John Richard Graysmark Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
John Graysmark (March 26, 1935 – October 10, 2010) was a British production designer. He was nominated for two Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction.Graysmark was involved with film from an early age, through his father, who was construction co-ordinator at Elstree Studios. Graysmark attended a specialist building and architectural school from the age of 13, then worked in architecture for five years. At the age of 21, through his father, Graysmark found work on his first film, Anastasia, as a draughtsman.Benefiting from his father's advice and contacts, within 5 years Graysmark had met or worked with the leading British film designers or art directors of the time, including John Box, Ken Adam, Don Ashton, Geoff Drake and Tony Masters.During 20 years in the art department, Graysmark worked on such films as Lawrence of Arabia, The Guns of Navarone, 2001, Young Winston (which earned him an Oscar nomination), The Man With The Golden Gun and Escape to Athena.Ragtime (1981) was a turning point in Graysmark's career, the first film he did with the title production designer. Having worked for producer Dino de Laurentiis on 1980's Flash Gordon as supervising art director, under Italian designers Ferdinando Scarfiotti and Danilo Donati, Graysmark was later contacted by de Laurentiis, who offered him Ragtime as designer. Graysmark received another Oscar nomination for designing the movie's New York 1906 setting.
He was a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Art Directors Branch, and the Art Directors Guild, Local 800. In the UK, he was a member of the Association of Cinematograph Technicians (aka A.C.T.) and was President of the British Film Designers Guild (aka B.F.D.G.).
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Graysmark was a consummate professional, sought-after by many first-rate directors. According to Clint Eastwood: "When I work with someone and I like the work they do, I'll continue to work with them. And John delivers. Not only is he the premiere production designer out of England, but he's not a prima donna. He's a straight-shooter who takes initiative, has experience, and is easy to talk to." (American Film, June 1990).
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Production designer and art director who began his career as a draughtsman at MGM's British Borehamwood facilities in 1956. His father was a supervising carpenter at the same studio.
Art Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Escape to Athena
1979
supervising art director
The Adventurers
1970
assistant art director
The Champions
TV Series associate art director - 29 episodes, 1968 - 1969 assistant art director - 1 episode, 1968
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968
draughtsman - uncredited
Half a Sixpence
1967
assistant art director - uncredited
The Heroes of Telemark
1965
assistant art director - uncredited
The Liquidator
1965
draughtsman - uncredited
Lord Jim
1965
assistant art director - uncredited
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964
draughtsman - uncredited
Ferry Cross the Mersey
1964
assistant art director
The Moon-Spinners
1964
assistant art director - uncredited
Night Must Fall
1964
assistant art director - uncredited
The Cracksman
1963
assistant art director
Call Me Bwana
1963
assistant art director
I Could Go on Singing
1963
assistant art director
Summer Holiday
1963
draughtsman - uncredited
Nine Hours to Rama
1963
assistant art director
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
draughtsman - uncredited
Lisa
1962
set designer - uncredited
Maid for Murder
1962
draughtsman - uncredited
Satan Never Sleeps
1962
set designer - uncredited
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1962
set designer - uncredited
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
1961
draughtsman - uncredited
The Guns of Navarone
1961
set designer - uncredited
Gorgo
1961
draughtsman - uncredited
Concrete Jungle
1960
draughtsman - uncredited / set designer - uncredited
Make Mine Mink
1960
set designer - uncredited
Life Is a Circus
1960
set designer - uncredited
Two Way Stretch
1960
set designer - uncredited
Our Man in Havana
1959
set designer - uncredited
Web of Evidence
1959
assistant art director - uncredited
The Bandit of Zhobe
1959
assistant art director - uncredited
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
1958
assistant art director - uncredited
Indiscreet
1958
set designer - uncredited
Tank Force
1958
set designer - uncredited
Gideon of Scotland Yard
1958
set designer - uncredited
High Flight
1957
set designer - uncredited
Lucky Jim
1957
draughtsman - uncredited / set designer - uncredited