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American filmmaker and production designer (1896-1957)

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William Cameron Menzies
Menzies in 1925
Born	(1896-07-29)July 29, 1896 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	March 5, 1957(1957-03-05) (aged 60) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Education	Yale University,University of Edinburgh
Occupation(s)	Production designer,film director
Years active	1917–1956
Awards	Academy Award for Best Art Direction 1928The Dove ;Tempest Academy Honorary Award 1939Gone with the Wind

William Cameron Menzies (July 29, 1896 – March 5, 1957) was an Americanfilmmaker who pioneered the discipline ofproduction design, a job title he invented.^[1]^[2] His career spanned five decades, during which time he also worked as anart director,director, producer, andspecial effects artist. He began his career during thesilent era, and later pioneered the use of color in film for dramatic effect.^[2]

Over the course of his career, Menzies was nominated for sixAcademy Awards and won two - one forBest Art Direction, and anHonorary Oscar for his work onGone with the Wind. He is considered one of the most influential figures of theGolden Age of Hollywood,^[3] described byMartin Scorsese as a “genius, [whose] influence was incalculable.”^[4]

Early years

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Menzies was born inNew Haven, Connecticut,^[5] toScottish immigrant parents, Charles A. and Helen originally fromAberfeldy,Perth and Kinross. He studied atYale and theUniversity of Edinburgh and, after serving in theUnited States Army duringWorld War I, he attended theArt Students League of New York.

Career

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Menzies joinedFamous Players–Lasky, later to evolve intoParamount Pictures, working in special effects and design. He soon worked on such films asRobin Hood (1922),The Thief of Bagdad (1924),The Bat (1926),The Dove (1927),Sadie Thompson (1928), andTempest (1928). His contributions toThe Dove (1927), as well asTempest (1928) led to Menzies receiving the first Academy Award for Best Production Design, an accolade for achievement in art direction. In 1929, Menzies formed a partnership with producerJoseph M. Schenck to create a series of early sound short films visualizing great works of music, including a 10-minute version of Dukas'sThe Sorcerer's Apprentice, and created the production design and special effects for Schenck's feature filmThe Lottery Bride (1930).

Menzies's work onThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) promptedDavid O. Selznick to hire him forGone with the Wind (1939).^[6] Selznick's faith in Menzies was so great that he sent a memorandum to everyone atSelznick International Pictures who was involved in the production reminding them that "Menzies is the final word" on everything related toTechnicolor,scenic design,set decoration, and the overall look of the production.^[7] His work on the film would also net Menzies anHonorary Academy Award "for outstanding achievement in the use of color for the enhancement of dramatic mood."^[8]

"Production designer" (which is sometimes used interchangeably with "art director") was coined specifically for Menzies, to refer to his being the final word on the overall look of the production; it was intended to describe his ability to translate Selznick's ideas to drawings and paintings from which he and his fellow directors worked.^{[citation needed]}

Menzies was the director of theburning of Atlanta sequence inGone with the Wind. He also re-shot theSalvador Dalí dream sequence of Alfred Hitchcock'sSpellbound (1945).^[9]

In addition, Menzies directed dramas and fantasy films. He made two science-fiction films:Things to Come (1936), basedon a novel byH.G. Wells, for producerAlexander Korda which predicted war and technical advancement; andInvaders from Mars (1953), which mirrored many fears about aliens and outside threats to humanity in the 1950s.

Death

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Shortly after completing his work as an associate producer onAround the World in 80 Days (1956), Menzies died of cancer. He was interred in theForest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery inGlendale, California.

Accolades

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At thefirst Academy Awards, held on May 16, 1929, Menzies won forBest Art Direction forThe Dove andTempest. He was the first to win the Academy Award for art direction. The following year he was nominated in the same categories for his work onBulldog Drummond,Alibi, andThe Awakening, but lost toCedric Gibbons.

At the12th Academy Awards held on February 29, 1940, Menzies won anAcademy Honorary Award "for outstanding achievement in the use of color for the enhancement of dramatic mood" in the production ofGone With the Wind.

Legacy

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In 2005, Menzies was in the first group of art directors and production designers inducted into theArt Directors Guild Hall of Fame.^[10]

Several of Menzies home movies are part of the collection of theAcademy Film Archive and were preserved by the archive in 2015.^[11]

