Syd Cain

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Sidney B. "Syd" Cain (* 16th April 1918 in Grantham , Lincolnshire , England ; † 21st November 2011 in London ) was a British art director and storyboard - designers , mainly active in the genre of turbulent action, war and adventure Cinemas as well as some James Bond films.

Life

Sidney B. Cain had received his artistic training at London's Polytechnic School of Art before he was drafted in 1939. In 1940 he enlisted in the Royal Air Force , but was soon released due to a serious wound. Then Cain went to the British colony of Rhodesia , where he worked as an Air Force instructor.

In 1944 he began working as a draftsman for the film company Gaumont British . In 1956, Cain advanced to the position of assistant film architect, where he worked for colleagues such as Alex Vetchinsky , Tom Morahan and John Box (e.g. at No Time to Die and Our Man in Havana ). Since 1960, Cain has worked regularly as chief designer. He was responsible for the decorations of the first Bond adventure Dr. No and some other missions of the 007 super agent responsible. His bizarre gimmicks to greetings from Moscow , where he u. a. created the shoe with the switchblade of KGB agent Rosa Klebb (played by Lotte Lenya ) and the versatile special case Bonds.

A few years later, Cain designed the decorations for the last adventure of the Bond imitation Harry Palmer, The Billion Dollar Brain , for François Truffaut's futuristic horror vision Fahrenheit 451 , for Alfred Hitchcock's eerily amusing late work Frenzy and, most recently, for a number of quite speculative ones , martial and unsophisticated mercenary action films.

Gradually retiring from film design, Cain began writing stories for children. Nevertheless, he remained connected to the film and participated as a storyboard designer in US large-scale productions such as Wrong Game with Roger Rabbit and The Muppets Christmas Story, but also in the first Bond adventure with Pierce Brosnan Goldeneye .

Filmography (selection)

Chief architect

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 1: A - C. Erik Aaes - Jack Carson. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 638.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Syd Cain obituary - Production designer behind the deadly gadgets used by James Bond - and his foes , by Kim Newman, in the Guardian, December 1, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Cain, Syd
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cain, Sidney B. (maiden name); Cain, Sidney; Cain, Sydney (other names)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British film architect
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Grantham , Lincolnshire , England , United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH November 21, 2011
Place of death London