William Cameron Menzies

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art director film director film producer human production designer

William Cameron Menzies was a pioneering American film producer, director, and especially influential art director and production designer, renowned for shaping the visual style of early Hollywood cinema.

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William Cameron Menzies canonical 14

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf art director ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
human ⓘ
production designer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1950s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1910s ⓘ
artDirected Gone with the Wind ⓘ
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938 film) ⓘ
The Dove (1927 film) ⓘ
The Garden of Allah (1927 film) ⓘ
surface form: The Garden of Allah (1936 film)

The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
surface form: The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Honorary Academy Award ⓘ
surface form: Academy Honorary Award
awardReceivedFor Gone with the Wind ⓘ
Tempest (1928 film) ⓘ
The Dove (1927 film) ⓘ
birthName William Cameron Menzies self-link ⓘ
causeOfDeath cancer ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1896-07-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1957-03-05 ⓘ
directed Invaders from Mars (1953 film) ⓘ
The Maze (1953 film) ⓘ
The Whip Hand ⓘ
Things to Come ⓘ
educatedAt Art Students League of New York ⓘ
Yale School of Architecture ⓘ
surface form: Yale University School of Fine Arts
familyName Menzies ⓘ
genre historical epic film ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
notableAchievement helped define the visual style of early American cinema ⓘ
pioneered the role of production designer in Hollywood ⓘ
notableWork Gone with the Wind ⓘ
Invaders from Mars (1953 film) ⓘ
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ⓘ
surface form: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938 film)

The Thief of Bagdad ⓘ
surface form: The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)

Things to Come ⓘ
occupation art director ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
production designer ⓘ
placeOfBirth New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ
surface form: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
placeOfDeath Hollywood, California, United States ⓘ
servedIn United States Army ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Thief of Bagdad → artDirectionBy → William Cameron Menzies ⓘ
subject surface form: The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)
The Thief of Bagdad → setDesigner → William Cameron Menzies ⓘ
subject surface form: The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)
The Shape of Things to Come → filmAdaptationDirector → William Cameron Menzies ⓘ
William Cameron Menzies → birthName → William Cameron Menzies self-link ⓘ
Menzies → hasNotableBearer → William Cameron Menzies ⓘ
Invaders from Mars (1953 film) → director → William Cameron Menzies ⓘ
The Whip Hand → director → William Cameron Menzies ⓘ
The Maze (1953 film) → director → William Cameron Menzies ⓘ
The Maze (1953 film) → artDirector → William Cameron Menzies ⓘ
The Dove (1927 film) → artDirectionBy → William Cameron Menzies ⓘ
The Dove (1927 film) → artDirectionAwardedTo → William Cameron Menzies ⓘ
Things to Come → director → William Cameron Menzies ⓘ
Since You Went Away → artDirector → William Cameron Menzies ⓘ
Portrait of Jennie → artDirectionBy → William Cameron Menzies ⓘ