Filmography

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Silent Films, 1918-1930

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Year	Title	Studio	Director	Photography	Notes
1917	The Mark of Cain	Astra Film/Pathé	George Fitzmaurice	Arthur C. Miller	Menzies assistant to "Settings" directorAnton Grot
1918	The Naulahka	Astra Film/Pathé	George Fitzmaurice	Arthur C. Miller	Menzies set associate toAnton Grot
1918	Innocent	Astra Film Corp/Pathé	George Fitzmaurice	Percy Hilburn	WithAnton Grot; Menzies joined the U.S. Navy before the film's completion.
1919	The Test of Honor	Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Pictures	John S. Robertson	Jacques Monteran	Menzies reports this "a movie I have staged" (uncredited)
	Redhead	Select Pictures Corp./Select Film Corp.	Charles Maigne	Al Liguori	Menzies reports this "a movie I have staged." (uncredited)
	Come Out of the Kitchen	Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Pictures	John S. Robertson	Jacques Monteran	Menzies reports this "a movie I have staged." (uncredited)
	The Avalanche	Famous Players–Lasky/Artcraft Pictures	George Fitzmaurice	Arthur C. Miller	Fitzmaurice is credited with set design. Menzies' reports "staging" the picture. (uncredited)
	The Firing Line	Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Pictures-Artcraft	George Fitzmaurice	Al Liguori	Menzies reports this "a movie I have staged." (uncredited)
	His Wedding Night	Select Pictures Corp./Select Pictures Corp.	George Fitzmaurice	Jacques Monteran	Menzies reports this "a movie I have staged." (uncredited)
	A Society Exile	Famous Players–Lasky/Artcraft Pictures	George Fitzmaurice	Arthur C. Miller	Menzies reports this "a movie I have staged." (uncredited)
	The Misleading Widow	Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Pictures-Artcraft	John S. Robertson	Roy Overbaugh	Menzies reports this "a movie I have staged." (uncredited)
	The Witness for the Defense	Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Pictures-Artcraft	George Fitzmaurice	Hal Young	Menzies credited for "Settings"
	The Teeth of the Tiger	Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Pictures-Artcraft	Chet Withey	Al Liguori	Menzies credited for "Settings"
	His Wife's Friend	Thomas H. Ince/Paramount Pictures-Artcraft	Joseph De Grasse	John S. Stumar	Menzies reports this "a movie I have staged [art direction]." (uncredited)
1920	Sinners	Realart Pictures Inc./Realart Pictures Inc.	Kenneth Webb	George Folsey	Menzies reports this "a movie I have staged [art direction]." (uncredited)
	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Pictures-Artcraft	John S. Robertson	Roy Overbaugh	Menzies provided a draft summary for the film.(uncredited)
	The Deep Purple	Mayflower Photoplay Company/Realart Pictures Inc.	Raoul Walsh	Jacques Bizeul	Menzies credited for "Settings"
1921	Scrambled Wives	Margaret Clark Productions/First National Pictures	Edward H. Griffith	William McCoy,Ray June	Menzies reports this "a movie I have staged [art direction]." (uncredited)
	The Oath	Mayflower Photoplay Corp/Associated First National	Raoul Walsh	Dal Clawson	Menzies credited for "Settings"
	Serenade	R.A.Walsh Productions/Associated First National	Raoul Walsh	George Peters	Menzies credited for "Settings"
1922	Kindred of the Dust	R.A.Walsh Productions/Associated First National	Raoul Walsh	Charles Van Enger,H. Lyman Broening	Menzies credited for "Settings"
1923	Rosita	Mary Pickford Company/United Artists	Ernst Lubitsch	Charles Rosher	Menzies credited as "Art Director"
1924	The Thief of Bagdad	Douglas Fairbanks\| Pictures/United Artists	Raoul Walsh	Arthur Edeson	Menzies credited as "Art Director"
	The Only Woman	Joseph M. Schenck Productions/First National Pictures	Sidney Olcott	Antonio Gaudio	Menzies credited for "Settings"
	Her Night of Romance	Norma Talmadge Production Corporation/First National Pictures	Sidney Franklin	Ray Binger,Victor Milner	Menzies credited for "Art Direction"
1925	The Lady	Joseph M. Schenck Productions/First National Pictures	Frank Borzage	Antonio Gaudio	Menzies credited for "Settings"
	Learning to Love	Norma Talmadge Production Corporation]]/First National Pictures	Sidney Franklin	Victor Milner	Menzies credited for "Settings"
	Her Sister from Paris	Norma Talmadge Production Corporation/First National Pictures	Sidney Franklin	Arthur Edeson	Menzies credited as "Art Director"
	Graustark	Joseph M. Schenck Productions/First National Pictures	Dimitri Buchowetzki	Gaetana Gaudio	Menzies credited for "Settings"
	The Dark Angel	Samuel Goldwyn Productions/First National Pictures	George Fitzmaurice	George Barnes	Menzies credited for "Settings"
	The Eagle	Art Finance Corporation/United Artists]	Clarence Brown	George Barnes	Menzies credited for "Settings"
	Cobra	Ritz-Carlton Pictures/Paramount Pictures	Joseph Henabery	George Barnes	Menzies credited for "Settings"
1926	The Wanderer	Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Pictures	Raoul Walsh	Victor Milner	Menzies credited for "Settings"
	The Bat	Famous Players–Lasky/Paramount Pictures	Roland West	Arthur Edeson	Menzies credited for "Settings"
	Kiki	Joseph M. Schenck Productions/First National	Clarence Brown	Oliver Marsh	Menzies credited for "Settings"
	The Son of the Sheik	Feature Productions/United Artists	George Fitzmaurice	George Barnes	Menzies credited for "Settings"
	Fig Leaves	20th Century Fox	Howard Hawks	Joseph August	Menzies andWilliam S. Darling credited for "Settings" Menzie's contribution was only to the Garden of Eden sequence at opening of the picture.
	The Duchess of Buffalo	Talmadge Production Corporation/First National Pictures	Sydney Franklin	Oliver Marsh	Menzies credited as "Art Director"
1927	The Beloved Rogue	Feature Productions/United Artists	Alan Crosland	Joseph August	Menzies credited as "Art Director"
	Venus of Venice	Talmadge Production Corporation/First National Pictures	Marshall Neilan	George Barnes	Menzies credited as "Art Director"
	Camille	Joseph M. SchenckProductions/First National Pictures	Fred Niblo	Oliver Marsh	Menzies credited as "Art Director"
	Topsy and Eva	Feature Productions/United Artists]	Del Lord,D. W. Griffith (uncredited)	John W. Boyle	Menzies credited as "Art Director"
	Two Arabian Knights	The Caddo Company/United Artists	Lewis Milestone	Antonio Guidio,Joseph August (uncredited)	Menzies credited as "Art Director"
	Sorrell and Son	Joseph M. Schenck Productions/First National Pictures	Herbert Brenon	James Wong Howe	Menzies credited as "Art Director"
	Quality Street	Joseph M. Schenck Productions/First National Pictures	Sydney Franklin	Hendrik Sartov	Menzies uncredited, but designed the film's Green Willow Village on the M-G-M lot.
	The Dove	Joseph M. Schenck Productions/First National	Roland West	Oliver Marsh	Menzies credited for "Settings"
1928	Sadie Thompson	Gloria Swanson Productions, Inc./United Artists	Raoul Walsh	Oliver Marsh	Menzies credited as "Art Director"
	What Price Beauty?	S. George Ulman Productions/Pathe	Tom Buckingham	J.D. Jennings	Menzies credited as "Art Director"
	Drums of Love	Feature Productions/United Artists	D. W. Griffith	Karl Struss,G.W. Bitzer	Menzies credited for "Settings"
	"The Garden of Eden	Feature Productions/United Artists	Lewis Milestone	John Arnold (Technicolor sequence)	Menzies credited as "Art Director"
	The Love of Zero	Florey-Menzies Productions/(first Los Angeles showing)	Robert Florey	Edward Fitzgerald	Menzies credited with "Staging"
	Drums of Love	Feature Productions/United Artists	John W. Considine Jr.	Charles Rosher	Menzies credited as "Art Director"
	The Woman Disputed	Joseph M. Schenck Productions/United Artists	Henry King,Sam Taylor	Oliver Marsh	Menzies credited as "Art Director"
	The Battle of the Sexes	Art Cinema Corporation/United Artists	D. W. Griffith	Karl Struss,G.W. Bitzer	Menzies credited for "Settings"
	Revenge	Edwin Carewe Productions/United Artists	Edwin Carewe	Albert Kurrie,Alfred E. Green	Menzies credited as "Art Director"
	The Awakening	Samuel Goldwyn Productions/United Artists	Victor Fleming	George Barnes	Menzies credited as "Art Director""
1929	The Rescue	Samuel Goldwyn Productions/United Artists	Herbert Brenon	George Barnes,Joseph F. Biroc	Menzies credited as "Art Director""
	Lady of the Pavements	Art Cinema Corporation/United Artists	D. W. Griffith	Karl Struss,G.W. Bitzer	Menzies credited for "Settings" Released in an 8-reel silent version
	Coquette	Mary Pickford Film Corporation]/United Artists	Sam Taylor	Karl Struss	Menzies credited for "Settings"; silent version planned, Pickford cancelled it
	Alibi	Feature Productions/United Artists	Roland West	Ray June	Menzies credited as "Art Director""; released in 8-reel silent version
	This is Heaven	Samuel Goldwyn Productions/United Artists	Alfred Santell	George Barnes,Gregg Toland	Menzies credited as "Art Director""
	Bull Drummond	Samuel Goldwyn Productions/United Artists	F. Richard Jones	George Barnes,Gregg Toland	Menzies credited for "Settings""; released in 7-reel silent version
	Three Live Ghosts	Feature Productions/United Artists	Thornton Freeland	Robert Planck	Menzies credited as "Art Director""
	Impressions of Tchaikovsky's Overture 1812	Feature Productions/United Artists	Hugo Riesenfeld (producer)	Karl Struss	Menzies credited with "Pictorial Effects"
	The Taming of the Shrew	Mary Pickford Corporation, Elton Corporation/United Artists	Sam Taylor	Karl Struss	Menzies credited as "Art Director"
	The Locked Door	Feature Productions/United Artists	George Fitzmaurice	Ray June	Menzies credited with "Settings"
	Condemned	Samuel Goldwyn Productions/United Artists	Wesley Ruggles	George Barnes	Menzies credited with "Settings"; also released in an 8-reel silent version
	Irish Fantasy	Feature Productions/United Artists	Orville O. Dull	Paul Perry	Menzies credited as "Producer" (withHugo Riesenfeld)
	New York Nights	Joseph M. Schenck Productions/United Artists	Lewis Milestone	Ray June	Menzies credited as "Art Director""; released in 8-reel silent version
1930	Lummox	Feature Productions/United Artists	Herbert Brenon	Karl Struss	Menzies credited with "Settings"

