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William Cameron Menzies

Age: 60 | From: New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Person Details

Birthday: 1896-07-29 04:14:04

Death: 1957-03-05 04:14:04

Aliases: Wiliam C. Menzies , William C. Menzies , William Menzies , Wm. Cameron Menzies

Gender: Male

Place of birth: New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Movie Involvements: 90

TV Involvements: 2

Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Cameron Menzies (July 29, 1896 – March 5, 1957) was an Academy Award-winning American film production designer (a job title he invented) and art director who also worked as a director, producer, and screenwriter during a career spanning five decades. He earned acclaim for his work in silent movies, and later pioneered the use of color in film for dramatic effect. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Cameron Menzies, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2010	Himself	Empire 2010-06-18 Movie
1940	Self	Cavalcade of the Academy Awards 1940-07-31 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1956	Associate Producer	Around the World in Eighty Days 1956-10-17 Movie
1949	Producer	Reign of Terror 1949-10-15 Movie
1947	Producer	Ivy 1947-06-26 Movie
1944	Producer	Address Unknown 1944-06-01 Movie
1940	Associate Producer	The Thief of Bagdad 1940-12-25 Movie
1939	Production Designer	Made for Each Other 1939-02-10 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1954	Director	The Halls of Ivy 1954-10-19 TV Show
	Director	Autumn in Rome 1954-05-10 Movie
1953	Director	The Maze 1953-07-26 Movie
	Director	Invaders from Mars 1953-04-22 Movie
1952	Director	Four Star Playhouse 1952-09-25 TV Show
	Co-Director	The Narrow Margin 1952-05-03 Movie
1951	Director	The Whip Hand 1951-10-01 Movie
	Director	Drums in the Deep South 1951-09-01 Movie
1946	Co-Director	Duel in the Sun 1946-12-31 Movie
	Co-Director	Deadline at Dawn 1946-03-18 Movie
1944	Director	Address Unknown 1944-06-01 Movie
1937	Director	The Green Cockatoo 1937-12-01 Movie
1936	Director	Things to Come 1936-03-31 Movie
1934	Director	The Notorious Sophie Lang 1934-07-20 Movie
	Director	Wharf Angel 1934-03-15 Movie
1933	Director	I Loved You Wednesday 1933-06-15 Movie
1932	Director	Chandu the Magician 1932-08-04 Movie
	Director	Almost Married 1932-07-17 Movie
1931	Director	The Spider 1931-09-23 Movie
	Director	Always Goodbye 1931-05-24 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Art

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1953	Production Design	The Maze 1953-07-26 Movie
	Production Design	Invaders from Mars 1953-04-22 Movie
1952	Production Design	Androcles and the Lion 1952-12-01 Movie
	Art Direction	The Queen of Sheba 1952-11-06 Movie
1951	Production Design	Drums in the Deep South 1951-09-01 Movie
1946	Art Direction	It's a Wonderful Life 1946-12-20 Movie
1943	Production Design	For Whom the Bell Tolls 1943-07-12 Movie
	Production Design	Mr. Lucky 1943-07-01 Movie
1942	Production Design	The Pride of the Yankees 1942-07-14 Movie
	Production Design	Kings Row 1942-02-02 Movie
1941	Production Design	The Devil and Miss Jones 1941-04-11 Movie
	Production Design	So Ends Our Night 1941-02-27 Movie
1940	Production Design	Our Town 1940-05-24 Movie
1939	Production Design	Gone with the Wind 1939-12-15 Movie
1938	Production Design	The Young in Heart 1938-07-06 Movie
1933	Art Direction	Alice in Wonderland 1933-12-18 Movie
1930	Production Design	Reaching for the Moon 1930-12-29 Movie
	Settings	Abraham Lincoln 1930-11-08 Movie
	Art Direction	Du Barry, Woman of Passion 1930-10-10 Movie
	Art Direction	Raffles 1930-07-11 Movie
	Art Direction	The Bad One 1930-05-03 Movie
	Settings	One Romantic Night 1930-04-30 Movie
	Settings	Be Yourself! 1930-02-07 Movie
1929	Set Decoration	New York Nights 1929-12-28 Movie
	Set Designer	The Locked Door 1929-11-16 Movie
	Art Direction	Condemned 1929-11-03 Movie
	Settings	Bulldog Drummond 1929-05-02 Movie
	Art Direction	Alibi 1929-04-20 Movie
	Art Direction	The Iron Mask 1929-02-21 Movie
	Art Direction	The Rescue 1929-01-12 Movie
1928	Art Direction	The Awakening 1928-11-17 Movie
	Art Direction	The Woman Disputed 1928-09-01 Movie
	Art Direction	Tempest 1928-05-27 Movie
	Art Direction	The Garden of Eden 1928-02-04 Movie
	Art Direction	What Price Beauty? 1928-01-22 Movie
	Art Direction	Sadie Thompson 1928-01-07 Movie
	Art Direction	The Love of Zero 1928-01-01 Movie
1927	Art Direction	The Dove 1927-12-31 Movie
	Art Direction	Sorrell and Son 1927-12-02 Movie
	Art Direction	Breakfast at Sunrise 1927-10-23 Movie
	Art Direction	Two Arabian Knights 1927-09-23 Movie
	Art Direction	Camille 1927-09-04 Movie
	Art Direction	Venus of Venice 1927-03-20 Movie
	Art Direction	The Beloved Rogue 1927-03-12 Movie
1926	Art Direction	The Duchess of Buffalo 1926-09-04 Movie
	Art Direction	Fig Leaves 1926-08-22 Movie
	Art Direction	Kiki 1926-04-04 Movie
	Art Direction	The Bat 1926-03-14 Movie
1925	Set Decoration	The Eagle 1925-11-08 Movie
	Art Direction	The Dark Angel 1925-09-27 Movie
	Art Direction	Her Sister from Paris 1925-08-01 Movie
	Art Direction	The Lady 1925-02-08 Movie
	Art Direction	Learning to Love 1925-01-25 Movie
	Art Direction	Cobra 1925-01-02 Movie
1924	Art Direction	The Only Woman 1924-10-25 Movie
	Production Design	The Thief of Bagdad 1924-03-18 Movie
	Art Direction	The Thief of Bagdad 1924-03-18 Movie
1923	Art Direction	Rosita 1923-09-03 Movie
1922	Art Direction	Kindred of the Dust 1922-02-27 Movie
1920	Art Direction	The Deep Purple 1920-05-02 Movie
	Art Direction	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1920-03-18 Movie
1919	Art Direction	The Misleading Widow 1919-09-07 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv