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William Hutchinson

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William Hutchinson was an art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Young Winston.

Best films

Doctor Zhivago (1965)
(Assistant Art Director)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
(Art Direction)
Lord Jim (1965)
(Art Direction)
Battle of Britain (1969)
(Art Direction)

Usually with

Frank Launder
Frank Launder
(3 films)
Tim Burstall
Tim Burstall
(2 films)
David Lean
David Lean
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of William Hutchinson (22 films)

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Art

End Play
End Play (1976)
, 1h54
Directed by Tim Burstall
Genres Thriller
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors George Mallaby, John Waters, Delvene Delaney, Bud Tingwell, Belinda Giblin, Sheila Florance
Roles Art Direction
Rating63% 3.191083.191083.191083.191083.19108
Hitchhiker Janine Talbort is picked up and murdered by an unseen assailant. Mark Gifford, a merchant sailor on leave, then disposes of the body, attracting the suspicion of his wheelchair bound brother Robert. The police become suspicious of both brothers, who are rivals over their half-cousin, Margaret.
Scobie Malone, 1h38
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Jack Thompson, Judy Morris, Shane Porteous, James Condon, Bryan Brown, Kevin Manser
Roles Art Direction
Rating53% 2.687292.687292.687292.687292.68729
Sydney homicide detective Sergeant Scobie Malone (Jack Thompson) and his offsider (Shane Porteous) investigate the murder of Helga (Judy Morris), whose corpse is found in the basement of the Sydney Opera House. Malone had met Helga previously and discovers she was a high class prostitute who was also a mistress of the Minister for Culture (James Workman) and involved with film director Jack Savannah (Joe Martin). In flashback it is shown that Helga was blackmailing the minister and his wife (Jacqueline Knott), along with a crime boss, Mr Sin (Noel Ferrier).
Alvin Rides Again, 1h29
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films
Actors Graeme Blundell, Gus Mercurio, Abigail, Jon Finlayson, Chantal Contouri, Frank Wilson
Roles Art Direction
Rating44% 2.202952.202952.202952.202952.20295
Alvin Purple is unable to hold down a job because of his appeal to women. He and his friend Spike help a team of women cricketers win a match by playing in drag, and decide to spend their share of the prize money in a casino. Alvin discovers he is identical in appearance to gangster Balls McGee. When Balls is killed, Alvin is forced to take his place.
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 Art Direction
Rating66% 3.3452353.3452353.3452353.3452353.345235
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 .
Three Sisters, 2h45
Directed by Laurence Olivier, John Sichel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Films based on plays
Actors Alan Bates, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright, Derek Jacobi, Sheila Reid, Daphne Heard
Roles Art Direction
Rating61% 3.0879653.0879653.0879653.0879653.087965
Au début du XXe siècle, trois soeurs orphelines de père rêvent de quitter la Russie provinciale pour aller vivre en ville.
Battle of Britain, 2h31
Directed by Guy Hamilton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Harry Andrews, Laurence Olivier, Trevor Howard, Robert Shaw, Christopher Plummer, Michael Caine
Roles Art Direction
Rating68% 3.449113.449113.449113.449113.44911
In the Battle of France in June 1940, RAF pilots evacuate a small airfield in advance of the German Blitzkrieg. The pilots, along with British and French military, leave just as German aircraft arrive and execute a heavy strafing attack. RAF Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding (Laurence Olivier), realising that an imminent invasion of Great Britain will require every available aircraft and airman to counter it, stops additional aircraft being deployed to France so that they are available to defend Britain. In the next dramatic scene, French civilians watch in awe as a convoy of German troops march into France and take control.
Great Catherine
Directed by Gordon Flemyng
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Politique, Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, Films about royalty
Actors Peter O'Toole, Zero Mostel, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Hawkins, Akim Tamiroff, Marie Lohr
Roles Art Direction
Rating54% 2.7160352.7160352.7160352.7160352.716035
A British officer, Captain Charles Edstaston, is sent to the Russian court of Catherine the Great as an envoy, where he has to contend with the crafty machinations of her chief minister Potemkin.
The Magus
The Magus (1968)
, 1h57
Directed by Guy Green
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Michael Caine, Anthony Quinn, Candice Bergen, Anna Karina, Julian Glover, Jerome Willis
Roles Art Direction
Rating56% 2.8010152.8010152.8010152.8010152.801015
Nicholas Urfe is a young Englishman who has taken a teaching position on the Greek island of Phraxos following the previous instructor's suicide. For Nicholas it is a chance for different surroundings, and it is also an attempt to escape his relationship with his emotionally unstable lover, Anne.
The Dirty Dozen, 2h23
Directed by Robert Aldrich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, John Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel, George Kennedy
Roles Art Direction
Rating76% 3.849083.849083.849083.849083.84908
In Britain, in the spring of 1944, Allied forces are preparing for the D-Day invasion. Among them are Major John Reisman (Lee Marvin), an OSS officer; his commander, Regular Army Major General Sam Worden (Ernest Borgnine); and his former commander Colonel Everett Dasher Breed (Robert Ryan). Early in the film, the personalities of the three men are shown to clash and the characters of the individualistic Reisman and the domineering Breed are established. Reisman is aided by his friend, the mild-mannered Major Max Armbruster (George Kennedy).
Doctor Zhivago, 3h17
Directed by David Lean
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Politique, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films
Actors Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness, Tom Courtenay
Roles Assistant Art Director
Rating78% 3.9471053.9471053.9471053.9471053.947105
The film takes place mostly against a backdrop of the pre-World War I years, World War I itself, the Russian Revolution of 1917, and the Russian Civil War. A narrative framing device, set in the late 1940s to early 1950s, involves KGB Lieutenant General Yevgraf Andreyevich Zhivago (Alec Guinness) searching for the daughter of his half brother, Doctor Yuri Andreyevich Zhivago (Omar Sharif), and Larissa ("Lara") Antipova (Julie Christie). Yevgraf believes a young woman, Tanya Komarova (Rita Tushingham), may be his niece and tells her the story of her father's life.
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 Art Direction
Rating66% 3.3493853.3493853.3493853.3493853.349385
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.
The Road to Hong Kong, 1h31
Directed by Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about films, Spy films, Films about music and musicians, Films about Tibet, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Comedy science fiction films, Musical films, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Joan Collins, Robert Morley, Walter Gotell, Dorothy Lamour
Roles Art Direction
Rating60% 3.0484553.0484553.0484553.0484553.048455
The story is told in flashback as Diane (Joan Collins) explains to American Intelligence how transmissions from passengers picked up from a missile to the moon are by Americans rather than Russians.