John DeCuir(1918-1991)

Art Director
Production Designer
Art Department

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John DeCuir was born on 4 June 1918 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an art director and production designer, known for The King and I (1956), Cleopatra (1963) and Hello, Dolly! (1969). He died on 29 October 1991 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

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Won 3 Oscars
- 4 wins & 10 nominations total

Known for

The King and I

7.4

Movie

Art Director(as John De Cuir)

1956

Cleopatra

7.0

Movie

Production Designer(as John De Cuir)

1963

Hello, Dolly!

7.0

Movie

Production Designer(as John De Cuir)

1969

Ghostbusters

7.8

Movie

Production Designer(as John De Cuir)

1984

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Art Director

Love and Bullets
5.6
- Art Director (as John de Cuir)
- 1979
The Other Side of the Mountain
6.4
- Art Director (as John de Cuir)
- 1975
A Man Could Get Killed
5.8
- Art Director
- 1966
Seven Thieves
6.5
- Art Director
- 1960
The Big Fisherman
5.5
- Art Director (as John de Cuir)
- 1959
A Certain Smile
5.6
- Art Director
- 1958
South Pacific
6.8
- Art Director (as John De Cuir)
- 1958
Island in the Sun
6.1
- Art Director (uncredited)
- 1957
The King and I
7.4
- Art Director (as John De Cuir)
- 1956
How to Be Very, Very Popular
5.2
- Art Director
- 1955
Daddy Long Legs
6.7
- Art Director (as John De Cuir)
- 1955
There's No Business Like Show Business
6.4
- Art Director (as John De Cuir)
- 1954
Carmen Jones
6.7
- co-art director (uncredited)
- 1954
Three Coins in the Fountain
6.2
- Art Director (as John De Cuir)
- 1954
The Robe
6.7
- Art Director (uncredited)
- 1953

Production Designer

Ghostbusters
7.8
- Production Designer (as John De Cuir)
- 1984
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
6.8
- Production Designer
- 1982
Raise the Titanic
5.2
- Production Designer (as John F. Decuir)
- 1980
Love and Bullets
5.6
- Production Designer
- 1979
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
8.0
TV Movie
- Production Designer
- 1978
The Other Side of Midnight
6.0
- Production Designer
- 1977
Once Is Not Enough
4.7
- Production Designer
- 1975
Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra
8.1
TV Special
- Production Designer (as John De Cuir)
- 1973
The Great White Hope
6.9
- Production Designer (as John De Cuir)
- 1970
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
6.4
- Production Designer (as John De Cuir)
- 1970
Hello, Dolly!
7.0
- Production Designer (as John De Cuir)
- 1969
Charly
6.9
- Production Designer (uncredited)
- 1968
Doctor Faustus
5.4
- Production Designer (as John de Cuir)
- 1967
The Honey Pot
6.7
- Production Designer (as John de Cuir)
- 1967
The Agony and the Ecstasy
7.2
- Production Designer (as John De Cuir)
- 1965

Art Department

The Hunt for Red October
7.5
- concept designer (uncredited)
- 1990
That's Entertainment, Part II
7.3
- production design: new sequences (as John De Cuir)
- 1976
The Taming of The Shrew
7.1
- associate designer (as John De Cuir)
- 1967
What a Way to Go!
6.9
- illustrator (uncredited)
- 1964
The Best Things in Life Are Free
5.9
- art director: musical settings
- 1956
Alexander the Great
5.8
- storyboard artist
- 1956
Lydia Bailey
6.3
- illustrator (uncredited)
- 1952
Saboteur
7.1
- illustrator (uncredited)
- 1942
The Adventures of Marco Polo
5.6
- graphic designer (uncredited)
- 1938

Trivia
Distinguished Hollywood art director and production designer, painter, illustrator and draftsman. Began in films as a sketch artist in the 1930's. Had his longest spells at Universal (1938-49) and 20th Century Fox (1949-62. Nominated for eleven Academy Awards, winner of three. Inducted into the Art Director's Hall of Fame in 2004. Accaimed for his elaborate, lavish sets on big budget extravaganzas, such as The King and I (1956), Cleopatra (1963) and Hello, Dolly! (1969). Among the first in his field to work with CinemaScope. Also active in theatrical design, on operas and designing theme parks.

Quotes
[on Joseph L. Mankiewicz and his return to Rome to direct "The Honey Pot", three years after making "Cleopatra" there]: Coming back to Rome reawakened all his memories of "Cleopatra" - all the heartaches and problems.