Hugh Scaife
Hugh Scaife (born April 12, 1930 in Hampshire , England , † June 25, 2009 in Wilmington , North Carolina , United States ) was a British production designer and set designer .
Life
Scaife grew up in a wealthy family in Hampshire, England . He had a variety of interests; he painted, played the jazz piano and had a flying license . In the late 1960s he was working for a company for film and theater props in London , when one of the art directors of the British film Battle of Britain hired him as a helper. Although Scaife was not named in the credits, it had found entry into the British film business. In the following year he was already working as a set dresser on Dick Clement's film comedy Trust no house friend with Lee Remick and Richard Attenborough in the lead roles, three years later he worked on Papillon with Dustin Hoffman and Steve McQueen . This was followed by The Spy Who Loved Me , The Elephant Man and Journey to India , for each of which he was nominated for an Oscar .
In 1986 Scaife moved to Wilmington, where the Italian film producer Dino De Laurentiis had hired him for his film studio Screen Gems Studios . His first film assignment for DeLaurentiis was King Kong Alive . At the end of the 1980s, Scaife ran a prop rental company and a furniture store in Wilmington in addition to his film work. In 1988, he received an Emmy nomination for his work on the Noble House miniseries .
Scaife retired from the film business in 1991 and a few years later married the production designer Marthe Pineau , who worked on the films The Crow and Anna Karenina , among others .
Filmography (selection)
- 1970: Don't Trust a House Friend (A Severed Head)
- 1973: Papillon
- 1975: who stole our dinosaur? (One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing)
- 1977: The Spy Who loved me (The Spy Who Loved Me)
- 1979: The First Great Train Robbery (The First Great Train Robbery)
- 1980: The needle (Eye of the Needle)
- 1980: The Elephant Man (The Elephant Man)
- 1984: Journey to India (A Passage to India)
- 1986: King Kong Lives (King Kong Lives)
- 1988: Noble House
- 1989: The Casualties of War
- 1991: Road to Happiness (29th Street)
Awards
- 1978: Oscar nomination for The Spy Who Loved Me
- 1981: Oscar nomination for The Elephant Man
- 1985: Oscar nomination for trip to India
- 1988: Emmy nomination for Noble House
Web links
- Hugh Scaife in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Hugh Scaife in the All Movie Guide (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c starsnewsonline (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scaife, Hugh |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British production designer and set designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hampshire , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 25, 2009 |
| Place of death | Wilmington , North Carolina , United States |