Sound Era: 1930-1955

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Year	Title	Studio	Director	Photography	Notes
1930	Glorious Vamps	Feature Productions/United Artists	Orville O. Dull	Robert Planck	Menzies credited as "Producer" (withHugo Riesenfeld)
	Be Yourself!	Joseph M. Schenck Productions/United Artists	Thornton Freeland	Karl Struss	Menzies credited as "Associate Producer" (with John W. Considine Jr.) and for "Settings"
	Puttin' on the Ritz	Joseph M. Schenck Productions/United Artists	Edward Sloman	Ray June	Menzies credited as "Associate Producer" (with John W. Considine Jr.) and for "Settings"
	The Wizard's Apprentice	Feature Productions/United Artists	Sydney Levee	Alfred Schmidt	Menzies credited as "Producer" with John W. Considine Jr.
	One Romantic Night	Joseph M. Schenck Productions/United Artists	Paul S. Stein	Karl Struss	Menzies credited for "Settings"
	The Bad One	Joseph M. Schenck Productions/United Artists	George Fitzmaurice	Karl Struss	Menzies credited as "Art and Technical Director"
	Hungarian Rhapsody	Feature Productions/United Artists	Eugene Forde	Robert Planck	Menzies credited as "Producer" (withHugo Riesenfeld)
	Raffles	Samuel Goldwyn Productions/United Artists	Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast,George Fitzmaurice	George Barnes,Gregg Toland	Menzies credited for "Art Direction"
	Forever Yours	Mary Pickford Film Corporation/never distributed	Marshall Neilan	Karl Struss	Menzies credited as "Art Director"; project abandoned after 6 weeks of shooting. Reshot asSecrets in 1933
	Zampa	Feature Productions/United Artists	Eugene Forde	Karl Struss	Menzies credited as "Producer" (withHugo Riesenfeld)
	Du Barry, Woman of Passion	Feature Productions/United Artists	Sam Taylor	Oliver Marsh	Menzies credited with "Settings"
	The Lottery Bride	Joseph M. Schenck Productions/United Artists	Paul L.Stein	Ray June	Menzies credited with "Settings and Effects"
	Abraham Lincoln	Feature Productions/United Artists	D. W. Griffith	Karl Struss	Menzies credited with "Settings"
1931	Reaching for the Moon	Feature Productions/United Artists	Edmund Goulding	Ray June, Robert Planck	Menzies credited with "Settings"
	Kiki	Feature Productions/United Artists	Earle Browne	Karl Struss	Menzies credited with "Settings"
	Always Goodbye	20th Century Fox	William Cameron Menzies,Kenneth MacKenna	Arthur Edeson	Menzies credited only as co-director,William S. Darling for Art Direction
	The Spider	20th Century Fox	William Cameron Menzies,Kenneth MacKenna	James Wong Howe	Menzies credited as co-director,Gordon Wiles for Art Direction
1932	Almost Married	20th Century Fox	William Cameron Menzies,Marcel Varnel	John J. Mescall	Menzies credited as co-director,Gordon Wiles for Art Direction
1932	Chandu the Magician	20th Century Fox	Marcel Varnel, William Cameron Menzies	James Wong Howe	Menzies credited as co-director,Max Parker for Art Direction
1933	Cavalcade	20th Century Fox	Frank Lloyd, William Cameron Menzies	Ernest Palmer	Menzies credited with directing "War Scenes",William Darling for Art Direction
	Trick for Treat	20th Century Fox	Hamilton MacFadden	O. W. O'Connell	Menzies credited for "Technical Effects",Duncan Cramer for Art Direction
	I Loved You Wednesday	20th Century Fox	Henry King, William Cameron Menzies	Hal Mohr	Menzies credited as co-director,Joseph C. Wright for Art Direction
	Alice in Wonderland	Paramount Pictures/Paramount Pictures	Norman Z. McLeod, William Cameron Menzies (uncredited)	Harry Sharp,Bert Glennon	Menzies uncredited co-director and co-screenwriter, Technical Effects byGordon Jennings,Farciot Edouart
1934	Wharf Angel	Paramount Pictures/Paramount Pictures	William Cameron Menzies,George Somnes	Victor Milner	Art DirectorsHans Dreier,John Goodman
	The Notorious Sophie Lang	Paramount Pictures/Paramount Pictures	Ralph Murphy, William Cameron Menzies (uncredited)	Alfred Gilks	Art DirectorsHans Dreier,Robert Odell
	Cleopatra	Paramount Pictures/Paramount Pictures	Cecil B. DeMille, William Cameron Menzies	Alfred Gilks	Menzies credited with "Montage"; Art DirectorsHans Dreier,Roland Anderson
1936	Things to Come	London Film Company/United Artists	William Cameron Menzies	Georges Périnal, Edward Cohen	Special EffectsNed Mann
1937	The Green Cockatoo	New World Pictures/20th Century Fox	William Cameron Menzies	Mutz Greenbaum	Menzies uncredited co-producer withWilliam K. Howard
1937	Nothing Sacred	Selznick International/United Artists	William A. Wellman	W. Howard Greene	Menzies assistant to ProducerDavid O. Selznick
1938	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer	Selznick International/United Artists	William Cameron Menzies	James Wong Howe	Art DirectorLyle R. Wheeler; Cave sequence designed by Menzies
1938	The Young in Heart	Selznick International/United Artists	Richard Wallace,Lewis Milestone (uncredited)	Leon Shamroy	Menzies credited as "Production Designer";Lyle R. Wheeler Art Director
1939	Made for Each Other	Selznick International/United Artists	John Cromwell	Leon Shamroy	Menzies credited as "Production Designer";Lyle R. Wheeler Art Director
1939	Gone With the Wind	Selznick International/United Artists	Victor Fleming	Leon Shamroy	Menzies credited as "Production Designer";Lyle R. Wheeler Art Director
1940	Cavalcade of the Academy Awards	Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences/Warner Bros.	Numerous contributors	Numerous contributors	Menzies appears briefly in this 17 minute production, accepting a special award for Gone With the Wind.
	Rebecca	Selznick International/United Artists	Alfred Hitchcock, William Cameron Menzies (uncredited)	George Barnes	Menzies directed the shots at Manderlay, and the beach cottage scenes with the dog Jasper;Lyle R. Wheeler Art Director
	Our Town	Principal Artists/United Artists	Sam Wood	Bert Glennon	Menzies credited as "Production Designer";Lewis J. Rachmil Art Director
	Foreign Correspondent	Walter Wanger Productions/United Artists	Alfred Hitchcock	Rudolph Mate	Menzies credited for "Special Production Effects";Alexander Golitzen Art Director
