- Jack Martin Smith
Jack Martin Smith (1911 - 1993) was a highly successful
Hollywood art director with over 130 films to his credit and nineAcademy Award nominations which ultimately yielded three Oscars.Career
MGM
He made his debut in 1937 and two years later found himself working as a production designer on "The Wizard of Oz". Smith spent most of his working life at
MGM where he worked on such films as "Easter Parade" (1948), "On the Town" (1949), and the 1951 version of "Show Boat". His first Oscar nomination came in 1949 for his work onVincente Minnelli 's adaptation of "Madame Bovary ".20th Century Fox
Later, he moved to
Twentieth Century-Fox , where he was one of the art directors on the 1956 film version of "Carousel (musical) ". Other big productions to bear his name there include "Peyton Place" (1957), "Return to Peyton Place " (1961), "Cleopatra" (1963, his first Oscar win), "Von Ryan's Express " (1965), the sci-fi epic "Fantastic Voyage " (1966, which earned him his second Oscar), "Planet of the Apes" (1968), "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid " (1969) and "MASH" (1970). His third Oscar was for "Hello, Dolly!" in 1969.Television
Smith also worked frequently in television on such series as "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", "
Lost in Space " and "Batman".Disney
His last film before retirement was the Disney part-animated film "
Pete's Dragon " in 1977.External links
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