Josie MacAvin

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Josie MacAvin (* 1919 in Ireland ; † January 26, 2005 in Monkstown , Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown , Ireland ) was an Irish art director and production designer who won an Emmy in addition to an Oscar for best production design .

Life

Josie MacAvn began her career as art director and production designer in the film industry in 1959 for the film Shake Hands with the Devil and was involved in the production of around sixty films until 2002.

In 1964 she received her first Oscar nomination for best production design in the color film Tom Jones - Between Bed and Gallows (1963) by Tony Richardson with Albert Finney , Susannah York and Hugh Griffith with Ralph W. Brinton , Ted Marshall and Joselyn Herbert . She got another nomination for this Oscar with Marshall, Hal Pereira and Tambi Larsen in 1966 for the black and white film The Spy Who Came Out of the Cold (1965) by Martin Ritt with Richard Burton , Claire Bloom and Oskar Werner .

At the 1986 Academy Awards , she and Stephen B. Grimes received the Oscar for Best Production Design in Out of Africa (1985) by Sydney Pollack with Meryl Streep , Robert Redford and Klaus Maria Brandauer .

In 1995 she won an Emmy for Outstanding Art Direction with Rodger Maus, Brian Ackland-Snow and Joseph Litsch in the first part of the CBS- produced television series Scarlett (1994) with Joanne Whalley , Timothy Dalton and Stephen Collins .

As a representative of the professional group of art directors, Josie MacAvin was also appointed a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .

Filmography (selection)

Awards

  • 1986 : Oscar for best production design
  • 1995: Emmy for best art direction

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