Related Research Articles
The 51st Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1978 and took place on April 9, 1979, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, beginning at 7:00 p.m. PST / 10:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards in 23 categories. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Jack Haley Jr. and directed by Marty Pasetta. Comedian and talk show host Johnny Carson hosted the show for the first time. Three days earlier, in a ceremony held at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by hosts Gregory Peck and Christopher Reeve.
John Myhre is an American production designer who has been working in Hollywood since the late 1980s.
A. Roland Fields was an American art director. He won an Academy Award and was nominated for another two in the category Best Art Direction. He worked on 39 films between 1942 and 1951.
Howard Bristol was an American set decorator. He was nominated for nine Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. He worked on 56 films between 1936 and 1968.
Urie McCleary was an American art director. He won two Academy Awards and was nominated for four more in the category Best Art Direction. He was born in Arkansas and died in Los Angeles, California.
Victor A. Gangelin was an American feature film and television set decorator. He won an Oscar for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color for West Side Story (1961). Gangelin was also nominated for another Oscar for Best Art Direction-Interior Direction, Black-and-White for Since You Went Away (1944).
Frank E. Hughes was an American set decorator. He won an Academy Award and was nominated for another in the category Best Art Direction.
Henry Grace was an American set decorator. He won an Oscar and was nominated for twelve more in the category Best Art Direction. As an actor, he had a role as Dwight D. Eisenhower, whom he strongly resembled, in The Longest Day.
Malcolm Brown was an American art director. He won an Oscar and was nominated for another in the category Best Art Direction.
Vernon Dixon was a British set decorator. He won three Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction.
Gil Parrondo RicoOAXS was a Spanish art director, set decorator and production designer. He won two Academy Awards and was nominated for another in the category of Best Art Direction.
George Gaines was an American set decorator. He worked on films such as American Gigolo and The Big Chill. He won two Academy Awards and was nominated for another two in the category Best Art Direction.
Marvin March was an American set decorator. He has been nominated for five Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. March died on October 28, 2022.
Ian Roy Whittaker was a British set decorator and actor. He won an Academy Award and was nominated three more times in the category Best Art Direction.
Michael Seirton is a British set decorator. He has won an Academy Award and has been nominated for another in the category Best Art Direction. He worked on more than 30 films.
Rick Simpson is an American set decorator. He won an Academy Award and was nominated for another in the category Best Art Direction.
Christopher Boyes is an American sound engineer. He has won four Academy Awards and has been nominated for another eleven. He has worked on more than 100 films since 1991.
Grant Major is an art director from New Zealand who is most famous for his work on The Lord of the Rings films. He won an Oscar for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
The Luna Awards are awards given annually by the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP) to recognize the outstanding achievements of the Filipino film industry. The first awards were presented in 1983 in Pasay. It is considered to be the Philippine counterpart of the Oscars. It used to be known as the FAP Awards until in 2005 when it got its current name. Since 2007, the Academy started holding simple awards ceremonies due to lack of government funding and reduction of its share from MMFF earnings. This also caused some delays for ceremony scheduling.
References
- ↑ "The 53rd Academy Awards (1981) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
- ↑ "The 59th Academy Awards (1987) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Archived from the original on November 9, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
- ↑ May 1959 Wycombiensian RGS High Wycombe School Magazine Archived July 18, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
