Vernon Dixon
Vernon Dixon (* 1915 in South Africa ; † 2009 ) was a British art director and set designer who won three Oscar for best production design .
Life
Dixon began his career as art director and production designer in 1946 for the film Attention: Green (Green for Danger) and was involved in the production of nearly sixty films until 1981.
At the Oscar ceremony in 1969 , he won together with John Box , Terence Marsh and Ken Muggleston his first of three Academy Award for Best Production Design for Oliver (1968), one of the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens by Carol Reed with Mark Lester , Jack Wild and Ron Moody filmed musical .
In 1972 he won another Oscar for best production design with Box, Ernest Archer , Jack Maxsted and Gil Parrondo , namely for the historical film Nikolaus und Alexandra (1971) about Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his wife Alexandra, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner with Michael Jayston , Janet Suzman and Roderic Noble in the lead roles .
He won his third and final Oscar for Best Production Design at the Academy Awards in 1976 with Ken Adam and Roy Walker for based on the novel The Memoirs of Junkers Barry Lyndon (1844) by William Makepeace Thackeray resulting film Barry Lyndon (1975) by Stanley Kubrick with Ryan O'Neal , Marisa Berenson and Patrick Magee .
Filmography (selection)
- 1946: Warning: Green ( Green for Danger )
- 1954: Damned to Paradise ( The Beachcomber )
- 1957: The Secret Place
- 1959: The Heart of a Man
- 1964: The three lives of Thomasina ( The Three Lives of Thomasina )
- 1968: Oliver
- 1971: Nikolaus and Alexandra
- 1973: The Nelson Affair ( Bequest to the Nation )
- 1975: Barry Lyndon
- 1976: Roar at the devil
- 1979: The last offensive
- 1981: James Bond 007 - On a Deadly Mission
Awards
- 1969 : Oscar for best production design
- 1972 : Oscar for best production design
- 1976 : Oscar for best production design
Web links
- Vernon Dixon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dixon, Vernon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British art director and production designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | South Africa |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2009 |