
Cedric Gibbons
Highest Rated: 100% Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
Lowest Rated: 14% Any Number Can Play (1949)
Birthday: Mar 23, 1893
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Gibbons was appointed head of the art department at the newly formed MGM in 1924, following short stints with Thomas Edison and the independent Goldwyn company. He was a key figure in the importation into America of Art Deco stylistics and a major force behind the lavish MGM "look," working as either art supervisor or art director for the next 30 years. He is also credited with designing the Oscar statuette, which he himself won 11 times for design and once (in 1950) "for consistent excellence." Married to actress Dolores del Rio from 1930 to 1941.
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | 56% | These Wilder Years | Art Director | - | 1956 |
86% | 86% | Somebody Up There Likes Me | Art Director | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | 73% | Invitation to the Dance | Art Director | - | 1956 |
83% | 82% | High Society | Art Director | - | 1956 |
96% | 85% | Forbidden Planet | Art Director | - | 1956 |
17% | 72% | The Catered Affair | Art Director | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Diane | Art Director | - | 1955 |
75% | 52% | The Cobweb | Art Director | - | 1955 |
69% | 71% | Moonfleet | Art Director | - | 1955 |
86% | 75% | I'll Cry Tomorrow | Art Director | - | 1955 |
No Score Yet | 32% | The Prodigal | Art Director | - | 1955 |
89% | 74% | It's Always Fair Weather | Art Director | - | 1955 |
74% | 78% | Blackboard Jungle | Art Director | - | 1955 |
55% | 77% | The Long, Long Trailer | Art Director | - | 1954 |
86% | 71% | Brigadoon | Film Editing | - | 1954 |
78% | 50% | The Last Time I Saw Paris | Art Director | - | 1954 |
89% | 87% | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Art Director | - | 1954 |
57% | 73% | The Student Prince | Art Director | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | 30% | Take the High Ground | Art Director | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Latin Lovers | Art Director | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | 58% | I Love Melvin | Art Director | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Arena | Art Director | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | 70% | Above and Beyond | Art Director | - | 1953 |
100% | 82% | The Band Wagon | Art Director | - | 1953 |
93% | 67% | Kiss Me Kate | Art Director | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fast Company | Art Director | - | 1953 |
No Score Yet | 40% | The Wild North | Art Director | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | 32% | The Belle of New York | Art Director | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | 84% | Scaramouche | Art Director | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | 54% | Carbine Williams | Art Director | - | 1952 |
100% | 95% | Singin' in the Rain | Art Director | $23.9K | 1952 |
No Score Yet | 56% | The Merry Widow | Art Director | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | 11% | Young Man With Ideas | Art Director | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | 20% | Glory Alley | Art Director | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | 37% | Across the Wide Missouri | Art Director | - | 1951 |
83% | 73% | Quo Vadis? | Art Director | - | 1951 |
83% | 65% | Angels in the Outfield | Art Director | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | 18% | Mr. Imperium | Art Director | - | 1951 |
83% | 71% | Show Boat | Art Director | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | 77% | Go for Broke! | Art Director | - | 1951 |
100% | 61% | Father's Little Dividend | Art Director | - | 1951 |
95% | 79% | An American in Paris | Art Director | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | 67% | Three Guys Named Mike | Art Director | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Strictly Dishonorable | Art Director | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | 63% | Kind Lady | Art Director | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | 50% | The Strip | Art Director | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Key to the City | Art Director | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | 60% | A Life of Her Own | Art Director | - | 1950 |
67% | 58% | Border Incident | Art Director | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | 30% | To Please a Lady | Art Director | - | 1950 |
86% | 69% | Side Street | Art Director | - | 1950 |
90% | 74% | Father of the Bride | Art Director | - | 1950 |
100% | 67% | Annie Get Your Gun | Art Director | - | 1950 |
100% | 83% | Summer Stock | Art Director | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | 11% | Right Cross | Art Director | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Big Jack | Art Director | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Scene of the Crime | Art Director | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | 47% | The Bribe | Art Director | - | 1949 |
14% | 57% | Any Number Can Play | Art Director | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | 70% | Madame Bovary | Art Director | - | 1949 |
96% | 86% | Adam's Rib | Film Editing | - | 1949 |
43% | 73% | East Side, West Side | Art Director | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | 50% | The Great Sinner | Art Director | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | 54% | Tenth Avenue Angel | Art Director | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | 53% | If Winter Comes | Art Director | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | 38% | B.F.'s Daughter | Art Director | - | 1948 |
20% | 61% | Words and Music | Art Director | - | 1948 |
78% | 75% | The Pirate | Art Director | - | 1948 |
80% | 78% | State of the Union | Art Director | - | 1948 |
75% | 74% | The Three Musketeers | Art Director | - | 1948 |
60% | 77% | Julia Misbehaves | Art Director | - | 1948 |
91% | 86% | Easter Parade | Art Director | - | 1948 |
71% | 43% | Summer Holiday | Art Director | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | 69% | Possessed | Art Director | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Undercover Maisie | Art Director | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Green Dolphin Street | Art Director | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | 56% | The Hucksters | Art Director | - | 1947 |
67% | 29% | The Unfinished Dance | Art Director | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | 60% | Cass Timberlane | Art Director | - | 1947 |
100% | 78% | Good News | Art Director | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dark Delusion | Art Director | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Great Morgan | Art Director | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Up Goes Maisie | Art Director | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Two Sisters From Boston | Art Director | - | 1946 |
89% | 79% | The Postman Always Rings Twice | Art Director | - | 1946 |
67% | 59% | Ziegfeld Follies | Art Director | - | 1946 |
100% | 76% | The Yearling | Art Director | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | 54% | Easy to Wed | Art Director | - | 1946 |
