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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 (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.
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 (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.
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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.
Jan 5, 2016 · William Cameron Menzies’ grand designs changed the visual landscape of cinema. He was a budding young art director when he created the stunning, elaborate designs for Douglas Fairbanks’...
THE GARDEN OF EDEN. With his landmark design of Douglas Fairbanks’ The Thief of Bagdad, WILLIAM CAMERON MENZIES (1896-1957) became Hollywood’s most famous art director.
Nov 23, 2010 · William Cameron Menzies (1896–1957), however, was a towering figure in the history of film, if not as a director, then as an art director. I would argue that he crossed the line into auteurism, even while working for major directors like Walsh, Dwan, Lubitsch, Borzage, Griffith, Hawks, and Hitchcock.
William Cameron Menzies was born in New Haven, Connecticut on 29 July 1896 to Scots immigrant parents. He studied at Yale and the University of Edinburgh, and after serving in the US Army during World War I he attended the New York Art Student League, then joined Famous Players-Lasky (later to evolve into Paramount) working in special effects ...
