Eric John Bryan Pratt
(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,
England
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. He won the Oscar for
Best Art Direction for the film ''
Great Expectations'' in 1948.
He was nominated twice more, for ''
Caesar and Cleopatra'' in 1947
and for ''
Becket'' in 1965.
Bryan also won a
BAFTA
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for ''Becket''.
In 1959, he was a member of the jury at the
9th Berlin International Film Festival.
He died from cancer at a hospital in
Thames Ditton,
Surrey
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, on 10 June 1969.
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
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'' (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
External links
*
British art directors
British film designers
British film producers
Best Art Direction Academy Award winners
Best Production Design BAFTA Award winners
Businesspeople from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
1911 births
1969 deaths
Artists from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
20th-century English businesspeople
People from Kensington
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