Ray Simm

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Ray Simm
OccupationArt director
Years active1947-1976 (film)

Ray Simm was a British art director. [1] [2] He was nominated three times for the BAFTA Award for Best Production Design for The Slipper and the Rose , The Wrong Box and Darling , for which he won. [3] [4] [5]

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  1. Gallagher p.537
  2. "Ray Simm". BFI. Archived from the original on 18 May 2017.
  3. "1977 Film Production Design | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org.
  4. "BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org.
  5. "BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org.

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