Gene Allen
Gene Allen (born June 17, 1918 in Los Angeles , † October 7, 2015 in Newport Beach , California ) was an American art director and production designer .
Life
Gene Allen showed drawing talent already at school. But as the son of a captain of the Los Angeles Police Department, he first went to the LA Police Academy, which gave him ideas for later scripts. He made countless small drawings, which he then brought to life sixty years later. With the beginning of the Second World War, he ended his career in the police force and joined the US Navy. He graduated from Carthay Center Grammar School, John Burroughs Junior High and Fairfax College. Then he went to Santa Monica to junior college, but only for a very short time. As a talented artist he worked in advertising agencies until he found his way to film and worked very successfully with director and film producer George Cukor .
He won the Oscar for Art Direction in 1964 . He headed the Art Directors Guild and was President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1983 to 1985 .
He and his wife Iris have a son, Jon Patrick. Gene Allen died on October 7, 2015 at the age of 97 in Newport Beach, California.
Filmography (selection)
Art Director
- 1956: Bhowani Junction (Director: George Cukor )
- 1956: Back from Eternity (Director: John Farrow)
- 1957: The Girls (Director: George Cukor)
- 1958: King of Jesters (Director: Michael Kidd)
- 1960: The Lady and the Killer (Director: George Cukor)
- 1960: Princess Olympia (Director: Michael Curtiz )
- 1960: Let's Do It With Love (Director: George Cukor)
- 1962: Something's Got to Give (Director: George Cukor)
- 1964: My Fair Lady (Director: George Cukor)
Production Designer (production designer)
- 1954: A Star Is Born (Director: George Cukor)
- 1954: The Caliph's Daughter (Direction: Don Weis)
- 1962: The Chapman Report (Director: George Cukor)
- 1964: My Fair Lady
- 1970: Shooting starts at midnight (Director: Gene Kelly)
- 1975: At Long Last Love (Director: Peter Bogdanovich)
Awards
- Oscar for My Fair Lady , Oscar for Art Direction (1964)
- Nomination A Star is Born and Les Girls
Web links
- Gene Allen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Filmmaker Gene Allen. In: mentorhuebnerart.com, (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gene Allen about himself. In: altfg.com , The Art Directors Guild. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
- ↑ Heller in pink tights. In: altfg.com , The Art Directors Guild. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
- ↑ Gene Allen, Former Academy President, Dies at 97. In: variety.com , Variety , October 9, 2015, accessed October 10, 2015.
- ^ Former Academy President Gene Allen Dead at 97. In: justjared.com , October 10, 2015, accessed October 10, 2015.
- ^ The 37th Academy Awards (1965) Nominees and Winners. ( Memento of October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: oscars.org . Retrieved May 26, 2013.
- ^ Awards for Gene Allen. In: imdb.com , Internet Movie Database . Retrieved May 26, 2013.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Allen, Gene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American art director and production designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 7, 2015 |
| Place of death | Newport Beach , California , United States |