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.

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 (1936 film) → The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film) →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Art Direction → Academy Honorary Award →
awardReceivedFor	Gone with the Wind → Tempest (1928 film) → The Dove (1927 film) →
birthName	William Cameron Menzies →
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 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 (1938 film) → The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film) → Things to Come →
occupation	art director → film director → film producer → production designer →
placeOfBirth	New Haven, Connecticut, United States →
placeOfDeath	Hollywood, California, United States →
servedIn	United States Army →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film) →	artDirectionBy
William Cameron Menzies →	birthName
The Shape of Things to Come →	filmAdaptationDirector
The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film) →	setDesigner