John J. Lloyd

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John J. Lloyd (born June 30, 1922 in Dearborn , Michigan , United States , † September 20, 2014 in Woodland Hills (Los Angeles) , California , United States) was an American film architect .

Life

Lloyd and his entire family left their home state of Michigan in the mid-1920s and moved to California in search of a better life. They came to the Californian town of Ramona (near San Diego ), where they initially settled. As a teenager, Lloyd helped out his parents in the family's own grocery store and from time to time earned extra income on a turkey farm. During the 1930s the family moved to Culver City , where John's father and uncle got jobs in the film industry (at MGM ). John made some extra money at the Culver City airfield washing the machines. On site, he also learned a lot about aircraft mechanics. Although drafted into the Navy during World War II, Lloyd was transferred to Norman . There he passed on the mechanics he had acquired in the meantime to young naval aviators.

Back in civil life, John Lloyd studied film architecture at the Chouinard Institute in California . In 1948 he joined the film industry. Lloyd initially worked for the production company Republic Pictures as an illustrator and draftsman and was primarily responsible for John Ford's productions in this area . Lloyd has been engaged in several films with John Wayne , including " Wake of the Red Witch " ( 1948) and " The Winner " ( The Quiet Man , 1952). In the 1950s, Lloyd participated intensively in the further development of film architecture in American television productions. Since 1950 he has been in charge of numerous TV series and series such as “Studio 57”, “Wagon Train”, “The Millionaire”, “ At the foot of the blue mountains ”, “Riverboat”, “ Department M ”, “The Tall Man” "," Destry " and the comedy programs by Jack Benny and Bob Hope . In the popular thriller series Alfred Hitchcock Presents , he designed the sets for a total of 137 episodes. In 1961, John Lloyd received a Primetime Emmy for his work on the series “Checkmate”, which was also popular in Germany in the 1960s . Lloyd received additional Emmy nominations in 1957, 1960, 1971 and 1978.

Lloyd's first individual production was Don Siegel's television film " One Way Street to Death " in 1964 . He started his cinema career the following year. Lloyd has since been involved in a number of higher-quality to high-quality films, "including John Schlesinger's Hollywood reckoning " The Day of the Grasshopper, " John Landis ' nocturnal odyssey " Upside Down into the Night, " John Carpenter's horror remake, " The Thing From One other world ”, the cult comedy “ Blues Brothers ” and the first two editions of the extremely successful slapstick series “ Die nackte Kanone ” ." In 1990, John J. Lloyd retired from the film business. Landis, who had worked with Lloyd several times, said about him on the occasion of his death: “ John Lloyd was a terrific man with a great sense of humor. I was lucky to work with him on ANIMAL HOUSE, THE BLUES BROTHERS and INTO THE NIGHT. John was an old pro and a pleasure to collaborate with ” .

Filmography

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 67.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ emmys.com names October 1st
  2. ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 68.
  3. ↑ Obituary on legacy.com . Translation: "John Lloyd was a great man with a great sense of humor. I was happy to work with him on Animal House, The Blues Brothers, and Into the Night. John was an old professional, and it was a pleasure working with him. "
personal data
SURNAME Lloyd, John J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film architect
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Dearborn , Michigan , United States
DATE OF DEATH 20th September 2014
Place of death Woodland Hills (Los Angeles) , California , United States