George Gaines (set decorator)

George Gaines ( born June 6 1933, Illinois; † 13 May 1986) was an American Designer who not only twice the Oscar for Best Production Design received, but also twice the Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in art direction and design scene.

Biography

Gaines began in 1966 as a production designer in the television movie Brigadoon and received the same art director in January 1968 along with Scott produced for the American Broadcasting Company (ABC ) television film Kismet (1967). In 1971 he won along with James Trittipo his second Emmy for the scene in the picture from the Columbia Broadcasting System ( CBS) produced series Special Robert Young and the Family (1971). Then he designed the scene image for TV movies and episodes of television series such as Kojak - Kojak and Columbo.

He received his first Oscar nomination then together with W. Stewart Campbell at the Academy Awards in 1976 for the production design in Shampoo ( 1976). A year later he won that Oscar at the Academy Awards in 1977 with George Jenkins for the production design in The Untouchables (1976). His second Academy Award for Best Production Design, he got in 1979 with Paul Sylbert and Edwin O'Donovan for the Heaven Can Wait (1978).

Together with Richard Sylbert 1983 he was nominated for another Emmy and indeed for the episode " Give Me a Ring Sometime " (1982) from the National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) produced television series Cheers.

Most recently he was with Richard Sylbert 1985 for an Oscar for Best Production Design in the film The Cotton Club (1984).

Other well-known films, sketched the scene image for Gaines, were Marathon Man (1976 ) and The Big Chill (1983).