John Sturtevant
John Sturtevant (born April 28, 1913 in California , † May 10, 1974 ) was an American production designer .
Life
Sturtevant began his career on the film staff in 1945 as a production designer for William Beaudine's film drama False Shame . By the late 1940s he had worked on a dozen other films, including The Corpse Thief , The Woman on the Beach, and Rachel and the Stranger . Also in the 1960s he worked on numerous feature films such as Sex Kittens Go to College and Company Fire Belt . 1967 he worked for Robert Wise's adventure film The Sand Pebbles along with Boris Leven , Walter M. Scott and William Kiernan for the Oscar in the category Best Production Design nominated, but the award went this year to the science fiction film The Fantastic Trip .
He also worked for television, where he worked for two decades and mainly worked on series. From 1952 to 1959 and from 1967 to 1970 he worked on a total of 118 episodes of the crime series Police Report and between 1968 and 1975 on 102 episodes of the spin-off Adam-12 . His other works include the Hawaiian Eye , 77 Sunset Strip and The People of Shiloh Ranch series .
Filmography (selection)
- 1945: The Body Snatcher (The Body Snatcher)
- 1947: The woman at the beach (The Woman on the Beach)
- 1948: Rachel and the Stranger (Rachel and the Stranger)
- 1951: Steel wings (Flying Leathernecks)
- 1954: Queen of the Mountains (Cattle Queen of Montana)
- 1955: It Happened in One Night (Pete Kelly's Blues)
- 1960: The Lost World (The Lost World)
- 1960: Sex Kittens Go to College
- 1961: Fire Belt Company (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)
- 1966: Gunboat on the Yangtze River (The Sand Pebbles)
- 1967: The great Mr. Flim Flam (The Flim-Flam Man)
Nominations (selection)
- 1967 : Oscar nomination in the category of best production design for gunboat on the Yangtze Kiang
Web links
- John Sturtevant in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- John Sturtevant in the All Movie Guide (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sturtevant, John |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American production designer |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1913 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | California , United States |
DATE OF DEATH | May 10, 1974 |
Place of death | California , United States |