Cedric Gibbons
American art director (1890–1960)
Who was Cedric Gibbons?
Cedric Gibbons lived from March 23, 1893 to July 26, 1960. Cedric Gibbons was born in New York City in 1890 to Irish architect Austin P. The family moved to Manhattan after the birth of their third child. He began working in his father's office as a junior draftsman, then in the art department at Edison Studios under Hugo Ballin in New Jersey in 1915.
Career and public life
Austin Cedric Gibbons (March 23, 1890 – July 26, 1960) was an American art director for the film industry. Gibbons designed the Oscar statuette in 1928, but tasked the sculpting to George Stanley, a Los Angeles artist. Gibbons and American Veronica Fitzpatrick Simmons. Cedric studied at the Art Students League of New York in 1911. He was drafted and served in the US Navy Reserves during World War I at Pelham Bay in New York. In 1924, Goldwyn Studios merged with Metro Pictures and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to become Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Austin Cedric Gibbons was an American art director for the film industry.
Historical significance
He also made a significant contribution to motion picture theater architecture from the 1930s to 1950s. He was nominated 39 times for the Academy Award for Best Production Design and won the Oscar 11 times, both of which are records. In 1918, Gibbons joined Goldwyn Studios, first serving as an assistant to Hugo Ballin.