Alex Vetchinsky
Alex Vetchinsky | |
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| Born | 9 November 1904 |
| Died | 4 March 1980 (aged 75) |
| Other names | Alec Hyman Vetchinsky |
| Occupation | Art director |
| Years active | 1928 - 1974 |
Alex Vetchinsky (1904-1980) was a BAFTA nominated British film art director and production designer.[1][2] He worked on more than a hundred productions during a career that lasted between 1928 and 1974.[1] Vetchinsky was employed for many years at Gainsborough Pictures.[3] He later worked frequently for Rank, including on several Carry On films.[4]
Selected filmography[]
- Balaclava (1928)
- Symphony in Two Flats (1930)
- Sunshine Susie (1931)
- The Faithful Heart (1932)
- The Lucky Number (1932)
- Marry Me (1932)
- The Man from Toronto (1933)
- It's a Boy (1933)
- Soldiers of the King (1933)
- Aunt Sally (1934)
- Stormy Weather (1935)
- The Phantom Light (1935)
- Tudor Rose (1936)
- All In (1936)
- Good Morning, Boys (1937)
- Said O'Reilly to McNab (1937)
- Convict 99 (1938)
- Shipyard Sally (1939)
- A Girl Must Live (1939)
- Night Train to Munich (1940)
- Kipps (1941)
- Cottage to Let (1941)
- The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)
- Tawny Pipit (1944)
- Don't Take It to Heart (1944)
- Waterloo Road (1945)
- The October Man (1947)
- The Mark of Cain (1947)
- Hungry Hill (1947)
- Escape (1948)
- It's Hard to Be Good (1948)
- Morning Departure (1950)
- Highly Dangerous (1950)
- Waterfront (1950)
- Night Without Stars (1951)
- Hunted (1952)
- Passage Home (1955)
- Value for Money (1955)
- A Town Like Alice (1956)
- Carry on Sergeant (1958)
- Operation Amsterdam (1959)
- Rotten to the Core (1965) (received BAFTA nomination)
- Doctor in Clover (1966)
- The Long Duel (1967)
- Carry On... Up the Khyber (1968)
- Kidnapped (1971)
- Gold (1974)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Alex Vetchinsky". BFI.
- ^ "BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org.
- ^ Ede, Laurie N. (March 30, 2010). British Film Design: A History. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9780857711090 – via Google Books.
- ^ McFarlane, Brian; Slide, Anthony (May 16, 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9781526111968 – via Google Books.
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Categories:
- 1904 births
- 1980 deaths
- British film designers
- British art directors
- Film people from London