Canadian art director
Richard Day
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Born
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1896-05-09
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9 May 1896
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Died
| 23 May 1972
(1972-05-23)
(aged 76)
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Occupation
| Art director
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Years active
| 1923?1970
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Richard Day
(9 May 1896 – 23 May 1972) was a Canadian
art director
in the film industry. He won seven
Academy Awards
and was nominated for a further 13 in the category of
Best Art Direction
. He worked on 265 films between 1923 and 1970. He was born in
Victoria, British Columbia
, Canada and died in
Hollywood, California
.
Early life
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Day was born on 9 May 1896 in
Victoria, British Columbia
to Patience Day and Robert Scott. His father was an architect who began his career in South Africa. As a child, Day developed a spinal curvature that prevented him from attending school and was instead home-schooled. He never graduated high school or pursued higher education.
Day was a captain in the
Canadian Expeditionary Force
during
World War I
. While stationed in London, he met his future wife, who was a nurse's aide. The couple married in London in 1918.
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Career
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After the war, Day returned to Canada and attempted to begin a career as a commercial artist. In 1920, his father financed a trip to Hollywood in hopes that Day would find a job in the film industry. He was unsuccessful until a chance encounter with director
Erich von Stroheim
in a hotel lobby led von Stroheim to offer Day work on the film
Foolish Wives
(1922). Day served as art director on all of von Stroheim's films thereafter, apart from von Stroheim's only sound film,
Walking Down Broadway
(eventually released as
Hello, Sister!
in 1933).
Day followed von Stroheim to
MGM
, working there through most of the 1920s.
[2]
In 1929, he left MGM to join
Samuel Goldwyn
. He served as Golywyn's principal art director throughout most of the 1930s. During that time, he won Academy Awards for his production design for
The Dark Angel
(1935) and
Dodsworth
(1936). Other films during this period include
Dead End
(1937) and John Ford's
The Hurricane
(1937). He then moved to
20th Century Fox
, where he was Supervising Art Director. He personally worked on selected films such as
How Green Was My Valley
(1941), for which he won his third Academy Award.
During
World War II
, Day independently developed camouflage designs and
relief mapping
techniques. He was eventually inducted into the
Marine Corps
as a
Major
. Day became a U.S. citizen in 1942 as a prerequisite to joining the Marines.
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Once in the service, he devised a technique to make relief models of assault landing sites out of mud and other available materials.
Academy Awards
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Day won seven Academy Awards for Best Art Direction:
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Nominated
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He was nominated in the same category for a further 13 films:
See also
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References
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External links
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1927?1939
Interior Decoration
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1940?1946
Black & White
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- 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 Fegte
,
Samuel M. Comer
- 1946 (bw):
William S. Darling
,
Lyle R. Wheeler
,
Thomas Little
,
Frank E. Hughes
/ (c):
Cedric Gibbons
,
Paul Groesse
,
Edwin B. Willis
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1947?1956 renamed
Art Direction
- Set Decoration
Black & White
/ Color separate
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- 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 Vertes
- 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
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1957?1958
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1959?1966
Black & White
/ Color separate
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- 1959 (bw):
Lyle R. Wheeler
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George Davis
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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
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1967?1980
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- 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
,
Raphael Bretton
- 1970:
Urie McCleary
,
Gil Parrondo
,
Antonio Mateos
,
Pierre-Louis Thevenet
- 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
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Roy Walker
,
Vernon Dixon
- 1976:
George C. Jenkins
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George Gaines
- 1977:
John Barry
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Norman Reynolds
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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
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1981?2000
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2001?present
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