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John DeCuir is a Production Design American born on 4 june 1918 at San Francisco (USA)

John DeCuir

John DeCuir
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Birth name John Francis DeCuir Sr.
Nationality USA
Birth 4 june 1918 at San Francisco (USA)
Death 29 october 1991 (at 73 years) at Santa Monica (USA)

John DeCuir (1918 – 1991) was a Hollywood Art Director and Production Designer known for his elaborate set designs that were illustrated with his own watercolor paintings.

He studied at the Chouinard Art School, joined Universal in the late 1930s, and by the mid-1940s was designing sets. In 1949, he signed with 20th Century Fox where he worked on productions noted for their elaborate sets. At home with dramatic material (such as The House on Telegraph Hill 1951) and musicals (such as There's No Business Like Show Business 1954), DeCuir earned eleven Oscar nominations, winning three: The King and I (1956), Cleopatra (1963), and Hello, Dolly! (1969).

His son, John DeCuir, Jr. is also a production designer.

Biography

John DeCuir fait des études d'art au Chouinard Art Institute à Los Angeles. À la fin des années 1930, il trouve du travail comme illustrateur chez Universal. Pendant une dizaine d'années, il y parfait son travail puis il entre à la Fox. Son talent est bientôt reconnu par plusieurs nominations aux Oscars. Ses plus célèbres productions seront Le Roi et moi et Cléopâtre.

Une de ses rares productions pour la télévision lui vaudra un Emmy Award.

Best films

Ghostbusters (1984)
(Production Design)
Cleopatra (1963)
(Production Design)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
(Set Designer)

Usually with

Leon Shamroy
Leon Shamroy
(3 films)
Ben Nye
Ben Nye
(4 films)
Lyle Wheeler
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(4 films)
Elven Webb
Elven Webb
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of John DeCuir (7 films)

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Art

Ghostbusters, 1h45
Directed by Ivan Reitman
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Action
Themes Ghost films, Comedy horror films
Actors Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Rick Moranis, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson
Roles Production Design
Rating77% 3.8970253.8970253.8970253.8970253.897025
Misfit parapsychologists Peter Venkman, Raymond Stantz, and Egon Spengler are called to the New York Public Library after a series of apparent paranormal activities, where they encounter the ghost of a dead librarian but are frightened away when she transforms into a horrifying monster.
The Taming of the Shrew, 2h2
Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Natasha Pyne, Michael Hordern, Alfred Lynch, Cyril Cusack
Roles Production Design
Rating70% 3.5471953.5471953.5471953.5471953.547195
À Padoue, le signore Baptista désespère de trouver un mari qui puisse résister au caractère colérique de sa fille aînée Catharina. Car d'autre part il se refuse à chercher un mari pour sa fille cadette Bianca avant d'avoir trouvé un mari pour la première des deux sœurs. L'un des soupirants de Bianca, Hortensio, reçoit bientôt la visite de Petruccio, un marchand ruiné originaire de Vérone qui lui confie qu'il est venu à Padoue chercher richesse et femme. Hortensio lui met alors dans la tête de conquérir le cœur de Catharina, ce qui lui donnerait l'occasion de mettre la main sur une dot de 20 000 couronnes d'or.
Cleopatra
Cleopatra (1963)
, 4h8
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Darryl F. Zanuck, Rouben Mamoulian
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical, Peplum, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Politique, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Children's films, Films about royalty
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowall, Martin Landau, Hume Cronyn
Roles Production Design
Rating69% 3.4997653.4997653.4997653.4997653.499765
After the Battle of Pharsalus where Julius Caesar (Rex Harrison) has defeated Pompey, Pompey flees to Egypt, hoping to enlist the support of the young Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII (Richard O'Sullivan) and his sister Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor). The Romans hold, and the armies of Mithridates arrive on Egyptian soil. The following day, Caesar passes judgment. He sentences Ptolemy's lord chamberlain to death for arranging an assassination attempt on Cleopatra. Cleopatra is crowned Queen of Egypt. She dreams of ruling the world with Caesar. When their son Caesarion is born, Caesar accepts him publicly, which becomes the talk of Rome and the Senate.
There's No Business Like Show Business, 1h57
Directed by Walter Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Ethel Merman, Dan Dailey, Donald O'Connor, Mitzi Gaynor, Marilyn Monroe, Richard Eastham
Roles Art Direction
Rating63% 3.1972653.1972653.1972653.1972653.197265
In 1919, Terence (Dan Dailey) and Molly Donahue (Ethel Merman), a husband-and-wife vaudeville team known as the Donahues, pursue both a stable family life as well as professional success. The kids Steve (Johnnie Ray), Katy (Mitzi Gaynor), and Tim (Donald O'Connor) join the act one by one, and their act eventually becomes the Five Donahues. The family is a success and soon hit the top.
Diplomatic Courier, 1h37
Directed by Henry Hathaway, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Spy films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Tyrone Power, Patricia Neal, Stephen McNally, Karl Malden, Helene Stanley, Hildegard Knef
Roles Set Designer
Rating67% 3.3920253.3920253.3920253.3920253.392025
Mike Kells is assigned by the State Department to fly to Salzburg and meet his old friend Sam Carew, who will pass a top-secret document to him. A passenger on the plane, Joan Ross, takes a liking to Mike and expresses a desire to see him again.
The Snows of Kilimanjaro, 1h54
Directed by Henry King, Roy Ward Baker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about writers, Political films, Children's films
Actors Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Susan Hayward, Hildegard Knef, Leo G. Carroll, Marcel Dalio
Roles Set Designer
Rating60% 3.0486253.0486253.0486253.0486253.048625
The film begins with the opening words of Hemingway's story: "Kilimanjaro is a snow-covered mountain 19,710 feet high, and is said to be the highest mountain in Africa. Its western summit is called the Masai 'Ngje Ngi,' the House of God. Close to the western summit there is the dried and frozen carcass of a leopard. No one has explained what the leopard was seeking at that altitude."
The Model and the Marriage Broker, 1h43
Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Jeanne Crain, Scott Brady, Thelma Ritter, Zero Mostel, Michael O'Shea, Frank Fontaine
Roles Art Direction
Rating69% 3.4889453.4889453.4889453.4889453.488945
Through her "Contacts and Contracts" company, Mae Swasey is busy scheming to bring couples together. It is not very rewarding financially, and Mae is in debt. Even one of her seeming successes, Ina Kuschner's impending wedding to Radiographer Matt Hornbeck, does not go as hoped. Ina's mother refuses to pay Mae the agreed-upon $500 commission. Mae, however, gets the last laugh; Matt gets cold feet at the last moment and leaves the bride waiting at the altar.