	The Thief of Bagdad	Alexander Korda Productions/United Artists	Michael Powell, William Cameron Menzies (uncredited)	Ludwig Berger,Michael Powell	Menzies co-director (uncredited)
1941	Meet John Doe	Frank Capra Productions/Vitagraph Studios	Frank Capra	George Barnes	Menzies reports working on this project for a month, and publicity indicated that he was production designer (uncredited),Stephen Goosson Art Director
	So Ends Our Night	David L. Loew-Albert Lewin, Inc./United Artists	John Cromwell	William Daniels	Menzies credited as "Production Designer";Jack Otterson Art Director
	The Devil and Miss Jones	Frank Ross-Norman Krasna, Inc./RKO Pictures	Sam Wood	Harry Stradling	Menzies credited as "Production Designer";Van Nest Polglase Art Director
1942	Kings Row	Warner Bros./Warner Bros.	Sam Wood	James Wong Howe	Menzies credited as "Production Designer";Carl Jules Weyl Art Director
1943	The Pride of the Yankees	Samuel Goldwyn Productions/RKO Pictures	Sam Wood	Rudolph Mate	Menzies credited as "Production Designer";Perry Ferguson Art Director
	Mr. Lucky	RKO Pictures	H. C. Potter	George Barnes	Menzies credited as "Production Designer";Albert S. D'Agostino,Mark-Lee Kirk Art Directors
	For Whom the Bell Tolls	Paramount Pictures/Paramount Pictures	Sam Wood	Ray Rennahan	Menzies credited as "Production Designer";Hans Dreier,Akim Tamiroff Art Directors
	The North Star	Samuel Goldwyn Productions/RKO Radio Pictures	Lewis Milestone	James Wong Howe	Menzies credited as "Associate Producer";Perry Ferguson Art Director
1944	Address Unknown	Address Unknown, Inc. (Sam Wood)./Columbia Pictures	William Cameron Menzies	Rudolph Maté	Menzies listed as "Producer-Director"
1945	Spellbound	Vanguard Films/United Artists	Alfred Hitchcock	George Barnes	Menzies "consulted on the dream sequence...based on designs bySalvador Dalí.";James Basevi, Art Director
1946	Duel in the Sun	Vanguard Films/RKO Radio Pictures	King Vidor	Lee Garmes,Hal Rosson	Menzies listed as a "Second Unit Director" (uncredited), on loan from RKO, he directed the "barbecue sequence" during his 5 days on the project.
	Deadline at Dawn	RKO Radio Pictures/RKO Radio Pictures	Harold Clurman, William Cameron Menzies (uncredited)	Nicholas Musuraca	Albert S. D'Agostino,Jack Okey Art Directors
	It's a Wonderful Life	Liberty Films/RKO Radio Pictures	Frank Capra,	Joseph Walker,Joseph Biroc	Menzies consulted on a number of sequences, and observed some of the shooting. (uncredited),Jack Okey Art Director
1947	Ivy	Inter-Wood Productions/Universal International	Sam Wood	Russell Metty	Menzies credited as "Producer"Richard H. Riedel, Art Director
1948	Arch of Triumph	Arch of Triumph, Inc. (Enterprise)/Universal International	Lewis Milestone	Ray Rennahan	Menzies credited as "Production Designer";William E. Flannery, Art Director
1949	The Tell-Tale Heart	Menzies-Finney/Telepak	William Cameron Menzies		Nominated forEmmy Award for Best Film Made for Television, 1948. Released onABC TVActors Studio
	A Terribly Strange Bed	Telepak/ Post Pictures Corp.	William Cameron Menzies		Nominated forEmmy Award for Best Film Made for Television, 1948.
	The Marionette Mystery	Menzies-Finney/Telepak	William Cameron Menzies	William O'Connell	Nominated forEmmy Award for Best Film Made for Television, 1948.
	Reign of Terror	Walter Wanger Pictures, Inc./Eagle-Lion Films	Anthony Mann	Ray Rennahan	Menzies credited as "Producer", film re-titled The Black Book before October 1949 opening in New York
1951	The Whip Hand	RKO Radio Pictures/RKO Radio Pictures	William Cameron Menzies	Nicholas Musuraca	Menzies also credited as "Production Designer",Albert S. D'Agostino,Carroll Clark Art Directors
1951	Drums in the Deep South	King Brothers Productions/RKO Radio Pictures	William Cameron Menzies	Lionel Lindon	Menzies also credited as "Production Designer",Frank Paul Sylos Art Director
1952	The Zayat Kiss	Herles Enterprises	William Cameron Menzies	Edward Hyland	Airtime for the TV production not established, made in New York, April 1952
	The Wild Heart	London Films,Vanguard Films/RKO Radio Pictures	Michael Powell,Emeric Pressburger, William Cameron Menzies (uncredited)	Chris Challis	Menzies "made retakes and directed added scenes, February 1951. Titled Gone to Earth in British release.
	We're Not Married!	20th Century-Fox	Edmond Goulding	Leo Tover	Menzies served as "montage director". At his request, he was not extended any credit or publicity for his work.
1953	Androcles and the Lion	RKO Radio Pictures/RKO Radio Pictures	Chester Erskine	Harry Stradling	Harry Horner credited as "Production Designer", Menzies uncredited.Albert S. D'Agostino, Charles F. Pike Art Directors
	Invaders from Mars	National Pictures Corp./20th Century-Fox	William Cameron Menzies	John Seitz	Menzies also credited as "Production Designer",Boris Leven Art Director
	The Maze	Allied Artists	William Cameron Menzies	Harry Neumann	Menzies also credited as "Production Designer",David Scott Milton Art Director
1954	A String of Beads	Everest Productions/Allied Artists	William Cameron Menzies	George E. Diskant	A TV pilot for CBS'sFour Star Playhouse
	Star Studded Ride	Universal Pictures	William Cameron Menzies		Short subject assembled fromSol Lesser's Three-D Follies
	Autumn in Rome	Selznick Releasing Organization/Columbia Pictures	William Cameron Menzies	James Wong Howe	Short film to serve as a prologue toIndiscretion of an American Wife, vocals byPatti Page, scoreAlessandro Cicognini.
	The Halls of Ivy, 39-episode TV production	Television Programs of America	William Cameron Menzies,Norman Z. McLeod	Robert Picttack,Alfred Gilks	Menzies directed half of the episodes that comprised the series.
1955	Johnny and the Gaucho		William Cameron Menzies		Menzies directed the pilot for this TV program
1956	Around the World in Eighty Days	Michael Todd Co./United Artists	Michael Anderson	Lionel Lindon	Menzies credited as "Associate Producer" and "Production Designer",James W. Sullivan Art Director

