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Art & Design in The British Film # 18 Oliver Messel

20-May-08

Continuing a series about Art Directors in the British film industry up to 1948, when the book containing these articles was published.
This chapter deals with Oliver Messel (1904 - 1978)
Messel was a Costume Designer and Art Director. He sometimes worked in the Art Department as well as being Production Designer for films. A [...]

Art & Design in The British Film # 17 Vincent Korda

10-Apr-08

Continuing a series about Art Directors in the British film industry up to 1948, when the book containing these articles was published.
This chapter deals with Vincent Korda. (1897 - 1979)
(Korda was responsible for the art direction of many UK made films, as well as international productions, and among his many credits are The Four Feathers, [...]

Art & Design in The British Film # 16: Alfred Junge

23-Feb-08

Continuing a series about Art Directors in the British film industry up to 1948, when the book containing these articles was published.
This chapter deals with Alfred Junge (1886 - 1964)
‘Asked by friends or relations: “What will you be when you grow up?” my answer was invariably: “I’ll be an artist or a Kaiser.” When the [...]

Branislav Perkovic - Art Director & Concept Designer

30-Oct-07

Clive Powsey wised me up to Branislav’s work through the comments form here. Although uncredited by IMDB, Branislav was responsible for some of the lovely production designs for the recently released European film, Nocturno. (See my earlier post here.)

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Some fine work on show, [...]

Art & Design in The British Film # 12: Roger Furse

08-Oct-07

Continuing a series about Art Directors in the British film industry up to 1948, when the book containing these articles was published.
This chapter deals with Roger Furse (1903 - 1972)
IMDB reveals that Furse was the son of Lieutenant General Sir William Furse, and that he was educated at Eton and the Slade School of [...]

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