John Stoll
Johann "John" Leslie C. Stoll (born December 13, 1913 in London ; † June 25, 1990 ) was a British film architect who won the Oscar for best production design in the color film Lawrence of Arabia (1962) at the 1963 Academy Awards .
Life
Stoll began his work as art director and production designer in the film industry in 1947 for the film The Courtneys of Curzon Street and was involved in the production of almost 100 films until 1989.
At the 1963 Academy Awards, he was honored with John Box and Dario Simoni for the best film buildings in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) by director David Lean with Peter O'Toole , Alec Guinness and Anthony Quinn in the leading roles .
In 1980, he and art director Karel Vacek received an Emmy nomination for outstanding art direction in a short series or a series special for the CBS- produced episode In the West Nothing New (1979) of the Hallmark Hall of Fame series .
Filmography (selection)
- 1947: The Courtneys of Curzon Street
- 1953: A Good Pull-Up
- 1954: Companions in Crime
- 1954: The Green Buddha
- 1955: Track the Man Down
- 1956: Assignment Redhead
- 1957: The Blind Spider (No Road Back)
- 1957: Women We Meet at Night (other title: Das Zuhaltersyndikat, The Flesh is Weak )
- 1958: The snorkel ( The Snorkel )
- 1959: Invisible Man ( TV series )
- 1962: Lawrence of Arabia ( Lawrence of Arabia )
- 1962: The second man (The Running Man)
- 1965: The catcher
- 1968: Hannibal Brooks
- 1970: Cromwell - War to the King (Cromwell)
- 1970: Sex six million years ago ( Creatures the World Forgot )
- 1972: Living Free
- 1974: The Beast Must Die
- 1979: Nothing new in the West
- 1989: Shirley Valentine
Awards
Web links
- John Stoll in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stoll, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stoll, Johann Leslie C. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British art director and production designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 13, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 25, 1990 |