Jack Okey

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John "Jack" Clark Okey (born June 3, 1889 in Los Angeles , California , † January 8, 1963 in Hollywood , California) was an American art director and production designer .

Life

Jack Okey began in the mid-1920s as art director in Hollywood film productions , was first involved in the creation of Maurice Tourneur's film The White Moth (1924) and was involved in the creation of over 100 films.

At the Academy Awards in November 1930 he was nominated for an Oscar for the best production design for the first time, namely for Cilly (1929). He received a second nomination for an Oscar in 1946 with Albert S. D'Agostino , Darrell Silvera and Claude E. Carpenter for Experiment in Terror (Experiment Perilous, 1944).

Okey, who was also the architect of Alexander Korda's film studios in Denham, which opened in 1936 , also created the sets for Hunt for James A. (1932), 42nd Street (1933), Isn't Life Beautiful? (1946) and Goldenes Gift (1947) and worked with film directors such as John Francis Dillon , Mervyn LeRoy , Lloyd Bacon , Frank Capra and Jacques Tourneur .

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SURNAME Okey, Jack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Okey, John Clark (full name); Jack (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American art director and production designer
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California , United States
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 1963
Place of death Hollywood , California , United States