Cedric Gibbons was an Irish-American art director and production designer who was one of the most important and influential in his field in the history of American film. He also made a great impact on motion picture theater architecture from the 1930s to 1950s, the period considered the golden-era of theater architecture. He is credited as the designer of the Oscar statuette in 1928. While at Edison Studios from 1915, he first designed a set for a film released in 1919, assisting Hugo Ballin. But, after this first foray, the studio closed, and he signed with Samuel Goldwyn in 1918. This evolved to working for Louis B. Mayer at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1924 to 1956. Gibbons was one of the original 36 founding members of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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| - Cedric Gibbons was an Irish-American art director and production designer who was one of the most important and influential in his field in the history of American film. He also made a great impact on motion picture theater architecture from the 1930s to 1950s, the period considered the golden-era of theater architecture. He is credited as the designer of the Oscar statuette in 1928. While at Edison Studios from 1915, he first designed a set for a film released in 1919, assisting Hugo Ballin. But, after this first foray, the studio closed, and he signed with Samuel Goldwyn in 1918. This evolved to working for Louis B. Mayer at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1924 to 1956. Gibbons was one of the original 36 founding members of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- Cedric Gibbons (23 March 1893 – 26 July 1960) was the head of the Art Department of MGM when that studio made its 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. On that film, Gibbons oversaw the work of art director Bill Horning — though Gibbons has been credited with the design concept of the film's Emerald City. Gibbons approved and signed (or rejected) every drawing done on every MGM film — including all of the drawings for The Wizard of Oz by Jack Martin Smith. Gibbons had a decade-long marriage with actress Dolores Del Rio; they kept a pet leopard.
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| - Gibbons at the 7th Academy Awards
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| - Cedric Gibbons was an Irish-American art director and production designer who was one of the most important and influential in his field in the history of American film. He also made a great impact on motion picture theater architecture from the 1930s to 1950s, the period considered the golden-era of theater architecture. He is credited as the designer of the Oscar statuette in 1928. While at Edison Studios from 1915, he first designed a set for a film released in 1919, assisting Hugo Ballin. But, after this first foray, the studio closed, and he signed with Samuel Goldwyn in 1918. This evolved to working for Louis B. Mayer at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer from 1924 to 1956. Gibbons was one of the original 36 founding members of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- Cedric Gibbons (23 March 1893 – 26 July 1960) was the head of the Art Department of MGM when that studio made its 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. On that film, Gibbons oversaw the work of art director Bill Horning — though Gibbons has been credited with the design concept of the film's Emerald City. Born in Dublin, Gibbons graduated from the Art Students League in New York City. He began his film career in 1915 with the Edison Studios; he was with Samuel Goldwyn in 1918 and stayed with the reorganized MGM from 1924 to 1956. He supervised all of MGM's output, some 1500 movies, during his time with the studio and exerted immediate control over 150 of those; he was credited on every MGM film, and won 11 Academy Awards out of 37 nominations. (Gibbons was a founding member on the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and designed the Oscar statue.) Gibbons approved and signed (or rejected) every drawing done on every MGM film — including all of the drawings for The Wizard of Oz by Jack Martin Smith. Gibbons was noted for his polished manners and personal elegance of dress. He had one sartorial eccentricity: he always wore a maroon tie. "Cedric wore the same maroon tie for months and months until it got dirty. Then he threw it away and bought another." Gibbons had a decade-long marriage with actress Dolores Del Rio; they kept a pet leopard.
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