Theatre credits

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Year	Title	Author	Theater	Director	Notes
1923 (opened 8 October)	The Lullaby	Edward Knoblock	Knickerbocker Theatre	Fred G. Latham	Scenery and costumes designed by William Cameron Menzies
1931 (Opened 21 January)	The Ambulance Chaser	Bella and Samuel Spewack	Hollywood Playhouse		Scenery designed by William Cameron Menzies
1932 (opened 28 December)	Grand Guignol	H. F. Maltby,Andre de Lorde, et al.	Hollywood Music Box	Robert Vignola,Donald Crisp,Reginald Berkeley	Scenery designed by William Cameron Menzies
1941 (opened 30 July)	Anna Christie	Eugene O'Neill	Lobero Theatre, (Santa Barbara, California	John Houseman	Sketches for scenery design by William Cameron Menzies. (Two-week showing in San Francisco'sCurran Theatre, opened 4 August 1941)

DVD release

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In October 2009,Alpha Video released thepublic domain collectionThe Fantastic World of William Cameron Menzies on DVD,^[12] which included four early experimental films created by Menzies andJoseph M. Schenck, shorts that visualize great works of classical music:

"Irish Fantasy" (1929)
"Impressions ofTschaikowsky'sOverture '1812'" (1930)
"Hungarian Rhapsody" (1930)
Paul Dukas' "The Wizard's Apprentice" (1930).^[13]

According toDave Kehr,The Wizard's Apprentice "clearly influenced Disney's version inFantasia.^[12]

Footnotes

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^Cairns, David (March–April 2011)."The Dreams of a Creative Begetter".The Believer. Archived fromthe original on June 30, 2017. RetrievedMarch 31, 2011.Menzies was an art director, production designer (a title he invented himself), producer, and director, the man who created the look of Gone with the Wind, unifying the work of a posse of directors.
^^a ^bCurtis, James (November 17, 2015).William Cameron Menzies: The Shape of Films to Come. Pantheon.ISBN 978-0375424724.
^https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/programs/man-who-made-gone-with-wind-glorious-william-cameron-menzies-and-art-of-production-design.{{cite web}}:Missing or empty|title= (help)
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v t e Films directed byWilliam Cameron Menzies
Always Goodbye (1931) The Spider (1931) Almost Married (1932) Chandu the Magician (1932) I Loved You Wednesday (1933) Wharf Angel (1934) Things to Come (1936) The Green Cockatoo (1937) Address Unknown (1944) Drums in the Deep South (1951) The Whip Hand (1951) Invaders from Mars (1953) The Maze (1953)

