Cedric Gibbons

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Birth Name: Austin Cedric Gibbons

Born: 23 March 1893 Died: 26 July 1960

Country of origin: Ireland

Height: 6' 0"

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About: After graduating from New York's Art Students League he worked for his architect father, then started film work at Edison Studios in 1915 assisting Hugo Ballin. In 1918 he moved to Goldwyn as art director and, in 1924, began his 32 year stint as supervising art director for some 1500 MGM films, with direct responsibility in well over 150 of those. He designed the Oscar itself, winning it 11 of the 37 times he was nominated for it. Some of his designs influenced American interiors, and it has bee ... (more)

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