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Cedric Gibbons Biography

Birth Name:Austin Cedric Gibbons

Birth Place:Dublin, Ireland

Profession Art director, Art department, Set decorator, Director, Actor, Production designer

Fast Facts

Inducted into the Art Directors Hall of Fame in 2006 along with John Box, Hans Dreier, Jan Scott and Alexandre Trauner
One of the 36 founding members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Worked as an architect alongside his father before delving into Hollywood motion pictures which proved to be the training needed to perfect his keen sense of quality and grandeur for future projects
Quote: "When I find things I like, I see no reason to change them․ Except women․"
Began working in the entertainment industry as an art director for Sam Goldwyn prior to Goldwyn's merger with Louis Mayer's company in 1924 to create MGM Studios
Worked with MGM Studio the entire length of his decades-long career and no one else
Credited in over 1,500 MGM films, per his employment contract with the studio
Takes credit for the initial design of the original Oscar statuette that made its debut in 1928
Uncle to famed ZZ Top guitarist and vocalist, Billy F․ Gibbons
His art-deco architecture style won over industry insiders as being the most modern and expensive-looking sets in Hollywood

Awards

1930Oscar-Best Art Direction: winner
1934Oscar-Best Art Direction: nominated
1935Oscar-Best Art Direction: winner
1937Oscar-Best Art Direction: nominated
1937Oscar-Best Art Direction: nominated
1938Oscar-Best Art Direction: nominated
1939Oscar-Best Art Direction: nominated
1940Oscar-Best Art Direction: nominated
1941Oscar-Best Art Direction, Color: nominated
1941Oscar-Best Art Direction, Black-and-White: winner
1942Oscar-Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White: nominated
1942Oscar-Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color: winner
1943Oscar-Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White: nominated
1944Oscar-Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White: nominated
1944Oscar-Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color: nominated
1945Oscar-Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White: winner
1945Oscar-Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color: nominated
1946Oscar-Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color: nominated
1946Oscar-Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White: nominated
1947Oscar-Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color: winner
1950Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color: winner
1950Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White: nominated
1951Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White: nominated
1951Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color: nominated
1952Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White: nominated
1952Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color: nominated
1952Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color: winner
1953Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color: nominated
1953Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White: winner
1954Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White: winner
1954Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color: nominated
1954Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color: nominated
1954Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color: nominated
1955Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White: nominated
1955Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color: nominated
1956Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White: nominated
1956Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White: nominated
1957Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color: nominated
1957Oscar-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White: winner