v t e Academy Award for Best Production Design
1927–1939 Interior Decoration	1927/1928:William Cameron Menzies 1928/1929:Cedric Gibbons 1929/1930:Herman Rosse 1930/1931:Max Rée 1931/1932:Gordon Wiles 1932/1933:William S. Darling 1934:Cedric Gibbons,Fredric Hope 1935:Richard Day 1936:Richard Day 1937:Stephen Goosson 1938:Carl Jules Weyl 1939:Lyle R. Wheeler
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	1957:Ted Haworth,Robert Priestley 1958:William A. Horning,E. Preston Ames,Henry Grace,F. Keogh Gleason
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	1981:Norman Reynolds,Leslie Dilley;Michael D. Ford (set) 1982:Stuart Craig,Robert W. Laing;Michael Seirton (set) 1983:Anna Asp 1984:Patrizia von Brandenstein;Karel Černý (set) 1985:Stephen B. Grimes;Josie MacAvin (set) 1986:Gianni Quaranta,Brian Ackland-Snow;Brian Savegar,Elio Altramura (set) 1987:Ferdinando Scarfiotti;Bruno Cesari,Osvaldo Desideri (set) 1988:Stuart Craig;Gérard James (set) 1989:Anton Furst;Peter Young (set) 1990:Richard Sylbert (art);Rick Simpson (set) 1991:Dennis Gassner (art);Nancy Haigh (set) 1992:Luciana Arrighi (art);Ian Whittaker (set) 1993:Allan Starski (art);Ewa Braun (set) 1994:Ken Adam (art);Carolyn Scott (set) 1995:Eugenio Zanetti (art) 1996:Stuart Craig (art);Stephenie McMillan (set) 1997:Peter Lamont (art);Michael D. Ford (set) 1998:Martin Childs (art);Jill Quertier (set) 1999:Rick Heinrichs (art);Peter Young (set) 2000:Timmy Yip (art)
2001–present	2001:Catherine Martin (art);Brigitte Broch (set) 2002:John Myhre (art);Gordon Sim (set) 2003:Grant Major (art);Dan Hennah andAlan Lee (set) 2004:Dante Ferretti (art);Francesca Lo Schiavo (set) 2005:John Myhre (art);Gretchen Rau (set) 2006:Eugenio Caballero (art);Pilar Revuelta (set) 2007:Dante Ferretti (art);Francesca Lo Schiavo (set) 2008:Donald Graham Burt (art);Victor J. Zolfo (set) 2009:Rick Carter andRobert Stromberg (art);Kim Sinclair (set) 2010:Robert Stromberg (art);Karen O'Hara (set) 2011:Dante Ferretti (art);Francesca Lo Schiavo (set) 2012:Rick Carter (art);Jim Erickson (set) 2013:Catherine Martin (art);Beverley Dunn (set) 2014:Adam Stockhausen (art);Anna Pinnock (set) 2015:Colin Gibson (art);Lisa Thompson (set) 2016:David Wasco (art);Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (set) 2017:Paul Denham Austerberry (art);Shane Vieau andJeff Melvin (set) 2018:Hannah Beachler (art);Jay Hart (set) 2019:Barbara Ling (art);Nancy Haigh (set) 2020:Donald Graham Burt (art);Jan Pascale (set) 2021:Patrice Vermette (art) andZsuzsanna Sipos (set) 2022:Christian M. Goldbeck (art) andErnestine Hipper (set) 2023:James Price andShona Heath (art);Zsuzsa Mihalek (set) 2024:Nathan Crowley (art);Lee Sandales (set)

v t e Academy Honorary Award
1928–1975	Warner Bros. /Charlie Chaplin (1928) Walt Disney (1932) Shirley Temple (1934) D. W. Griffith (1935) The March of Time /W. Howard Greene andHarold Rosson (1936) Edgar Bergen /W. Howard Greene /Museum of Modern Art Film Library /Mack Sennett (1937) J. Arthur Ball /Walt Disney /Deanna Durbin andMickey Rooney /Gordon Jennings,Jan Domela, Devereaux Jennings, Irmin Roberts, Art Smith,Farciot Edouart,Loyal Griggs,Loren L. Ryder, Harry D. Mills,Louis Mesenkop, Walter Oberst /Oliver T. Marsh and Allen Davey /Harry Warner (1938) Douglas Fairbanks /Judy Garland /William Cameron Menzies /Motion Picture Relief Fund (Jean Hersholt,Ralph Morgan,Ralph Block,Conrad Nagel) /Technicolor SA (1939) Bob Hope /Nathan Levinson (1940) Walt Disney,William Garity, John N. A. Hawkins, and theRCA Manufacturing Company /Leopold Stokowski and his associates / Rey Scott /British Ministry of Information (1941) Charles Boyer /Noël Coward /Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1942) George Pal (1943) Bob Hope /Margaret O'Brien (1944) Republic Studio,Daniel J. Bloomberg, and the Republic Studio Sound Department /Walter Wanger /The House I Live In /Peggy Ann Garner (1945) Harold Russell /Laurence Olivier /Ernst Lubitsch /Claude Jarman Jr. (1946) James Baskett /Thomas Armat,William Nicholas Selig,Albert E. Smith, andGeorge Kirke Spoor /Bill and Coo /Shoeshine (1947) Walter Wanger /Monsieur Vincent /Sid Grauman /Adolph Zukor (1948) Jean Hersholt /Fred Astaire /Cecil B. DeMille /The Bicycle Thief (1949) Louis B. Mayer /George Murphy /The Walls of Malapaga (1950) Gene Kelly /Rashomon (1951) Merian C. Cooper /Bob Hope /Harold Lloyd / George Mitchell /Joseph M. Schenck /Forbidden Games (1952) 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation /Bell & Howell Company /Joseph Breen /Pete Smith (1953) Bausch & Lomb Optical Company /Danny Kaye / Kemp Niver /Greta Garbo /Jon Whiteley /Vincent Winter /Gate of Hell (1954) Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1955) Eddie Cantor (1956) Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers /Gilbert M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson /Charles Brackett /B. B. Kahane (1957) Maurice Chevalier (1958) Buster Keaton /Lee de Forest (1959) Gary Cooper /Stan Laurel /Hayley Mills (1960) William L. Hendricks / Fred L. Metzler /Jerome Robbins (1961) William J. Tuttle (1964) Bob Hope (1965) Yakima Canutt /Y. Frank Freeman (1966) Arthur Freed (1967) John Chambers /Onna White (1968) Cary Grant (1969) Lillian Gish /Orson Welles (1970) Charlie Chaplin (1971) Charles S. Boren /Edward G. Robinson (1972) Henri Langlois /Groucho Marx (1973) Howard Hawks /Jean Renoir (1974) Mary Pickford (1975)
1976–present	Margaret Booth (1977) Walter Lantz /Laurence Olivier /King Vidor /Museum of Modern Art Department of Film (1978) Hal Elias /Alec Guinness (1979) Henry Fonda (1980) Barbara Stanwyck (1981) Mickey Rooney (1982) Hal Roach (1983) James Stewart /National Endowment for the Arts (1984) Paul Newman /Alex North (1985) Ralph Bellamy (1986) Eastman Kodak Company /National Film Board of Canada (1988) Akira Kurosawa (1989) Sophia Loren /Myrna Loy (1990) Satyajit Ray (1991) Federico Fellini (1992) Deborah Kerr (1993) Michelangelo Antonioni (1994) Kirk Douglas /Chuck Jones (1995) Michael Kidd (1996) Stanley Donen (1997) Elia Kazan (1998) Andrzej Wajda (1999) Jack Cardiff /Ernest Lehman (2000) Sidney Poitier /Robert Redford (2001) Peter O'Toole (2002) Blake Edwards (2003) Sidney Lumet (2004) Robert Altman (2005) Ennio Morricone (2006) Robert F. Boyle (2007) Lauren Bacall /Roger Corman /Gordon Willis (2009) Kevin Brownlow /Jean-Luc Godard /Eli Wallach (2010) James Earl Jones /Dick Smith (2011) D. A. Pennebaker /Hal Needham /George Stevens Jr. (2012) Angela Lansbury /Steve Martin /Piero Tosi (2013) Jean-Claude Carrière /Hayao Miyazaki /Maureen O'Hara (2014) Spike Lee /Gena Rowlands (2015) Jackie Chan /Lynn Stalmaster /Anne V. Coates /Frederick Wiseman (2016) Charles Burnett /Owen Roizman /Donald Sutherland /Agnès Varda (2017) Marvin Levy /Lalo Schifrin /Cicely Tyson (2018) David Lynch /Wes Studi /Lina Wertmüller (2019) Samuel L. Jackson /Elaine May /Liv Ullmann (2021) Euzhan Palcy /Diane Warren /Peter Weir (2022) Angela Bassett /Mel Brooks /Carol Littleton (2023) Quincy Jones /Juliet Taylor (2024) Debbie Allen /Tom Cruise /Wynn Thomas (2025)

