Marvin March
Marvin March (born May 8, 1930 ) is an American production designer .
Life
March began his film career in the mid-1960s. He made his first two feature films in 1966 with Sidney Lumet and Francis Ford Coppola . Between 1966 and 1967 he was responsible for the equipment of 19 episodes of the television series Raumschiff Enterprise . He continued to work for television until the late 1960s, after which he turned completely to film. Since 1975 he has been involved in seven Neil Simon film adaptations by various directors, starting with The Nerve Bundle and The Sunny Boys up to Sleepless in New York from 1999. For two of these films, The Sonny Boys and The Crazy California Hotel by director Herbert Ross received March an Oscar nomination . Other nominations came for Am Wendpunkt , Annie and The Addams Family in Crazy Tradition . March was nominated five times for an Oscar between 1976 and 1994, but never received the award. In 2005, he received the Set Decorators Society of America's Lifetime Achievement Award.
Filmography (selection)
- 1966–1967: Spaceship Enterprise (Star Trek)
- 1969: Woody the unlucky fellow (Take the Money and Run)
- 1972: What You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask (Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask)
- 1975: The nerve bundle (The Prisoner of Second Avenue)
- 1975: The Sunny Boys (The Sunshine Boys)
- 1976: A Dead Body for Dessert (Murder by Death)
- 1976: Futureworld - The Land of Tomorrow (Futureworld)
- 1976: Trans-America-Express (Silver Streak)
- 1977: The Turning Point (The Turning Point)
- 1978: The Crazy California Hotel (California Suite)
- 1982: Annie
- 1983: Flashdance
- 1984: Ghostbusters (Ghost Busters)
- 1985: Fletch - The Troublemaker (Fletch)
- 1986: In Search of the Golden Child (The Golden Child)
- 1986: Peggy Sue got married (Peggy Sue Got Married)
- 1987: Lethal Weapon - Two tough professionals (Lethal Weapon)
- 1988: Presidio (The Presidio)
- 1988: Sunset (Sunset)
- 1989: Focal Point LA (Lethal Weapon 2)
- 1989: Skin Deep - Men don't have it easy either (Skin Deep)
- 1989: Tango and Cash
- 1991: Life Stinks (Life Stinks)
- 1992: Kevin - Allein in New York (Home Alone 2: Lost in New York)
- 1993: The Addams Family in Crazy Tradition (Addams Family Values)
- 1994: Beverly Hills Cop III
- 1996: Executive Decision (Executive Decision)
- 1997: Dante's Peak
- 1999: Sleepless in New York (The Out-of-Towners)
- 1999: Defenseless - The General's Daughter
Nominations and Awards
- 1976: Oscar nomination for The Sunny Boys
- 1978: Oscar nomination for At the Turning Point
- 1979: Oscar nomination for The Crazy California Hotel
- 1983: Oscar nomination for Annie
- 1994: Oscar nomination for The Addams Family in Crazy Tradition
- 2005: Lifetime Achievement Award from the Set Decorators Society of America
Web links
- Marvin March in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Marvin March in the All Movie Guide (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | March, Marvin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American production designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1930 |