Wilfred Shingleton Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Wilfred Shingleton (1914–1983) was an English art director. He enjoyed a distinguished career in the British film industry from his debut in 1937. Some of his early assignments were several George Formby vehicles – hugely popular with wartime audiences.His career really kicked off into a higher gear in 1947 when he won the Academy Award for his atmospheric sets for David Lean's Great Expectations.This led to a string of high profile projects including Anna Karenina (1948), The African Queen (1951) and Beat the Devil (1953), both for director John Huston, Hobson's Choice (1954) and Tunes of Glory (1960).He won a BAFTA for the wartime flying epic The Blue Max in 1966, after which he moved seamlessly into the world of TV, working on the stylish hit series The Avengers.He received an Emmy nomination for the miniseries Holocaust in 1978, winning the award two years later for the TV movie Gauguin the Savage. His last film – for which he received a BAFTA nomination – was the Merchant-Ivory film Heat and Dust in 1983.
Distinguished British art director, who began as a junior assistant in the art department at Ealing under the auspices of Edward Carrick and Clifford Pember. He was involved with naval camouflage during wartime service, then joined Cineguild in 1947. Shingleton was assigned a number of prestige pictures, including "Great Expectations", "The African Queen" and "The Blue Max" (for which he won a BAFTA in 1966). He also devoted time lecturing on art direction at schools and youth clubs.
Production Designer
Title
Year
Status
Character
I Could Go on Singing
1963
Tarzan's Three Challenges
1963
Term of Trial
1962
Waltz of the Toreadors
1962
Tunes of Glory
1960
Hell, Heaven or Hoboken
1958
The Key
1958
as Wilfrid Shingleton
Abandon Ship
1957
The Green Man
1956
Malaga
1954
Sea Devils
1953
uncredited
The Passionate Sentry
1952
La rivale dell'imperatrice
1951
Heat and Dust
1983
Eye of the Needle
1981
Gauguin the Savage
1980
TV Movie as Wilfrid Shingleton
The Lady Vanishes
1979
Les Miserables
1978
TV Movie
Holocaust
1978
TV Mini-Series 4 episodes
Voyage of the Damned
1976
Frankenstein: The True Story
1973
TV Movie as Wilfrid Shingleton
The Amazing Mr. Blunden
1972
Endless Night
1972
Macbeth
1971
as Wilfrid Shingleton
Say Hello to Yesterday
1971
as Wilfrid Shingleton
The Buttercup Chain
1970
Goodbye Gemini
1970
as Wilfrid Shingleton
Strange Report
1969-1970
TV Series 11 episodes
The Best House in London
1969
Prudence and the Pill
1968
as Wilfrid Shingleton
Sebastian
1968
as Wilfrid Shingleton
The Avengers
1967
TV Series 6 episodes
Dance of the Vampires
1967
as Wilfrid Shingleton
The Blue Max
1966
as Wilfrid Shingleton
Promise Her Anything
1966
Judith
1966
Espionage
1963-1964
TV Series 7 episodes
Summer Flight
1963
Art Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Innocents
1961
as Wilfrid Shingleton
The Queen's Guards
1961
as Wilfrid Shingleton
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
1960
Trouble in the Sky
1960
The Bridal Path
1959
She Played with Fire
1957
Port Afrique
1956
as Wilfrid Shingleton
Storm Over the Nile
1955
as Wilfrid Shingleton
Footsteps in the Fog
1955
A Kid for Two Farthings
1955
as Wilfrid Shingleton
Marriage a la Mode
1955
as Wilfrid Shingleton
Court Martial
1954
The Green Scarf
1954
Hobson's Choice
1954
Meet Mr. Lucifer
1953
Beat the Devil
1953
Sea Devils
1953
The African Queen
1951
Cry, the Beloved Country
1951
Shadow of the Eagle
1950
The Great Manhunt
1950
Bonnie Prince Charlie
1948
as W. Shingleton
Blanche Fury
1948
Take My Life
1947
Great Expectations
1946
Ships with Wings
1942
as Wilfrid Shingleton
Turned Out Nice Again
1941
as Wilfrid Shingleton
The Ghost of St. Michael's
1941
Three Cockeyed Sailors
1940
Spare a Copper
1940
as Wilfrid Shingleton
Saloon Bar
1940
as Wilfrid Shingleton
To Hell with Hitler
1940
Convoy
1940
The Proud Valley
1940
as Wilfrid Shingleton
Return to Yesterday
1940
Come on George!
1939
as Wilfrid Shingleton
Young Man's Fancy
1939
as Wilfrid Shingleton
Cheer Boys Cheer
1939
The Secret Four
1939
as Wilfrid J. Shingleton
Trouble Brewing
1939
as Wilfrid Shingleton
George Takes the Air
1938
as W. Shingleton
Penny Paradise
1938
as Wilfrid Shingleton
I See Ice
1938
as W. Shingleton
Keep Fit
1937
as W. Shingleton
The Fortunate Fool
1933
as W. Shingleton
Art Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Saints and Sinners
1949
set designer - as Wilfrid Shingleton
Women of Dolwyn
1949
set designer - as Wilfrid Shingleton
Anna Karenina
1948
assistant art director
There Ain't No Justice
1939
sets - as Wilfrid Shingleton
Set Decorator
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Cure for Love
1949
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1980
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Art Direction for a Limited Series or a Special
Gauguin the Savage (1980)
1967
BAFTA Film Award
BAFTA Awards
Best British Art Direction (Colour)
The Blue Max (1966)
1948
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White