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British production designer (1935–1979)
John Barry
Born (1935-07-03 ) 3 July 1935London, England
Died 1 June 1979(1979-06-01) (aged 43)London, England
Occupation(s)
Production designer , writer
John Barry (3 July 1935 – 1 June 1979) was a British film
production designer , known for his work on
Star Wars , for which he received the
Academy Award for Best Art Direction .
Career
Born in
London on 3 July 1935,
[1] Barry worked as an architect with experience in stage design. He entered the film business as a draughtsman on the epic
Elizabeth Taylor film
Cleopatra in 1963.
[2]
[3] He went on to assist art director
Elliot Scott on the 1960s spy television series
Danger Man , which starred
Patrick McGoohan .
[3] His first project as art director was on the 1968 film
Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher .
Barry then became production designer on the
Clint Eastwood action film
Kelly's Heroes in 1970. Barry was offered the job of designer by
Stanley Kubrick for his never-completed film Napoleon , working on the project for a week. Kubrick hired him again as production designer on
A Clockwork Orange in 1971.
[3] He was production designer on the 1973 science fiction film
Phase IV .
Barry worked on the fantasy musical
The Little Prince in 1974. Following a recommendation from Scott,
George Lucas travelled to
Mexico where Barry was working on
Lucky Lady and hired him as production designer for Star Wars . Barry thought the allotted time of seven months to design and build the film's sets was just enough and he took the job.
[3]
Barry later worked on
Alexander Salkind 's
Superman and
Superman II . Following these box office hits Barry was given the chance to direct his own project, the science fiction film
Saturn 3 . During filming, Barry fell out with the movie's star
Kirk Douglas and was replaced by
Stanley Donen .
Barry was soon hired by
George Lucas as a second unit director on
The Empire Strikes Back .
[4] On 31 May 1979, two weeks into filming, he collapsed on-set and was hospitalized with a 104-degree temperature. He died on 1 June from
meningitis . His memorial was held on 11 June at St Paul's Church,
Grove Park, Hounslow , London; Barry was cremated that day.
[5]
References
Footnotes
Bibliography
Arnold, Alan (1980). Once Upon A Galaxy: A Journal of the Making of The Empire Strikes Back .
Ballantine Books .
Rinzler, J. W. (2007). The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film .
Ebury Press .
ISBN
978-0-09-192499-7 .
Rinzler, J. W. (2010). The Making of the Empire Strikes Back . London:
Aurum Press Ltd.
External links
1927–1939 Interior Decoration 1940–1946 Black & White / Color separate
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 Art Direction - Set Decoration Black & White / Color separate
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 Black & White / Color separate
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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