Cedric Gibbons(1893-1960)
- Art Director
- Art Department
- Set Decorator
After graduating from New York's Art Students League he worked for his
architect father, then started film work at Edison Studios in 1915
assisting Hugo Ballin. In 1918 he moved to Goldwyn as art director and, in
1924, began his 32 year stint as supervising art director for some 1500
MGM films, with direct responsibility in well over 150 of those. He
designed the Oscar itself, winning it 11 of the 37 times he was
nominated for it. Some of his designs influenced American interiors,
and it has been argued that he was the most important art director in
the history of American cinema.
