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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.
Austin Cedric Gibbons (March 23, 1890 [1] – 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. Gibbons designed the Oscar statuette in 1928, but tasked the sculpting to George Stanley, a Los Angeles artist.
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.
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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. Ahead of the 2023 Academy Awards, a new display at EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum casts a look back on his career.
Cedric Gibbons (1893-1960) Art Director. Art Department. Set Decorator. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. 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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30 mag 2013 · May 30, 2013. in. Oscar Profile. by. Peter J Patrick. Tags: 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.
ALAMY. Jennifer O’Brien, Ireland Arts Correspondent. Tuesday February 13 2018, 12.01am, The Times. An Irish designer who created the Oscar statuette and is considered the most successful art...
