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Geoffrey Drake is a Production Design and Visual Effects Designer

Geoffrey Drake

Geoffrey Drake
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Geoffrey Drake (1911 – 1995) was an English production designer and art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Young Winston.

Best films

The Guns of Navarone (1961)
(Production Design)
Lord Jim (1965)
(Production Design)
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
(Art Direction)

Usually with

Carl Foreman
Carl Foreman
(5 films)
Alan Osbiston
Alan Osbiston
(5 films)
David Miller
David Miller
(2 films)
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Filmography of Geoffrey Drake (15 films)

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Art

Force 10 from Navarone, 1h58
Directed by Guy Hamilton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Robert Shaw, Harrison Ford, Edward Fox, Barbara Bach, Carl Weathers, Franco Nero
Roles Production Design
Rating63% 3.1984453.1984453.1984453.1984453.198445
In 1943, after their successful mission on the Greek island of Navarone, Major Keith Mallory (Robert Shaw) and Sergeant Miller (Edward Fox) are sent to find and kill Nicolai. Originally thought to be a traitor who informed the Germans about Miller and Mallory during the Navarone mission, Nicolai is now known to be Colonel von Ingorslebon, a dedicated German spy believed to have infiltrated the Yugoslav Partisans as "Captain Lescovar" (Franco Nero).
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, 1h53
Directed by Sam Wanamaker, Ray Harryhausen
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Transport films, Children's films
Actors Patrick Wayne, Taryn Power, Jane Seymour, Patrick Troughton, Nadim Sawalha, Damien Thomas
Roles Production Design
Rating64% 3.201643.201643.201643.201643.20164
Sinbad (Patrick Wayne), sailor and Prince of Baghdad, moors at Charak, intent on seeking permission from Prince Kassim to marry Kassim's sister, Princess Farah (Jane Seymour). He quickly gets used to the city and its people, but finds it under curfew. When he shelters in a nearby tent, a witch (whom the audience later learns is Zenobia) summons a trio of ghouls, which emerge from a fire. Sinbad disposes of the ghouls. Meanwhile, Farah and Kassim's evil stepmother, Zenobia (Margaret Whiting), turn Kassim into a baboon (one of Harryhausen's stop-motion creations) just as he was going to be crowned caliph. If Kassim cannot regain his human form within seven moons, then Zenobia's son Rafi will be caliph instead.
The Internecine Project, 1h29
Directed by Ken Hughes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors James Coburn, Lee Grant, Harry Andrews, Ian Hendry, Michael Jayston, Keenan Wynn
Roles Production Design
Rating61% 3.099223.099223.099223.099223.09922
Ancien agent secret, le Pr Elliot tient à assoir son autorité dans le monde de la finance. Mais quatre personnes sont témoins de ses activités douteuses. Il décide alors de toutes les supprimer...
Young Winston, 2h37
Directed by Richard Attenborough, Brian W. Cook
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films
Actors Simon Ward, Robert Shaw, Jack Hawkins, Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins, Ian Holm
Roles Production Design
Rating66% 3.3452553.3452553.3452553.3452553.345255
Le scenario est largement inspiré du livre de Winston Churchill, My Early Life (Mes Aventures de Jeunesse) film raconte la jeunesse du futur Premier Ministre britannique .
Lord Jim
Lord Jim (1965)
, 2h34
Directed by Richard Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Peter O'Toole, James Mason, Curd Jürgens, Eli Wallach, Jack Hawkins, Paul Lukas
Roles Production Design
Rating66% 3.3490053.3490053.3490053.3490053.349005
Jim (Peter O'Toole) is a promising young English merchant seaman who rises to first officer under Captain Marlow (Jack Hawkins). However, Jim is injured and left at Java. When he is fit again, he signs on with the first available ship, a dilapidated freighter called the S.S. Patna, crammed with hundreds of Muslims on pilgrimage to Mecca. When a storm threatens the leaking ship, the crew panics and takes to the lifeboats without a thought for their passengers; Jim in a moment of weakness joins them.
Jason and the Argonauts, 1h45
Directed by Don Chaffey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Peplum
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Seafaring films, Films based on mythology, Poésie, Transport films, Films about dragons, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology, Adaptation d'un poème, Dans la Grèce mythologique, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology
Actors Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Honor Blackman, Gary Raymond, Laurence Naismith, Nigel Green
Roles Production Design
Rating72% 3.6487153.6487153.6487153.6487153.648715
Pelias (Douglas Wilmer), misinterpreting the prophecy given to him by the god Zeus (Niall MacGinnis), usurps the throne of Thessaly by killing King Aristo and most of his family. The infant Jason is spirited out by one of Aristo's soldiers. Pelias encounters one of the king's daughters, Briseis (Davinia Taylor), seeking sanctuary in the temple of the goddess Hera (Honor Blackman) and slays her. Because the murder has profaned her temple, the angry Hera becomes Jason's protector. She, disguised as the high Priestess, warns Pelias to beware of a man wearing one sandal.
The Victors, 2h55
Directed by Carl Foreman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors George Peppard, Romy Schneider, Albert Finney, Vince Edwards, George Hamilton, Melina Mercouri
Roles Production Design
Rating68% 3.443523.443523.443523.443523.44352
La guerre ne fait aucun vainqueurs, seulement des survivants. La tuerie détruit autant ceux qui tuent que ceux qui sont tués ; parce qu'elle assassine la décence, le respect de soi-même et finalement la vie elle-même. L'histoire suit les pas d'un bataillon de jeunes soldats américains aux premiers jours de la Bataille d'Angleterre, à travers les violents combats en Italie et en France, jusqu'à la paix difficile, à Berlin.
