Cedric Gibbons
Art Director

Cedric Gibbons Net Worth

Cedric Gibbons was a renowned Art Director and Director born in Dublin, Ireland in 1893. After graduating from the Art Students League in New York, he worked for his architect father before beginning film work at Edison Studios in 1915. In 1924, he began a 32 year stint as supervising art director for MGM films, and was directly responsible for over 150 of them. He designed the Oscar, winning it 11 times out of 37 nominations. His designs had a lasting influence on American interiors, and he is widely considered to be the most important art director in the history of American cinema.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Art Director, Art Department, Director
Birth Day March 23, 1893
Birth Place  Dublin, Ireland, Ireland
Age 126 YEARS OLD
Died On July 26, 1960(1960-07-26) (aged 67)\nLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Birth Sign Aries
Resting place Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles
Occupation Art director, set decorator
Years active 1919 – 1956
Spouse(s) Dolores del Rio (m. 1930; div. 1941) Hazel Brooks (m. 1944)
Relatives Veronica Cooper (niece)

💰 Net worth

Cedric Gibbons, a renowned Art Director and Director hailing from Ireland, is estimated to have a net worth ranging from $100K to $1M in 2024. Known for his exceptional contributions to the art department, Gibbons has left an indelible mark on the film industry. With his innovative vision and meticulous attention to detail, he has played a significant role in shaping the aesthetic of numerous cinematic masterpieces. Throughout his career, Gibbons has garnered immense recognition and accolades for his exceptional work, making him a highly sought-after talent in the industry.

Biography/Timeline

1911

Austin Cedric Gibbons was born in Dublin to Architect Austin P. Gibbons and Veronica Fitzpatrick Simmons. He was privately tutored and studied at the Art Students League of New York. In 1911 he began working in his father's office as a junior draftsman. Art Director at Edison Studios in New Jersey from 1915, he served in the US Navy during World War I. He then joined Goldwyn Studios, and began a long career with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1924, when the studio was founded.

1928

Gibbons was one of the original 36 founding members of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and oversaw the design of the Academy Awards statuette in 1928, a trophy for which he himself would be nominated 39 times, winning 11.

1930

In 1930, Gibbons married Actress Dolores del Río and co-designed their house in Santa Monica, an intricate Art Deco residence influenced by Rudolf Schindler. They divorced in 1941; three years later he married Actress Hazel Brooks, with whom he remained until his death.

1936

Gibbons's set designs, particularly those in such films as Born to Dance (1936) and Rosalie (1937), heavily inspired motion picture theater architecture in the late 1930s through 1950s. The style is found very clearly in the theaters that were managed by the Skouras brothers, whose designer Carl G. Moeller used the sweeping scroll-like details in his creations. Among the more classic examples are the Loma Theater in San Diego, The Crest in Long Beach and Fresno, and the Culver Theater in Culver City, all of which are in California and some extant. The style is sometimes referred to as Art Deco and Art Moderne. The iconic Oscar statuettes that he designed, which were first awarded in 1929, are still being awarded to winners at Academy Awards ceremonies each year.

1956

He retired in 1956 with about 1,500 films credited to him: however, his contract with MGM dictated that he receive credit as art Director for every MGM film released in the United States, even though other designers may have done the bulk of the work. Even so, his actual hands-on art direction may have been about 150 films.

1960

On July 26, 1960, Gibbons died in Los Angeles at the age of 67. He is buried in the Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles.

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