No Score Yet | 55% | Weekend at the Waldorf | Art Director | - | 1945 |
100% | 83% | The Clock | Art Director | - | 1945 |
93% | 77% | The Picture of Dorian Gray | Art Director | - | 1945 |
53% | 78% | Anchors Aweigh | Art Director | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | 56% | Abbott and Costello in Hollywood | Art Director | - | 1945 |
80% | 46% | Yolanda and the Thief | Art Director | - | 1945 |
83% | 67% | Without Love | Art Director | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What Next, Corporal Hargrove? | Art Director | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | 78% | Keep Your Powder Dry | Art Director | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | 64% | Music for Millions | Art Director | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | 14% | Broadway Rhythm | Art Director | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | 20% | Meet the People | Art Director | - | 1944 |
100% | 87% | Meet Me in St. Louis | Art Director | - | 1944 |
100% | 78% | National Velvet | Art Director | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | 26% | Lost in a Harem | Art Director | - | 1944 |
86% | 73% | The Canterville Ghost | Art Director | - | 1944 |
89% | 90% | Gaslight | Art Director | - | 1944 |
83% | 69% | The Human Comedy | Art Director | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | 67% | Slightly Dangerous | Art Director | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | 56% | Thousands Cheer | Art Director | - | 1943 |
100% | 74% | Girl Crazy | Art Director | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Best Foot Forward | Art Director | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | 47% | Du Barry Was a Lady | Art Director | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | 77% | Presenting Lily Mars | Art Director | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harrigan's Kid | Art Director | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Swing Shift Maisie | Art Director | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maisie Gets Her Man | Art Director | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tennessee Johnson | Art Director | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | 19% | White Cargo | Art Director | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Her Cardboard Lover | Art Director | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | 40% | A Yank at Eton | Art Director | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | 60% | Seven Sweethearts | Art Director | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | 77% | Johnny Eager | Art Director | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Ship Ahoy | Art Director | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Reunion in France | Art Director | - | 1942 |
82% | 89% | Random Harvest | Art Director | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | 64% | Somewhere I'll Find You | Art Director | - | 1942 |
94% | 84% | Mrs. Miniver | Art Director | - | 1942 |
83% | 60% | Tarzan's New York Adventure | Art Director | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | 11% | Fingers at the Window | Art Director | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Born to Sing | Art Director | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Yank on the Burma Road | Art Director | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Ringside Maisie | Art Director | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Design for Scandal | Art Director | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | 64% | They Met in Bombay | Art Director | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day | Art Director | - | 1941 |
40% | 65% | Men of Boys Town | Art Director | - | 1941 |
58% | 61% | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Art Director | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | 68% | Babes on Broadway | Art Director | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | 78% | Ziegfeld Girl | Art Director | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The People vs. Dr. Kildare | Art Director | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blonde Inspiration | Art Director | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gold Rush Maisie | Art Director | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | 12% | Two Girls on Broadway | Art Director | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | 52% | Comrade X | Art Director | - | 1940 |
100% | 68% | Northwest Passage | Art Director | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Andy Hardy Meets Debutante | Art Director | - | 1940 |
75% | 59% | Strange Cargo | Art Director | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | 79% | Strike Up the Band | Art Director | - | 1940 |
100% | 76% | Pride and Prejudice | Art Director | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | 66% | Boom Town | Art Director | - | 1940 |
100% | 93% | The Philadelphia Story | Art Director | - | 1940 |
100% | 83% | I Love You Again | Art Director | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | 75% | Young Tom Edison | Art Director | - | 1940 |
99% | 91% | The Shop Around the Corner | Art Director | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ghost Comes Home | Art Director | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | 33% | The Earl of Chicago | Art Director | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | We Who Are Young | Art Director | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wyoming | Art Director | - | 1940 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Remember? | Art Director | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Judge Hardy and Son | Art Director | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stronger Than Desire | Art Director | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Dancing Co-ed | Art Director | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | 59% | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Art Director | - | 1939 |
40% | 46% | Idiot's Delight | Art Director | - | 1939 |
90% | 70% | Babes in Arms | Art Director | - | 1939 |
94% | 88% | The Women | Art Director | - | 1939 |
98% | 89% | The Wizard of Oz | Art Director | $5.5M | 1939 |
No Score Yet | 38% | These Glamour Girls | Art Director | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tell No Tales | Art Director | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Calling Dr. Kildare | Art Director | - | 1939 |
No Score Yet | 38% | Out West With the Hardys | Art Director | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | 80% | The Shopworn Angel | Art Director | - | 1938 |
100% | 65% | Three Comrades | Art Director | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | 74% | Love Finds Andy Hardy | Art Director | - | 1938 |
90% | 81% | Boys Town | Art Director | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | 70% | The Girl of the Golden West | Art Director | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | 0% | Hold That Kiss | Art Director | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stablemates | Art Director | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Spring Madness | Art Director | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Toy Wife | Art Director | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rich Man, Poor Girl | Art Director | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Chaser | Art Director | - | 1938 |
