Cedric Gibbons
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Cedric Gibbons was a prominent Irish-American art director and production designer at MGM, renowned for shaping the visual style of classic Hollywood films and for designing the Oscar statuette.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Austin Cedric Gibbons | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish-American
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art director ⓘ person ⓘ production designer ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
Hollywood Golden Age
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surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
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| awardReceived | Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Ireland ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1893-03-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1960-07-26 ⓘ |
| designed |
Academy Awards statuette
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surface form:
Academy Award statuette
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| employer |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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surface form:
MGM
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| employerRole | head of art department at MGM ⓘ |
| familyName | Gibbons ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
art direction
ⓘ
film production design ⓘ |
| fullName |
Cedric Gibbons
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Austin Cedric Gibbons
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| genre | Hollywood cinema ⓘ |
| givenName |
Austin
NERFINISHED
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Cedric ⓘ |
| heritage | Irish ⓘ |
| industry | film industry ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hollywood production design standards
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studio-era art direction practices ⓘ |
| knownFor |
designing the Oscar statuette
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shaping the visual style of classic Hollywood films ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| nationality | Irish-American ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | original design of the Academy Award of Merit statuette ⓘ |
| notableEmployerEra | classic Hollywood era ⓘ |
| occupation |
art director
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film set designer ⓘ production designer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Dublin ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Los Angeles ⓘ |
| residence |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
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| spouse |
Dolores del Río
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Hazel Brooks ⓘ |
| workedForStudio | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Hollywood
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Los Angeles ⓘ |
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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
this entity surface form:
Austin Cedric Gibbons