The Guns of Navarone, 2h30
Directed by Alexander Mackendrick, J. Lee Thompson, Peter Yates
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, La bataille de l'Atlantique, Political films
Actors Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, James Robertson Justice, Anthony Quayle, Stanley Baker
Roles Production Design
Rating74% 3.7484153.7484153.7484153.7484153.748415
In 1943, the Axis powers plan an assault on the island of Keros — where 2,000 British soldiers are marooned — to bully neutral Turkey into joining them with a display of their military strength. Rescue by the Royal Navy is prevented by two massive radar-directed superguns on the nearby island of Navarone. When aerial bombing efforts fail, Allied Intelligence gathers a team of commandos to infiltrate Navarone and destroy the guns. Led by Major Roy Franklin (Anthony Quayle), the team is composed of Captain Keith Mallory (Gregory Peck), a renowned spy and mountaineer; Colonel Andrea Stavrou (Anthony Quinn) from the defeated Greek army; Franklin's best friend Corporal Miller (David Niven), an explosives expert and former chemistry teacher; Greco-American Spyros Pappadimos (James Darren), a native of Navarone; and "Butcher" Brown (Stanley Baker), an engineer and expert knife fighter.
The Mouse That Roared, 1h18
Directed by Jack Arnold
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Historical
Themes Monde imaginaire, Political films
Actors Peter Sellers, Jean Seberg, William Hartnell, Leo McKern, Timothy Bateson, Georg Thomalla
Roles Art Direction
Rating68% 3.4461453.4461453.4461453.4461453.446145
The minuscule European duchy of Grand Fenwick is bankrupted when an American company comes up with a cheaper imitation of Fenwick's sole export, its fabled Pinot Grand Fenwick wine. Crafty prime minister Count Mountjoy (Peter Sellers) comes up with a plan: Grand Fenwick will declare war on the United States, then surrender, taking advantage of American largesse toward its defeated enemies to rebuild the nation's economy. Grand Duchess Gloriana (also Sellers) is hesitant, but agrees to the plan. Mild-mannered game warden Tully Bascome (also Sellers) is charged as Field Marshal to lead the Fenwick troops, aided by sergeant Will Buckley (William Hartnell).
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, 2h38
Directed by Mark Robson, Peter Yates
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography
Themes Children's films
Actors Ingrid Bergman, Curd Jürgens, Robert Donat, Michael David, Richard Wattis, Athene Seyler
Roles Art Direction
Rating71% 3.595833.595833.595833.595833.59583
The story begins with Aylward (Ingrid Bergman) being rejected as a potential missionary to China because of her lack of education. Dr. Robinson (Moultrie Kelsall), the senior missionary, feels sorry for her and secures her a position in the home of a veteran explorer with contacts in China. Over the next few months, Aylward saves her money to purchase a ticket on the Trans-Siberian railway, choosing the more dangerous overland route to the East because it is less expensive.
The Key
The Key (1958)
, 2h14
Directed by Carol Reed
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Political films
Actors William Holden, Sophia Loren, Trevor Howard, Oskar Homolka, Bernard Lee, Kieron Moore
Roles Art Direction
Rating66% 3.342533.342533.342533.342533.34253
American David Ross (William Holden), a former tugboat captain now in the Canadian army, is hastily commissioned in the Royal Navy and assigned to rotating command of W88, a double-crewed rescue tug then in dry dock due to battle damage. His predecessor was a suicide. The slow, poorly armed tugboats bring in "lame ducks," freighters crippled near England by German attacks. The main danger is from U-boats and aircraft.
Moby Dick
Moby Dick (1956)
, 1h55
Directed by John Huston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Cétacé, Films about disabilities, Mise en scène d'un cétacé
Actors Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn, Orson Welles, Ronald Lacey, James Robertson Justice
Roles Production Design
Rating72% 3.6469353.6469353.6469353.6469353.646935
Set in 19th-century New England, the story follows the whaling ship Pequod and its crew. Leading them is Captain Ahab, who was almost killed in an encounter with the "great white whale", Moby Dick. Now he is out for revenge. With the crew that has joined him, Ahab is out to destroy the huge sea mammal, but his obsession with vengeance is so great that he cannot turn back, eventually leading to the death of Ahab and all of his crew, save his newest able seaman, Ishmael.
Beautiful Stranger, 1h29
Directed by David Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors Ginger Rogers, Herbert Lom, Stanley Baker, Jacques Bergerac, Margaret Rawlings, Eddie Byrne
Roles Art Direction
Rating58% 2.9445652.9445652.9445652.9445652.944565
Joan Victor, an actress known as "Johnny" to her friends, is living in Cannes, France, where she and financier Louis Galt plan to marry as soon as he gets a divorce.
Beautiful Stranger, 1h29
Directed by David Miller
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Romance
Actors Ginger Rogers, Herbert Lom, Stanley Baker, Jacques Bergerac, Margaret Rawlings, Eddie Byrne
Roles Art Direction
Rating58% 2.9445652.9445652.9445652.9445652.944565
Une actrice mariée entame une liaison avec un homme qu'elle découvre être un dangereux criminel en cavale.
Curtain Up
Curtain Up (1952)
, 1h21
Directed by Ralph Foster Smart
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Robert Morley, Margaret Rutherford, Kay Kendall, Michael Medwin, Olive Sloane, Charlotte Mitchell
Roles Art Direction
Rating61% 3.0990353.0990353.0990353.0990353.099035
In an English provincial town, 'Drossmouth', a second-rate repertory company assemble at the Theatre Royal on Monday morning to rehearse the following week's play, a melodrama titled Tarnished Gold.