John J. Lloyd Biography

Fast Facts

• Served in the U․S․ Navy during World War II and was stationed in Norman, Okla․, where he instructed airmen on aircraft mechanics and flight theory
• Graduated from the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles after the war
• Earned money as a teenager by washing airplanes at the Culver City airfield in California
• Got his start as the art director on the TV series "Lux Video Theatre" in 1950
• Best known as an art director and production designer who worked on films like "National Lampoon's Animal House," "The Blues Brothers," and "Big Trouble in Little China․"
• Was a pioneer in the use of film-quality art direction for television and TV movies during the early 1950s
• Was the art director on more than 130 episodes of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" between 1956 and 1962
• In addition to his film work, he was also an accomplished architect and designed the dream homes of several of Hollywood's big names