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William Cameron Menzies (July 29, 1896 – March 5, 1957) was an American film production designer (a job title he invented) and art director as well as a film director and producer during a career spanning five decades.
William Cameron Menzies. Second Unit or Assistant Director: Gone with the Wind. William Cameron Menzies was educated at Yale University, the University of Edinburgh and at the Art Students League in New York.
William Cameron Menzies. Second Unit or Assistant Director: Gone with the Wind. William Cameron Menzies was educated at Yale University, the University of Edinburgh and at the Art Students League in New York. He entered the film industry in 1919, after serving with the U.S. Expeditionary Forces in World War I.
William Cameron Menzies (born July 29, 1896, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.—died March 5, 1957, Beverly Hills, California) was an American set designer, one of the most influential in filmmaking, whose work on The Dove (1927) and The Tempest (1928) won the first Academy Award for art direction.
Feb 4, 2016 · In my efforts to write the first book about William Cameron Menzies, the man who introduced the concept of production design to American films, I found the two most comprehensive archives to be those of the Menzies family and the Harry Ransom Center.
Jun 11, 2018 · William Cameron Menzies set the Hollywood standard for designing sumptuous movie panoramas. In epics such as Gone with the Wind and fantasies such as The Thief of Baghdad, studios relied on the visual wizardry of Menzies, whose prestige derived from his uncanny eye for movie visuals.
William Cameron Menzies (July 29, 1896 – March 5, 1957) was an Academy Award-winning American film production designer (a job title he invented) and art director who also worked as a director, producer, and screenwriter during a career spanning five decades.