No Score Yet | 50% | The Firefly | Art Director | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Parnell | Art Director | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | 64% | Navy Blue and Gold | Art Director | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | 44% | Thoroughbreds Don't Cry | Art Director | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | 54% | Personal Property | Art Director | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Saratoga | Art Director | - | 1937 |
100% | 61% | Broadway Melody of 1938 | Art Director | - | 1937 |
94% | 89% | A Day at the Races | Art Director | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | 67% | The Bride Wore Red | Art Director | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Man of the People | Art Director | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dangerous Number | Art Director | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Between Two Women | Art Director | - | 1937 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Devil Is a Sissy | Art Director | - | 1936 |
100% | 90% | After the Thin Man | Art Director | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | 71% | Wife vs. Secretary | Art Director | - | 1936 |
94% | 83% | Camille | Art Director | - | 1936 |
86% | 87% | Libeled Lady | Art Director | - | 1936 |
92% | 71% | San Francisco | Art Director | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | 51% | Born to Dance | Art Director | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tough Guy | Art Director | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | 11% | His Brother's Wife | Art Director | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Indian Love Call | Art Director | - | 1936 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Speed | Art Director | - | 1936 |
80% | 74% | China Seas | Art Director | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vanessa, Her Love Story | Art Director | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | 50% | After Office Hours | Art Director | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | 67% | Ah, Wilderness! | Art Director | - | 1935 |
96% | 84% | Mutiny on the Bounty | Art Director | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Flame Within | Art Director | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | O'Shaughnessy's Boy | Art Director | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder in the Fleet | Art Director | - | 1935 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Baby Face Harrington | Art Director | - | 1935 |
100% | 75% | Tarzan and His Mate | Director | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Operator 13 | Art Director | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Men in White | Art Director | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | 74% | Chained | Art Director | - | 1934 |
82% | 78% | The Merry Widow | Art Director | - | 1934 |
98% | 94% | The Thin Man | Art Director | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Wicked Woman | Art Director | - | 1934 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Student Tour | Art Director | - | 1934 |
75% | 55% | Gabriel Over the White House | Art Director | - | 1933 |
20% | 30% | Today We Live | Art Director | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | 25% | Night Flight | Art Director | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | 67% | Hell Below | Art Director | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | 33% | Men Must Fight | Art Director | - | 1933 |
No Score Yet | 69% | Red Headed Woman | Art Director | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Unashamed | Art Director | - | 1932 |
95% | 88% | Freaks | Art Director | - | 1932 |
86% | 77% | Grand Hotel | Art Director | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Prosperity | Art Director | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lovers Courageous | Art Director | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | 73% | Downstairs | Art Director | - | 1932 |
No Score Yet | 57% | A Free Soul | Art Director | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | 30% | The Secret Six | Art Director | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gentleman's Fate | Art Director | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | 58% | Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise | Art Director | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Easiest Way | Art Director | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Flying High | Art Director | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Dance, Fools, Dance | Art Director | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | 21% | Laughing Sinners | Art Director | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Man in Possession | Art Director | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bachelor Father | Art Director | - | 1931 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Montana Moon | Art Director | - | 1930 |
75% | 69% | The Big House | Art Director | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet | 59% | The Unholy Three | Art Director | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Lady's Morals | Art Director | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | War Nurse | Art Director | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sea Bat | Art Director | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good News | Art Director | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet | 92% | Olympia | Film Editing | - | 1930 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | So This Is College | Art Director | - | 1929 |
No Score Yet | 45% | Our Modern Maidens | Art Director | - | 1929 |
No Score Yet | 55% | Wild Orchids | Art Director | - | 1929 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Unholy Night | Art Director | - | 1929 |
No Score Yet | 77% | A Woman of Affairs | Art Director | - | 1928 |
100% | 89% | The Wind | Art Department | - | 1928 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Man, Woman and Sin | Art Director | - | 1927 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Annie Laurie | Art Director | - | 1927 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fair Co-Ed | Art Director | - | 1927 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Road to Mandalay | Art Director | - | 1926 |
100% | 79% | The Merry Widow | Art Director | - | 1925 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lights of Old Broadway | Art Director | - | 1925 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Slave of Fashion | Art Director | - | 1925 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sally, Irene and Mary | Art Director | - | 1925 |
96% | 91% | Greed | Art Director | - | 1924 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Earthbound | Art Director | - | 1920 |