George W. Davis

George W. Davis (born April 17, 1914 in Kokomo , Indiana , † March 10, 1998 in Los Angeles ) was an American art director .

Life

Davis trained at the University of Southern California at Los Angeles and was employed as a set designer for 20th Century Fox in the mid-1940s . In 1947 he worked on Joseph L. Mankiewicz's fantasy film A Ghost on Free Feet for the first time as art director. In 1951 he received his first Oscar nomination for All About Eve . He was involved in several monumental films of the 1950s and received his first Oscar for The Robe in 1954 after a second Oscar nomination for David and Bathsheba . After his second Oscar award for The Diary of Anne Frank , he moved to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , when Cedric Gibbons' position became vacant there due to the retirement of Cedric Gibbons .

At MGM, he no longer worked exclusively on feature films, but also on television series . Among other things, he oversaw the series Twilight Zone , Dr. Kildare and Solo for ONCEL While there, Davis received a further eleven Oscar nominations, but did not receive a third Oscar. His most important work for MGM includes Mutiny on the Bounty , Cincinnati Kid , Point Blank and In the Fisherman's Shoes .

Filmography (selection)

• 1947: Daisy Kenyon
• 1947: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (The Ghost and Mrs. Muir)
• 1949: Hostility to Blood (House of Strangers)
• 1950: All About Eve (All About Eve)
• 1951: David and Bathsheba (David and Bathsheba)
• 1953: The Robe (The Robe)
• 1954: The Gladiators (Demetrius and the Gladiators)
• 1955: 7. Year Itch (The Seven Year Itch)
• 1957: A cute face (Funny Face)
• 1959: The Diary of Anne Frank (The Diary of Anne Frank)
• 1959: The Time Machine (The Time Machine)
• 1960: Butterfield 8 telephone (Butterfield 8)
• 1960: Cimarron
• 1961: Atlantis , the Lost Continent
• 1961: go naked into the world (Go Naked in the World)
• 1962: Mutiny on the Bounty (Mutiny on the Bounty)
• 1962: How the West Was Won (How the West Was Won)
• 1962: Sexy! (Boys' Night Out)
• 1962: Sweet Bird of Youth (Sweet Bird of Youth)
• 1963: character assassination (Twilight of Honor)
• 1963: Separate Beds (The Wheeler Dealers)
• 1963: Sunday in New York (Sunday in New York)
• 1964: Goldgräber-Molly (The Unsinkable Molly Brown)
• 1964: For Officers Only (The Americanization of Emily)
• 1965: Cincinnati Kid
• 1965: Gold Trap (The Money Trap)
• 1965: Nebraska (The Rounders)
• 1966: Spy in Lace Panties (The Glass Bottom Boat)
• 1966: Face without a name (Mister Buddwing)
• 1967: Return of the Gunfighter ( Hot Colts in Fists )
• 1967: Point Blank
• 1967: The bare facts (Do not Make Waves)
• 1968: The Shoes of the Fisherman (The Shoes of the Fisherman )
• 1968: Ice Station Zebra (Ice Station Zebra)
• 1968: Where were you when the lights went out? (Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?)
• 1969: The the Gypsy Moths (The Gypsy Moths)
• 1970: Bloody Strawberries (The Strawberry Statement)
• 1970: The "sharpest" of all bandits (Dirty Dingus Magee)
• 1971: Missouri (Wild Rovers)

Awards

• 1951: Oscar nomination for All About Eve
• 1952: Oscar nomination for David and Bathsheba
• 1954: Oscar for The Robe
• 1956: Oscar nomination for All Glory on Earth
• 1958: Oscar nomination for A Sweet Face
• 1960: Oscar for The Diary of Anne Frank
• 1961: Oscar nomination for Cimarron
• 1963: Oscar nominations for Time of Adjustment , Mutiny on the Bounty and The Wonder World of the Brothers Grimm
• 1964: Oscar nominations for character assassination and That Was the Wild West
• 1965: Oscar nominations for Officers Only and Gold Digger Molly
• 1966: Oscar nomination for Dreaming Lips
• 1967: Oscar nomination for Face Without a Name
• 1969: Oscar nomination for In the Fisherman's Shoes

Web links

• George W. Davis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• George W. Davis in the All Movie Guide (English)