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Cedric Gibbons: Biography

  • Birth Place: Dublin, Ireland
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: March 23, Aries
  • Date of Death: 07/26/1960
  • Profession: Art director
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Cedric Gibbons Fast Facts:
  • Artist who went to work at Edison Studios in 1915 as an assistant.
  • Became art director for Sam Goldwyn in 1918 and subsequently for Goldwyn's MGM Studios in 1924.
  • His only director's credit is as co-director with Jack Conway for Tarzan and His Mate (1934), a film famous for its stars' revealing costumes.
  • One of the founding members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and designed the Academy Award statuette that has become known as Oscar.
  • Credited on nearly 1,500 MGM films, due in part to the fact that his contract stipulated that he be listed as art director on every MGM film made in the United States.
  • Cedric Gibbons Relationships:
  • Austin Gibbons - Father
  • Dolores Del Río - Ex-wife
  • Hazel Brooks - Wife
  • Veronica Gibbons - Mother
  • Cedric Gibbons Awards:
  • 1929 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction - Winner
  • 1941 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Nominee
  • 1944 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Winner
  • 1933 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction - Nominee
  • 1934 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction - Winner
  • 1936 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction - Nominee
  • 1936 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction - Nominee
  • 1937 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction - Nominee
  • 1938 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction - Nominee
  • 1939 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction - Nominee
  • 1940 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Winner
  • 1940 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Color) - Nominee
  • 1941 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Color) - Winner
  • 1942 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Nominee
  • 1943 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Nominee
  • 1943 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Color) - Nominee
  • 1944 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Color) - Nominee
  • 1945 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Nominee
  • 1945 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Color) - Nominee
  • 1946 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction - Winner
  • 1949 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Nominee
  • 1949 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Color) - Winner
  • 1950 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Nominee
  • 1950 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Color) - Nominee
  • 1951 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Nominee
  • 1951 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Color) - Nominee
  • 1951 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Color) - Winner
  • 1952 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Winner
  • 1952 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Color) - Nominee
  • 1953 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Winner
  • 1953 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Color) - Nominee
  • 1953 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Color) - Nominee
  • 1953 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Color) - Nominee
  • 1954 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Nominee
  • 1954 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Color) - Nominee
  • 1955 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Nominee
  • 1955 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Nominee
  • 1956 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Black-and-White) - Winner
  • 1956 Oscar: Best Achievement in Art Direction (Color) - Nominee
  • College:
  • Art Students League, New York, NY
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