George C. Webb

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George C. Webb (born before 1962) is an American art director and production designer who has been nominated four times for an Oscar for best production design.

Life

Webb began his career as art director and production designer in 1962 for the film The Language of Violence (Pressure Point) and was then involved in the production of around forty films until 1977.

At the Academy Awards in 1967 he was nominated for an Oscar for the best production design for the first time, together with Alexander Golitzen , John McCarthy Jr. and John P. Austin for the color film The Girl from the Cherry Bar (1966).

Further nominations in this category followed in 1968 with Golitzen and Howard Bristol for Reicher Mann sucht (Thoroughly Modern Millie, 1967), 1970 with Golitzen and Jack D. Moore for Sweet Charity (1970) and most recently at the 1977 Academy Awards with Mickey S. Michaels for Lost in the Bermuda Triangle (1977).

In the 1990s he worked as an electrician on three productions.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1962: The Language of Violence ( Pressure Point )
  • 1966: The Pad and How to Use It
  • 1970: A Sheriff in New York ( TV series )
  • 1972: Slaughterhouse 5 ( Slaughterhouse-Five )
  • 1973: Beg, Borrow, or Steal
  • 1975: Mobile Two ( TV movie )

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