John Hughes (May 23, 1882 – October 2, 1954) was an American art director. He was nominated for three Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction.[1] He worked on more than 90 films between 1921 and 1951. He was born in Missouri and died in Los Angeles, California.
John Hughes | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 23, 1882 |
| Died | October 2, 1954 (aged 72) |
| Occupation | Art director |
| Years active | 1921–1951 |
Selected filmography
edit- Passion Fruit (1921)
- Youth to Youth (1922)
- June Madness (1922)
- Desire (1923)
- A Boy of Flanders (1924)
- Little Robinson Crusoe (1924)
- A Fool's Awakening (1924)
- The Marriage Whirl (1925)
- The Cruise of the Jasper B (1926)
- The Girl in the Glass Cage (1929)
- Weary River (1929)
- The Naughty Flirt (1930)
- Misbehaving Ladies (1931)
- Party Husband (1931)
- The Reckless Hour (1931)
- The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932)
- Sherlock Holmes (1932)
- Midnight Alibi (1934)
- Harold Teen (1934)
- The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)
- Kansas City Princess (1934)
- Go Into Your Dance (1935)
- The Petrified Forest (1936)
- The Dawn Patrol (1938)
- Daughters Courageous (1939)
- No Time for Comedy (1940)
- They Drive by Night (1940)
- Castle on the Hudson (1940)
- They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
- The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)
- Hotel Berlin (1945)
- God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)
- Escape in the Desert (1945)
- Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
- Cinderella Jones (1946)
- Night and Day (1946)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
- Look for the Silver Lining (1949)
- One Last Fling (1949)
- The Thing from Another World (1951)
Awards
editHughes was nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Art Direction:
- Sergeant York (1941)[2]
- This Is the Army (1943)[3]
- The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)[4]
References
edit- ^ "John Hughes". theoscarsite.com. Archived from the original on December 3, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
- ^ "The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
- ^ "The 16th Academy Awards (1944) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
- ^ "The 17th Academy Awards (1945) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 14, 2011.
External links
edit- John Hughes at IMDb
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