Stephen Grimes


Art Director, Production Designer

About

Birth Place
Surrey, England, GB
Born
April 18, 1927
Died
September 12, 1988
Cause of Death
Heart Attack

Biography

Began his career as assistant art director on John Huston's "Moby Dick" (1956) and went on to work on eight subsequent films with the director, including "The Roots of Heaven" (1958), "The List of Adrian Messenger" (1963), "A Walk with Love and Death" (1969), and "The Dead" (1987). Grimes also worked with director Sydney Pollack on six films including "The Way We Were" (1973), "Three Day...

Notes

Grimes also received Oscar nominations for the art direction of John Huston's "The Night of the Iguana" (1964) and Sydney Pollack's "The Way We Were" (1973).

Biography

Began his career as assistant art director on John Huston's "Moby Dick" (1956) and went on to work on eight subsequent films with the director, including "The Roots of Heaven" (1958), "The List of Adrian Messenger" (1963), "A Walk with Love and Death" (1969), and "The Dead" (1987). Grimes also worked with director Sydney Pollack on six films including "The Way We Were" (1973), "Three Days of the Condor" (1975), "Bobby Deerfield" (1977) and "Out of Africa" (1985), for which he won an Academy Award.

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

Bobby Deerfield (1977)
Director
The Yakuza (1974)
Director

Cast (Feature Film)

Out Of Africa (1985)

Art Director (Feature Film)

Independence (1976)
Art Director
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Production Design
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
Production Design
A Walk with Love and Death (1969)
Production Design
Sinful Davey (1969)
Production Design
Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)
Production Design
This Property Is Condemned (1966)
Art Director
The Bible...In the Beginning (1966)
Associate art Director
The Night of the Iguana (1964)
Art Director
The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
Art Director
Freud (1962)
Art Director
The Misfits (1961)
Art Director
The Unforgiven (1960)
Art Director
The Roots of Heaven (1958)
Art Director
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957)
Art Director
Moby Dick (1956)
Assistant art Director

Visual Effects (Feature Film)

Attila (1958)
Special Effects

Production Designer (Feature Film)

Haunted Summer (1988)
Production Designer
The Dead (1987)
Production Designer
Out Of Africa (1985)
Production Designer
Never Say Never Again (1983)
Production Designer
The Dresser (1983)
Production Designer
Krull (1983)
Production Designer
True Confessions (1981)
Production Designer
On Golden Pond (1981)
Production Designer
Urban Cowboy (1980)
Production Designer
The Electric Horseman (1979)
Production Designer
Straight Time (1978)
Production Designer
Bobby Deerfield (1977)
Production Designer
Murder By Death (1976)
Production Designer
The Yakuza (1974)
Production Designer
The Way We Were (1973)
Production Designer

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

A Farewell to Arms (1957)
Acknowledgments

Film Production - Unit (Feature Film)

On Golden Pond (1981)
Unit Director

Life Events

1956

First film as (assistant) art director, "Moby Dick"

Videos

Movie Clip

Trailer

Bibliography

Notes

Grimes also received Oscar nominations for the art direction of John Huston's "The Night of the Iguana" (1964) and Sydney Pollack's "The Way We Were" (1973).