with Elizabeth Taylor , Richard Burton and Rex Harrison in the leading roles .
At the Oscar ceremony in 1968 he was with DeCuir, Lorenzo Mongiardino , Dario Simoni , Giuseppe Mariani and Luigi Gervasi nominated for an Oscar for Best Production Design Although for The Taming of the Shrew (1967) after the same stage work by William Shakespeare , directed by Franco Zeffirelli with Elizabeth Taylor , Richard Burton and Cyril Cusack .
Filmography (selection)
- 1944: The Way Ahead
- 1953: The Man Between
- 1955: The Colditz Story ( The Colditz Story )
- 1956: It's a Wonderful World
- 1960: Man in the Moon
- 1965: Bunny Lake has disappeared
- 1967: The Bobo
- 1970: The letter to the Kremlin
Awards
Web links
- Elven Webb in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Webb, Elven |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British art director and production designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 29, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | England |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1979 |
| Place of death | London |