John Bryan (Production Designer)
John Bryan (born August 12, 1911 in London , † June 10, 1969 in Surrey , England ) was a British film architect and producer who won both an Oscar and a BAFTA film award for best production design.
Life
Bryan began his work as art director and set designers in 1934 in the film Colonel Blood , as well as at the 1937 Alexander Korda produced and William Cameron Menzies staged science fiction film Things to Come . Later he also worked as a film producer and was involved in the production of 45 films.
He received his first Oscar nomination for Best Production Design in 1947 for the color film Caesar and Cleopatra (1946), one directed by Gabriel Pascal with Claude Rains , Vivien Leigh and Stewart Granger in the leading roles resulting film adaptation of the eponymous theater play by George Bernard Shaw .
At the Academy Awards in 1948 , he and Wilfred Shingleton won the Oscar in this category for the black and white film Mysterious Inheritance (1946), a film drama directed by David Lean based on the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens , starring John Mills , Valerie Hobson and Tony Wager .
Bryan, who was a member of the jury at the 1959 Berlin International Film Festival , had another success with the staging of the color film Becket (1964) by Peter Glenville based on the play Becket or the Glory of God by Jean Anouilh with Richard Burton , Peter O ' Toole and John Gielgud in the leading roles: For this he won the BAFTA Film Award for best production design together with Maurice Carter , Patrick McLoughlin and Robert Cartwright and also received his second nomination for the Oscar for best production design in a color film at the 1965 Academy Awards .
Filmography (selection)
Film architect
- 1934: Colonel Blood
- 1937: What will come (Things to Come)
- 1937: The Song of the Road
- 1938: The novel of a flower girl (Pygmalion)
- 1940: Major Barbara
- 1943: The Adventures of Tartu
- 1946: Dangerous journey ( caravan )
- 1947: Root of All Evil
- 1948: Oliver Twist
- 1968: The Great Catherine (Great Catherine)
producer
- 1952: The Irresistible (The Card)
- 1953: His biggest bluff (The Million Pound Note)
- 1954: Flames over the Far East (The Purple Plain)
- 1956: The Spanish Gardener (The Spanish Gardener)
- 1957: The Man in the Fire (Windom's Way)
- 1958: The Horse's Mouth ( The Horse's Mouth )
- 1963: Picnic at midnight (Tamahine)
- 1966: chase the fox! (Caccia alla volpe)
- 1968: Between Beat and Bed (The Touchables)
Awards
- 1948 : Oscar for best production design in a black and white film
- 1965: BAFTA Film Award for best production design
Web links
- John Bryan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bryan, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British film producer, art director and set designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 10, 1969 |
| Place of death | Surrey , England |