Academy Honorary Award

1928–1975

Warner Bros. /Charlie Chaplin (1928)
Walt Disney (1932)
Shirley Temple (1934)
D. W. Griffith (1935)
The March of Time /W. Howard Greene andHarold Rosson (1936)
Edgar Bergen /W. Howard Greene /Museum of Modern Art Film Library /Mack Sennett (1937)
J. Arthur Ball /Walt Disney /Deanna Durbin andMickey Rooney /Gordon Jennings,Jan Domela, Devereaux Jennings, Irmin Roberts, Art Smith,Farciot Edouart,Loyal Griggs,Loren L. Ryder, Harry D. Mills,Louis Mesenkop, Walter Oberst /Oliver T. Marsh and Allen Davey /Harry Warner (1938)
Douglas Fairbanks /Judy Garland /William Cameron Menzies /Motion Picture Relief Fund (Jean Hersholt,Ralph Morgan,Ralph Block,Conrad Nagel) /Technicolor SA (1939)
Bob Hope /Nathan Levinson (1940)
Walt Disney,William Garity, John N. A. Hawkins, and theRCA Manufacturing Company /Leopold Stokowski and his associates / Rey Scott /British Ministry of Information (1941)
Charles Boyer /Noël Coward /Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1942)
George Pal (1943)
Bob Hope /Margaret O'Brien (1944)
Republic Studio,Daniel J. Bloomberg, and the Republic Studio Sound Department /Walter Wanger /The House I Live In /Peggy Ann Garner (1945)
Harold Russell /Laurence Olivier /Ernst Lubitsch /Claude Jarman Jr. (1946)
James Baskett /Thomas Armat,William Nicholas Selig,Albert E. Smith, andGeorge Kirke Spoor /Bill and Coo /Shoeshine (1947)
Walter Wanger /Monsieur Vincent /Sid Grauman /Adolph Zukor (1948)
Jean Hersholt /Fred Astaire /Cecil B. DeMille /The Bicycle Thief (1949)
Louis B. Mayer /George Murphy /The Walls of Malapaga (1950)
Gene Kelly /Rashomon (1951)
Merian C. Cooper /Bob Hope /Harold Lloyd / George Mitchell /Joseph M. Schenck /Forbidden Games (1952)
20th Century-Fox Film Corporation /Bell & Howell Company /Joseph Breen /Pete Smith (1953)
Bausch & Lomb Optical Company /Danny Kaye / Kemp Niver /Greta Garbo /Jon Whiteley /Vincent Winter /Gate of Hell (1954)
Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1955)
Eddie Cantor (1956)
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers /Gilbert M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson /Charles Brackett /B. B. Kahane (1957)
Maurice Chevalier (1958)
Buster Keaton /Lee de Forest (1959)
Gary Cooper /Stan Laurel /Hayley Mills (1960)
William L. Hendricks / Fred L. Metzler /Jerome Robbins (1961)
William J. Tuttle (1964)
Bob Hope (1965)
Yakima Canutt /Y. Frank Freeman (1966)
Arthur Freed (1967)
John Chambers /Onna White (1968)
Cary Grant (1969)
Lillian Gish /Orson Welles (1970)
Charlie Chaplin (1971)
Charles S. Boren /Edward G. Robinson (1972)
Henri Langlois /Groucho Marx (1973)
Howard Hawks /Jean Renoir (1974)
Mary Pickford (1975)

1976–present

Margaret Booth (1977)
Walter Lantz /Laurence Olivier /King Vidor /Museum of Modern Art Department of Film (1978)
Hal Elias /Alec Guinness (1979)
Henry Fonda (1980)
Barbara Stanwyck (1981)
Mickey Rooney (1982)
Hal Roach (1983)
James Stewart /National Endowment for the Arts (1984)
Paul Newman /Alex North (1985)
Ralph Bellamy (1986)
Eastman Kodak Company /National Film Board of Canada (1988)
Akira Kurosawa (1989)
Sophia Loren /Myrna Loy (1990)
Satyajit Ray (1991)
Federico Fellini (1992)
Deborah Kerr (1993)
Michelangelo Antonioni (1994)
Kirk Douglas /Chuck Jones (1995)
Michael Kidd (1996)
Stanley Donen (1997)
Elia Kazan (1998)
Andrzej Wajda (1999)
Jack Cardiff /Ernest Lehman (2000)
Sidney Poitier /Robert Redford (2001)
Peter O'Toole (2002)
Blake Edwards (2003)
Sidney Lumet (2004)
Robert Altman (2005)
Ennio Morricone (2006)
Robert F. Boyle (2007)
Lauren Bacall /Roger Corman /Gordon Willis (2009)
Kevin Brownlow /Jean-Luc Godard /Eli Wallach (2010)
James Earl Jones /Dick Smith (2011)
D. A. Pennebaker /Hal Needham /George Stevens Jr. (2012)
Angela Lansbury /Steve Martin /Piero Tosi (2013)
Jean-Claude Carrière /Hayao Miyazaki /Maureen O'Hara (2014)
Spike Lee /Gena Rowlands (2015)
Jackie Chan /Lynn Stalmaster /Anne V. Coates /Frederick Wiseman (2016)
Charles Burnett /Owen Roizman /Donald Sutherland /Agnès Varda (2017)
Marvin Levy /Lalo Schifrin /Cicely Tyson (2018)
David Lynch /Wes Studi /Lina Wertmüller (2019)
Samuel L. Jackson /Elaine May /Liv Ullmann (2021)
Euzhan Palcy /Diane Warren /Peter Weir (2022)
Angela Bassett /Mel Brooks /Carol Littleton (2023)
Quincy Jones /Juliet Taylor (2024)
Debbie Allen /Tom Cruise /Wynn Thomas (2025)

v t e Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame (2000s)
2005	Wilfred Buckland Richard Day John DeCuir Anton Grot Boris Leven William Cameron Menzies Van Nest Polglase
2006	John Box Hans Dreier Cedric Gibbons Jan Scott Alexandre Trauner
2007	Hilyard M. Brown Henry Bumstead Carroll Clark Stephen Goosson Harry Horner
2008	Edward Carfagno Stephen B. Grimes Dale Hennesy James Trittipo Lyle R. Wheeler
2009	Ted Haworth Joseph McMillan "Mac" Johnson Romain Johnston John Meehan Harold Michelson
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Society of Illustrators' Hall of Fame

