George Davis (art director)

George W Davis
Born	April 17, 1914 Kokomo, Indiana, USA
Died	March 10, 1998 (aged 83)
Nationality	American
Other names	George W.Davis
Occupation	Art director
Employer	20th Century Fox
Known for	Celebrated work as an art director

George Davis (April 17, 1914 – October 3, 1998) was a celebrated art director.

Career

Davis began his career as a sketch artist at Warner Brothers Studio. He joined the U.S. Marines during World War II and was discharged as a colonel. He then began work at 20th Century Fox, his first film was Joseph L. Mankiewicz's fantasy The Ghost and Mrs. Muir in 1947, a director for whom he frequently worked, notably on House of Strangers (1949), All About Eve (1950 No Way Out (both 1950) 5 Fingers (1952) and more than 50 other films including "Funny Face" (1957) and "Mutiny on the Bounty (1965).

He was also heavily involved in some of the big religious productions of the mid-50s, such as Demetrius and the Gladiators and The Egyptian (both 1954). He also worked extensively in TV on such shows as The Twilight Zone and The Man from U.N.C.L.E..

Davis was also the initial project manager of Disneyland Tokyo and the primary designer of Park City, UT. He was married to Barbara Louise Davis (née Davies) who died in 1990 at the age of 73. They had 2 children (Karen Louise Hoy, born 1940 and George Christopher Davis, born 1943). He lived in the same home in Santa Monica, California, from 1948 to his death in 1998.

Awards

Davis won Oscars for his work on The Robe (1953) and The Diary of Anne Frank (1959). He was nominated an additional 17 times.

External links

• George Davis at the Internet Movie Database