E. Preston Ames
Production Designer, Award Winner
1906 – 1983
Who was E. Preston Ames?
E. Preston Ames was a famous Hollywood art director.
Ames first made inroads into Hollywood when he was a draftsman working on The Wizard of Oz in 1939. Within five years he had become a fully fledged art director.
In a career spanning nearly 40 years, Ames won 2 Oscars and was nominated an additional six times.
Among the highlights of his career were creating the mystical town of Brigadoon in 1954, recreating the Titanic in The Unsinkable Molly Brown in 1964, mocking up an airport for the film of the same name in 1970 and reducing Los Angeles to rubble in Earthquake in 1974.
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- Born
- Jun 15, 1906
San Mateo - Also known as
- Edgar Preston Ames
- Preston Ames
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Jul 20, 1983
Los Angeles
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on July 23, 2013
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