George Hopkins
Born George James Hopkins
(1896-03-23 ) March 23, 1896Died February 11, 1985(1985-02-11) (aged 88) Occupation(s) Set designer, playwright and production designer Years active 1917-1975 Parent Una Nixson Hopkins
George James Hopkins (March 23, 1896 – February 11, 1985) was an American set designer, playwright and production designer.
1917 Jan 5 Los Angeles Evening Express ad for world premiere of The Play of Everyman with sets and costumes designed by 20-year-old Hopkins Hopkins was a native of Pasadena, California ; his mother Una Nixson Hopkins was a magazine writer and an art director on at least a dozen silent films. Hopkins got his start designing scenery on stage after studying design in college. He moved to films in 1917, working as an art director for various studios. During his long career, Hopkins was nominated for thirteen Academy Awards and won four.
Connection to the murder of William Desmond Taylor [ edit ] Hopkins had a professional and intimate relationship with silent film director William Desmond Taylor [citation?] , whose unsolved murder was one of early Hollywood's biggest scandals.
On the 1922 morning that Taylor's body was found, Charles Eyton instructed Hopkins to remove a basket of documents from the murder scene, and Hopkins obeyed. Hopkins' unpublished 1981 autobiography, Caught in the Act , was used as a major source for Charles Higham 's book on the Taylor murder.[ 1]
Filmography as Art Director [ edit ] Over the course of his career, Hopkins was nominated 13 times for an Academy Award, all in the category of Art Direction. Today, the award is named Best Production Design , but during the 1940s and 1950s, this award recognized both Art Directors and Set Decorators with the same award. Also, prior to 1967, the Art Direction category was typically separated into different categories, one containing only Color films and the other with only Black-and-White films (the exceptions being 1957 and 1958).
Wins Nominations
1927–1939 1940–1946 1940 (bw): Cedric Gibbons , Paul Groesse / (c): Vincent Korda 1941 (bw): Richard Day , Nathan Juran , Thomas Little / (c): Cedric Gibbons , Urie McCleary , Edwin B. Willis 1942 (bw): Richard Day , Joseph C. Wright , Thomas Little / (c): Richard Day , Joseph C. Wright , Thomas Little 1943 (bw): James Basevi , William S. Darling , Thomas Little / (c): Alexander Golitzen , John B. Goodman , Russell A. Gausman , Ira S. Webb 1944 (bw): Cedric Gibbons , William Ferrari , Paul Huldschinsky , Edwin B. Willis / (c): Wiard Ihnen , Thomas Little 1945 (bw): Wiard Ihnen , A. Roland Fields / (c): Hans Dreier , Ernst Fegté , Samuel M. Comer 1946 (bw): William S. Darling , Lyle R. Wheeler , Thomas Little , Frank E. Hughes / (c): Cedric Gibbons , Paul Groesse , Edwin B. Willis 1947–1956 renamed 1947 (bw): John Bryan , Wilfred Shingleton / (c): Alfred Junge 1948 (bw): Roger K. Furse , Carmen Dillon / (c): Hein Heckroth , Arthur Lawson 1949 (bw): Harry Horner , John Meehan , Emile Kuri / (c): Cedric Gibbons , Paul Groesse , Edwin B. Willis , Jack D. Moore 1950 (bw): Hans Dreier , John Meehan , Samuel M. Comer , Ray Moyer / (c): Hans Dreier , Walter Tyler , Samuel M. Comer , Ray Moyer 1951 (bw): Richard Day , George James Hopkins / (c): Cedric Gibbons , E. Preston Ames , Edwin B. Willis , F. Keogh Gleason 1952 (bw): Cedric Gibbons , Edward Carfagno , Edwin B. Willis , F. Keogh Gleason /(c): Paul Sheriff , Marcel Vertès 1953 (bw): Cedric Gibbons , Edward Carfagno , Edwin B. Willis , Hugh Hunt / (c): Lyle R. Wheeler , George Davis , Walter M. Scott , Paul S. Fox 1954 (bw): Richard Day / (c): John Meehan , Emile Kuri 1955 (bw): Hal Pereira , Tambi Larsen , Samuel M. Comer , Arthur Krams / (c): William Flannery , Jo Mielziner , Robert Priestley 1956 (bw): Cedric Gibbons , Malcolm F. Brown , Edwin B. Willis , F. Keogh Gleason / (c): Lyle R. Wheeler , John DeCuir , Walter M. Scott , Paul S. Fox 1957–1958 1959–1966 1959 (bw): Lyle R. Wheeler , George Davis , Walter M. Scott , Stuart A. Reiss / (c): William A. Horning (posthumous award ), Edward Carfagno , Hugh Hunt 1960 (bw): Alexandre Trauner , Edward G. Boyle /(c): Alexander Golitzen , Eric Orbom (posthumous award ), Russell A. Gausman , Julia Heron 1961 (bw): Harry Horner , Gene Callahan / (c): Boris Leven , Victor A. Gangelin 1962 (bw): Alexander Golitzen , Henry Bumstead , Oliver Emert /(c): John Box , John Stoll , Dario Simoni 1963 (bw): Gene Callahan / (c): John DeCuir , Jack Martin Smith , Hilyard M. Brown , Herman A. Blumenthal , Elven Webb , Maurice Pelling , Boris Juraga , Walter M. Scott , Paul S. Fox , Ray Moyer 1964 (bw): Vassilis Photopoulos /(c): Gene Allen , Cecil Beaton , George James Hopkins 1965 (bw): Robert Clatworthy , Joseph Kish /(c): John Box , Terence Marsh , Dario Simoni 1966 (bw): Richard Sylbert , George James Hopkins / (c): Jack Martin Smith , Dale Hennesy , Walter M. Scott , Stuart A. Reiss 1967–1980 1967: John Truscott , Edward Carrere , John W. Brown 1968: John Box , Terence Marsh , Vernon Dixon , Ken Muggleston 1969: John DeCuir , Jack Martin Smith , Herman A. Blumenthal , Walter M. Scott , George James Hopkins , Raphaël Bretton 1970: Urie McCleary , Gil Parrondo , Antonio Mateos , Pierre-Louis Thévenet 1971: John Box , Ernest Archer , Jack Maxsted , Gil Parrondo , Vernon Dixon 1972: Rolf Zehetbauer , Jurgen Kiebach , Herbert Strabel 1973: Henry Bumstead , James W. Payne 1974: Dean Tavoularis , Angelo P. Graham , George R. Nelson 1975: Ken Adam , Roy Walker , Vernon Dixon 1976: George C. Jenkins , George Gaines 1977: John Barry , Norman Reynolds , Leslie Dilley , Roger Christian 1978: Paul Sylbert , Edwin O'Donovan , George Gaines 1979: Philip Rosenberg , Tony Walton , Edward Stewart , Gary J. Brink 1980: Pierre Guffroy , Jack Stephens 1981–2000 2001–present
1927–1939 1940–1946 1940 (bw): Cedric Gibbons , Paul Groesse / (c): Vincent Korda 1941 (bw): Richard Day , Nathan Juran , Thomas Little / (c): Cedric Gibbons , Urie McCleary , Edwin B. Willis 1942 (bw): Richard Day , Joseph C. Wright , Thomas Little / (c): Richard Day , Joseph C. Wright , Thomas Little 1943 (bw): James Basevi , William S. Darling , Thomas Little / (c): Alexander Golitzen , John B. Goodman , Russell A. Gausman , Ira S. Webb 1944 (bw): Cedric Gibbons , William Ferrari , Paul Huldschinsky , Edwin B. Willis / (c): Wiard Ihnen , Thomas Little 1945 (bw): Wiard Ihnen , A. Roland Fields / (c): Hans Dreier , Ernst Fegté , Samuel