Eric John Bryan Pratt[1] (12 August 1911 – 10 June 1969), known professionally as John Bryan, was a British art director and film producer.
John Bryan was born in Kensington, London,[1] England. He won the Oscar for Best Art Direction for the film Great Expectations in 1948.[2] He was nominated twice more, for Caesar and Cleopatra in 1947[3] and for Becket in 1965.[4][5] Bryan also won a BAFTA for Becket.
In 1959, he was a member of the jury at the 9th Berlin International Film Festival.[6]
He died from cancer at a hospital in Thames Ditton, Surrey, on 10 June 1969.[1]
Filmography
Art director
- Colonel Blood (1934)
- Murder by Rope (1936)
- Hearts of Humanity (1936)
- The Captain's Table (1936)
- Men of Yesterday (1936)
- Things to Come (1936, assistant)
- The Song of the Road (1937)
- The Last Curtain (1937)
- Talking Feet (1937)
- Stepping Toes (1938)
- Pygmalion (1938)
- Inspector Hornleigh (1939)
- On the Night of the Fire (1939)
- Stolen Life (1939)
- The Spider (1940)
- Major Barbara (1941)
- Dangerous Moonlight (1941)
- King Arthur Was a Gentleman (1942)
- Dear Octopus (1943)
- Millions Like Us (1943)
- The Adventures of Tartu (1943)
- Time Flies (1944)
- Fanny by Gaslight (1944)
- Love Story (1944)
- Two Thousand Women (1944)
- The Wicked Lady (1945)
- Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
- The Magic Bow (1946)
- Caravan (1946)
- Great Expectations (1946)
- The Root of All Evil (1947)
- Take My Life (1947)
- Blanche Fury (1948)
- Oliver Twist (1948)
- The Passionate Friends (1949)
- Madeleine (1950)
- Golden Salamander (1950)
- Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951)
- The Magic Box (1951)
- Becket (1964)
- Great Catherine (1968)
Producer
- The Card (1952)
- The Million Pound Note (1954)
- The Purple Plain (1954)
- The Spanish Gardener (1956)
- The Secret Place (1957)
- Windom's Way (1957)
- The Horse's Mouth (1958)
- There Was a Crooked Man (1960)
- The Girl on the Boat (1962)
- Tamahine (1963)
- After the Fox (1966)
- The Touchables (1968)
References
- ^ a b c "Bryan, John (1911–1969)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/105373. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "The 20th Academy Awards (1948) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
- ^ "The 19th Academy Awards (1947) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ "The 37th Academy Awards (1965) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-31. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
- ^ "The Official Academy Awards® Database". Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2011-06-30.
- ^ "9th Berlin International Film Festival: Juries". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
External links
- John Bryan at IMDb