Michael Seymour (production designer)
Michael Edmund Seymour (* 1932 in Southampton , Hampshire - † December 9, 2018 ) was a British production designer and art director .
Life
Seymour began his career on the film staff in 1965 as an uncredited assistant to the art director on the set of Richard Lester's comedy The Certain Kniff . The following year he worked in the same role in Michelangelo Antonioni's cult film Blow Up . With the beginning of the 1970s he worked as a set designer, among other things on the horror film - satire Theater des Horens . In 1980 he was nominated for Ridley Scott's science fiction film Alien, along with Leslie Dilley , Roger Christian and Ian Whittaker for an Oscar in the category of Best Production Design , but the award went to dance film that year Behind the spotlight .
In the 1980s and 1990s he was active in a number of other feature film productions, including Beverly Hills Cop III . His last engagement was with the direct-to-video action film Out For A Kill: Tong Tatoos - The Gate to Hell .
Filmography (selection)
- 1965: The Knack (The Knack ... and How to Get It)
- 1966: Blow Up
- 1968: Isadora
- 1970: Be nice to Mr. Sloane (Entertaining Mr. Sloane)
- 1973: Theater of Blood (Theater of Blood)
- 1975: Rosebud Company (Rosebud)
- 1979: Alien - The uncanny creature from a strange world (Alien)
- 1985: The Bride (The Bride)
- 1990: Mr. Destiny
- 1990: Revenge - A Dangerous Affair (Revenge)
- 1994: Beverly Hills Cop III
- 2003: Out For A Kill: Tong Tatoos - The Gate to Hell (Out for a Kill)
Nominations (selection)
- 1980 : Oscar nomination in the category Best Production Design for Alien - The Eerie Being from an Alien World
Web links
- Michael Seymour in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Michael Seymour in the All Movie Guide (English)
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Seymour, Michael |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Seymour, Michael Edmund |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British production designer and art director |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1932 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Southampton , Hampshire , United Kingdom |
DATE OF DEATH | December 9, 2018 |