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Austin Cedric Gibbons (March 23, 1890 – July 26, 1960) was an American art director for the film industry. He also made a significant contribution to motion picture theater architecture from the 1930s to 1950s.
- 1919–1956
- July 26, 1960 (aged 70), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Austin Cedric Gibbons, March 23, 1890, Dublin, Ireland
Austin Cedric Gibbons (New York, 23 marzo 1890 – Los Angeles, 26 luglio 1960) è stato uno scenografo irlandese naturalizzato statunitense. È celebre per le sontuose scenografie che gli valsero 28 candidature al Premio Oscar, vincendone 11.
Cedric Gibbons, Irish American art director who worked for MGM; his name appears on nearly 1,500 films produced by that studio during the 32 years (1924–56) that he worked there. He won 11 Academy Awards and is credited with designing the Oscar statuette. Learn more about Gibbons’s life and career.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Did you know that an Irish American designed the original Oscar statuette? One of the most lauded set designers in US film history, Cedric Gibbons went on to win 11 Academy Awards of his own for art direction – a category record that remains unsurpassed to this day.
Cedric Gibbons. Art Director: Gaslight. 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.
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- Dublin, Ireland
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- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Cedric Gibbons, who was born in Dublin in 1893, began working for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the 1920s and went on to design sets, props and costumes for more than a thousand Hollywood films...
30 mag 2013 · Oscar Profile #137: Cedric Gibbons. Born March 23, 1893 in Dublin, Ireland to an Irish architect and his wife, Cedric Gibbons became one of the most influential artisans in Hollywood history.
