Frank R. McKelvy
Frank R. McKelvy (born January 24, 1914 in Pennsylvania , † February 18, 1980 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American production designer who was nominated seven times for the Oscar for best production design.
Life
McKelvy began his career as a production designer in the Hollywood film industry in 1947 for the drama Rauhe Harvest (original title: Wild Harvest) by Tay Garnett with Alan Ladd , Dorothy Lamour and Robert Preston and worked in the course of his career on the equipment of 65 films and television series .
At the Academy Awards in 1957 he was nominated for the first time for the Oscar for best production design, along with Hal Pereira , A. Earl Hedrick and Sam Comer , for the black and white film Also Heroes Can Cry (The Proud and Profane, 1956) by George Seaton with William Holden , Deborah Kerr and Thelma Ritter . In 1959 he was nominated for an Oscar with Hal Pereira, Henry Bumstead and Sam Comer for the production design in the feature film Vertigo - From the Realm of the Dead (Vertigo, 1958) directed by Alfred Hitchcock with James Stewart , Kim Novak and Barbara Bel Geddes .
His next nomination for an Oscar for best production design in a color film came in 1960 together with William A. Horning , Robert F. Boyle , Merrill Pye and Henry Grace for the feature film The Invisible Third, also directed by Alfred Hitchcock (North by Northwest, 1959) starring Cary Grant , Eva Marie Saint and James Mason . At the Academy Awards in 1963 , he was again nominated for the Oscar for Best Scene Creation in a Black and White Film with Hal Pereira, Roland Anderson and Sam Comer: This time for the comedy It began in Rome (The Pigeon That Took Rome, 1962) directed by Melville Shavelson with the main actors Charlton Heston , Elsa Martinelli and Harry Guardino .
Another nomination for the Academy Award for Best Production Design was followed in 1970 by Harry Horner for directed by Sydney Pollack resulting film drama Horses, Do you Shoot (They Shoot Horses, Do not They ?, 1969), in which Jane Fonda , Michael Sarrazin and Susannah York played the leading roles. At the Academy Awards 1975 McKelvy was nominated with Alexander Golitzen and E. Preston Ames for the production design in the disaster film Earthquake (Earthquake, 1974) by Mark Robson with Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner and George Kennedy .
McKelvy received his seventh and final nomination for an Academy Award for Best Production Design with Edward C. Carfagno at the 1976 Academy Awards for the Robert Wise- directed disaster film The Hindenburg (The Hindenburg, 1975), in which George C. Scott , Anne Bancroft and William Atherton starred .
Filmography (selection)
- 1947: Rough Harvest ( Wild Harvest )
- 1956: Heroes can cry too ( The Proud and Profane )
- 1958: Vertigo - From the realm of the dead ( Vertigo )
- 1959: The Invisible Third ( North by Northwest )
- 1962: It started in Rome ( The Pigeon That Took Rome )
- 1966: Forty Daredevils ( Follow Me, Boys! )
- 1969: Only horses are given the coup de grace ( They Shoot Horses, Don't They? )
- 1971: Cowboy John - The Last Hero in the Wild West ( Scandalous John )
- 1974: Earthquake ( Earthquake )
- 1975: The Hindenburg ( The Hindenburg )
- 1977: The great Beetle in the Monte Carlo Rally ( Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo )
- 1979: The Black Hole ( The Black Hole )
Web links
- Frank R. McKelvy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McKelvy, Frank R. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American production designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 1980 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California |