M. Comer 1946 (bw): William S. Darling , Lyle R. Wheeler , Thomas Little , Frank E. Hughes / (c): Cedric Gibbons , Paul Groesse , Edwin B. Willis 1947–1956 renamed 1947 (bw): John Bryan , Wilfred Shingleton / (c): Alfred Junge 1948 (bw): Roger K. Furse , Carmen Dillon / (c): Hein Heckroth , Arthur Lawson 1949 (bw): Harry Horner , John Meehan , Emile Kuri / (c): Cedric Gibbons , Paul Groesse , Edwin B. Willis , Jack D. Moore 1950 (bw): Hans Dreier , John Meehan , Samuel M. Comer , Ray Moyer / (c): Hans Dreier , Walter Tyler , Samuel M. Comer , Ray Moyer 1951 (bw): Richard Day , George James Hopkins / (c): Cedric Gibbons , E. Preston Ames , Edwin B. Willis , F. Keogh Gleason 1952 (bw): Cedric Gibbons , Edward Carfagno , Edwin B. Willis , F. Keogh Gleason /(c): Paul Sheriff , Marcel Vertès 1953 (bw): Cedric Gibbons , Edward Carfagno , Edwin B. Willis , Hugh Hunt / (c): Lyle R. Wheeler , George Davis , Walter M. Scott , Paul S. Fox 1954 (bw): Richard Day / (c): John Meehan , Emile Kuri 1955 (bw): Hal Pereira , Tambi Larsen , Samuel M. Comer , Arthur Krams / (c): William Flannery , Jo Mielziner , Robert Priestley 1956 (bw): Cedric Gibbons , Malcolm F. Brown , Edwin B. Willis , F. Keogh Gleason / (c): Lyle R. Wheeler , John DeCuir , Walter M. Scott , Paul S. Fox 1957–1958 1959–1966 1959 (bw): Lyle R. Wheeler , George Davis , Walter M. Scott , Stuart A. Reiss / (c): William A. Horning (posthumous award ), Edward Carfagno , Hugh Hunt 1960 (bw): Alexandre Trauner , Edward G. Boyle /(c): Alexander Golitzen , Eric Orbom (posthumous award ), Russell A. Gausman , Julia Heron 1961 (bw): Harry Horner , Gene Callahan / (c): Boris Leven , Victor A. Gangelin 1962 (bw): Alexander Golitzen , Henry Bumstead , Oliver Emert /(c): John Box , John Stoll , Dario Simoni 1963 (bw): Gene Callahan / (c): John DeCuir , Jack Martin Smith , Hilyard M. Brown , Herman A. Blumenthal , Elven Webb , Maurice Pelling , Boris Juraga , Walter M. Scott , Paul S. Fox , Ray Moyer 1964 (bw): Vassilis Photopoulos /(c): Gene Allen , Cecil Beaton , George James Hopkins 1965 (bw): Robert Clatworthy , Joseph Kish /(c): John Box , Terence Marsh , Dario Simoni 1966 (bw): Richard Sylbert , George James Hopkins / (c): Jack Martin Smith , Dale Hennesy , Walter M. Scott , Stuart A. Reiss 1967–1980 1967: John Truscott , Edward Carrere , John W. Brown 1968: John Box , Terence Marsh , Vernon Dixon , Ken Muggleston 1969: John DeCuir , Jack Martin Smith , Herman A. Blumenthal , Walter M. Scott , George James Hopkins , Raphaël Bretton 1970: Urie McCleary , Gil Parrondo , Antonio Mateos , Pierre-Louis Thévenet 1971: John Box , Ernest Archer , Jack Maxsted , Gil Parrondo , Vernon Dixon 1972: Rolf Zehetbauer , Jurgen Kiebach , Herbert Strabel 1973: Henry Bumstead , James W. Payne 1974: Dean Tavoularis , Angelo P. Graham , George R. Nelson 1975: Ken Adam , Roy Walker , Vernon Dixon 1976: George C. Jenkins , George Gaines 1977: John Barry , Norman Reynolds , Leslie Dilley , Roger Christian 1978: Paul Sylbert , Edwin O'Donovan , George Gaines 1979: Philip Rosenberg , Tony Walton , Edward Stewart , Gary J. Brink 1980: Pierre Guffroy , Jack Stephens 1981–2000 2001–present
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