William Cameron Menzies (1896 – 1957) è stato un pioniere nella scenografia – tanto da inventare il titolo di “production designer” – e un regista americano. Come scenografo è stato determinante nella progettazione e allestimento di set e sequenze leggendari in film come Il ladro di Baghdad (1924), Via col vento (1939) e Io ti salverò di Alfred Hitchcock (1945). Come regista si è specializzato nel cinema drammatico, con film quali Minaccia (1934) e Address Unknown (1944), e in quello di genere (La vita futura, 1936, e Gli invasori spaziali, 1953).
William Cameron Menzies (1896 – 1957) was a pioneering American production designer – a job title he invented himself – and film director. In the former role, he was instrumental in designing and staging seminal sets and sequences in films like The Thief of Baghdad (1924), Gone with the Wind (1939), and Alfred Hitchcock’s Spellbound (1945). As a director, he specialized in dramas like The Notorious Sophie Lang (1934) and Address Unknown (1944) as well as genre films such as Things to Come (1936) and Invaders from Mars (1953).
Filmografia
1953 The Maze
1953 Invaders from Mars
1952 The Narrow Margin (uncredited)
1951 Drums in the Deep South
1951 The Whip Hand
1946 Duel in the Sun (uncredited)
1946 Deadline at Dawn (uncredited)
1944 Address Unknown
1940 The Thief of Baghdad (uncredited)
1937 The Green Cockatoo
1936 Things to Come
1934 The Notorious Sophie Lang (uncredited)
1934 Wharf Angel
1933 I Loved You Wednesday
1932 Chandu the Magician
1932 Almost Married
1931 The Conquest of the Air (uncredited)
1931 The Spider
1931 Always Goodbye
