William Cameron Menzies

Personal Info

Know For

Art

Gender

Male

Birthday

1896-07-29 (61 years old)

Deathday

1957-03-05

Place of Birth

New Haven, Connecticut, USA

William Cameron Menzies

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.

Acting

2010

Empire

as Himself

Production

1939

Gone with the Wind

as Production Design

1936

Things to Come

as Director

1946

Duel in the Sun

as Co-Director

1953

1919

The Misleading Widow

as Art Direction

1937

1924

The Thief of Bagdad

as Production Design

1928

Sadie Thompson

as Art Direction

1938

The Young in Heart

as Production Design

1947

Ivy

as Producer

1951

The Whip Hand

as Director

1937

Nothing Sacred

as Second Unit

1953

The Maze

as Director

1932

1928

Tempest

as Art Direction

1929

The Iron Mask

as Art Direction

1927

The Dove

as Art Direction

1944

Address Unknown

as Director

1926

Fig Leaves

as Art Direction

1931

The Spider

as Director

1933

1934

Wharf Angel

as Director

1928

What Price Beauty?

as Art Direction

1925

Her Sister from Paris

as Art Direction

1925

The Eagle

as Set Decoration

1925

Cobra

as Art Direction

1943

Mr. Lucky

as Production Design

1931

Always Goodbye

as Director

1928

The Awakening

as Art Direction

1929

The Rescue

as Art Direction

1930

Raffles

as Art Direction

1929

Condemned!

as Art Direction

1942

The Pride of the Yankees

as Production Design

1922

Kindred of the Dust

as Art Direction

1952

The Narrow Margin

as Co-Director

1946

Deadline at Dawn

as Co-Director

1920

The Deep Purple

as Art Direction

1930

The Bad One

as Art Direction

1923

Rosita

as Art Direction

1954

Autumn in Rome

as Director

1942

Kings Row

as Production Design

1929

The Locked Door

as Set Designer

1927

Two Arabian Knights

as Art Direction

1927

Sorrell and Son

as Art Direction

1925

The Lady

as Art Direction

1933

Alice in Wonderland

as Screenplay

1930

Abraham Lincoln

as Settings

1940

Foreign Correspondent

as Special Effects

1943

For Whom the Bell Tolls

as Production Design

1930

Reaching for the Moon

as Production Design

1952

Androcles and the Lion

as Production Design

1924

The Thief of Bagdad

as Art Direction

1946

It's a Wonderful Life

as Art Direction

1927

The Beloved Rogue

as Art Direction

1936

The Conquest of the Air

as Art Direction

1951

Drums in the Deep South

as Production Design

1956

Around the World in Eighty Days

as Associate Producer

1933

Cavalcade

as Special Effects

1928

The Woman Disputed

as Art Direction

1924

The Only Woman

as Art Direction

1925

Learning to Love

as Art Direction

1926

Kiki

as Art Direction

1927

Camille

as Art Direction

1933

Alice in Wonderland

as Art Direction

1999

Sunshine

as Title Designer

1941

So Ends Our Night

as Production Design

1930

1925

The Dark Angel

as Art Direction

1932

Almost Married

as Director

1952

The Queen of Sheba

as Art Direction

1930

Be Yourself!

as Settings

1939

Made for Each Other

as Production Designer

1928

The Garden of Eden

as Art Direction

1929

New York Nights

as Set Decoration

1949

Reign of Terror

as Producer

1930

1953

Invaders from Mars

as Production Design

1920

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Art Direction

1926

The Duchess of Buffalo

as Art Direction

1927

Breakfast at Sunrise

as Art Direction

1927

Venus of Venice

as Art Direction

1926

The Bat

as Art Direction

1929

Bulldog Drummond

as Settings

1929

Alibi

as Art Direction

1941

The Devil and Miss Jones

as Production Design

1940

The Thief of Bagdad

as Associate Producer

1944

Address Unknown

as Producer

1953

The Maze

as Production Design

1928

The Love of Zero

as Art Direction

1940

Our Town

as Production Design

1918

Innocent

as Art Direction

1921

Scrambled Wives

as Art Direction

1917

The Mark of Cain

as Art Direction

1939

Made for Each Other

as Production Design

1934

Cleopatra

as Other

1921

Serenade

as Art Direction

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