Maurice Carter (film designer)
Maurice George Carter ( born April 24, 1913 in London, † April 2000 in Hurley, Berkshire ) was a British art director, over four decades, one of the leading chief designer of the English cinema.
Life and work
Carter had studied at the Royal Society of Art Masters and worked as an interior decorator before the age of 21 joined the film. After three years, an assistant professor at the Islington Studios, he was in 1937 as one of several art director assistant to Alfred Hitchcock's spy thriller The Lady Vanishes fetched. By the middle of World War II Carter assisted continue in part not insignificant productions, including Carol Reed's anti-Nazi drama Night Train to Munich and history of substance The Young Mr. Pitt. By war's end Carter takes joint responsibility only for another top production of the English cinema, the costume drama The Man in Grey.
In 1945, he was chief architect sole responsibility. Carter's specialty, so-called ' period' fabrics, films with historical, costume and outfit promising background as Lancelot, the bold knight, Becket, Genghis Khan and Queen for 1000 days.
Maurice Carter, who was a total of three times nominated for an Oscar, was the founder of the British film Architects Association, the Guild of Film Art Directors, and was also involved in the development of the British version of the rear projection. He lived in the county of Buckinghamshire on the Thames, and died in the county of Berkshire.