1958–1959

1958	Norman Rockwell
1959	Dean Cornwell Harold von Schmidt

1960–1969

1960	Fred Cooper
1961	Floyd Davis
1962	Edward A. Wilson
1963	Walter Biggs
1964	Arthur William Brown
1965	Al Parker
1966	Albert Dorne
1967	Robert Fawcett
1968	Peter Helck
1969	Austin Briggs

1970–1979

1970	Rube Goldberg
1971	Stevan Dohanos
1972	Ray Prohaska
1973	Jon Whitcomb
1974	Charles Dana Gibson Tom Lovell N. C. Wyeth
1975	Bernie Fuchs Maxfield Parrish Howard Pyle
1976	Harvey Dunn John Falter Winslow Homer
1977	J. C. Leyendecker Wallace Morgan Robert Peak
1978	Norman Price Frederic Remington Coby Whitmore
1979	Edwin Austin Abbey Lorraine Fox Ben Stahl

1980–1989

1980	Howard Chandler Christy James Montgomery Flagg Saul Tepper
1981	Stan Galli John Gannam Frederic R. Gruger
1982	John Clymer Carl Erickson Henry P. Raleigh
1983	Franklin Booth Mark English Noel Sickles
1984	John La Gatta Neysa McMein James Williamson
1985	Arthur Burdett Frost Charles Marion Russell Robert Weaver
1986	Al Hirschfeld Rockwell Kent
1987	Maurice Sendak Haddon Sundblom
1988	René Bouché Pruett Carter Robert T. McCall
1989	Erté John Held Jr. Arthur Ignatius Keller

1990–1999

1990	Robert Riggs Morton Roberts Burt Silverman
1991	Jessie Willcox Smith William Arthur Smith Donald Teague
1992	Joe Bowler Edwin A. Georgi Dorothy Hood
1993	Robert McGinnis Thomas Nast Coles Phillips
1994	Harry Anderson Elizabeth Shippen Green Ben Shahn
1995	James Avati McClelland Barclay Joseph Clement Coll Frank Schoonover
1996	Anton Otto Fischer Winsor McCay Violet Oakley Mead Schaeffer Herbert Tauss
1997	Chesley Bonestell Joe DeMers Diane Dillon Leo Dillon Maynard Dixon Harrison Fisher Frank McCarthy
1998	Boris Artzybasheff Robert M. Cunningham Kerr Eby Frank Frazetta Edward Penfield Martha Sawyers
1999	Mitchell Hooks Andrew Loomis Antonio Lopez Stanley Meltzoff Thomas Moran Rose O'Neill Adolph Treidler

2000–2009

2000	James Bama Nell Brinkley Charles Livingston Bull David Stone Martin Alice and Martin Provensen J. Allen St. John
2001	John James Audubon Will H. Bradley Howard Brodie F. O. C. Darley Charles R. Knight Franklin McMahon
2002	E. Simms Campbell Milton Glaser Jean-Leon Huens Daniel Schwartz
2003	Elaine Duillo David Levine Bill Mauldin Jack Potter
2004	John Berkey John Groth Robert Andrew Parker Saul Steinberg
2005	Jack Davis Brad Holland Herbert Paus Albert Beck Wenzell
2006	Gilbert Bundy Bradshaw Crandell Keith Ferris Harold Foster Frank H. Netter Alvin J. Pimsler Jack Unruh
2007	David Grove Gary Kelley Edward Windsor Kemble Russell Patterson George Stavrinos
2008	Benton Clark Matt Clark Kinuko Y. Craft Naiad Einsel Walter Einsel
2009	Mario Cooper Paul Davis Laurence Fellows Arnold Roth Herbert Morton Stoops

2010–2019

2010	Charles Edward Chambers Earl Oliver Hurst Orson Lowell Wilson McLean Chris Van Allsburg
2011	Kenneth Paul Block Alan E. Cober Robert Heindel Fred Otnes Jerry Pinkney
2012	Ludwig Bemelmans R. O. Blechman John Collier Edward Gorey John Sloan Nancy Stahl
2013	Ted CoConis George Herriman Sanford Kossin Arthur Rackham Charles M. Schulz Murray Tinkelman
2014	Mary Blair Walter Everett Al Jaffee Syd Mead William Cameron Menzies Alex Raymond Edward Sorel
2015	Bernard D'Andrea Walter M. Baumhofer Will Eisner Virgil Finlay Ted Lewin andBetsy Lewin Pat Oliphant Arthur Szyk
2016	Marshall Arisman Rolf Armstrong Guy Billout Peter de Sève William Glackens Beatrix Potter Richard M. Powers
2017	Mort Drucker Bart Forbes Anita Kunz Ralph Steadman Burne Hogarth George Petty Gustaf Tenggren
2018	Robert Crumb Kate Greenaway René Gruau Jack Kirby Heinrich Kley Hilary Knight James McMullan Kay Nielsen C. F. Payne
2019	Alice Barber Stephens Mary Petty Frank Godwin Mark Summers Vincent Di Fate Roz Chast

2020–2029

2020	Thomas Blackshear Edmund Dulac Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (Mœbius) Jeffrey Catherine Jones Barbara Nessim Drew Struzan
2021	Braldt Bralds Margaret Brundage Walter Percy Day Dale Messick Craig Mullins Floyd Norman
2022	Charles Addams George Booth Emory Douglas Brian andWendy Froud Reynold Ruffins Sarah S. Stilwell Weber
2023	Richard Amsel Anna Whelan Betts Reynold Brown Seymour Chwast Helen Hokinson Wendell Minor Barron Storey
2024	Steve Brodner Gustave Doré Robert Grossman Gregory Manchess Yuko Shimizu Virginia Frances Sterrett
2025	Marie Severin Frank R. Paul Peter Arno Tim O' Brien Kadir Nelson Rudy Gutierrez

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