Arthur Lawson (designer)

Arthur Lawson
Born	1908 Sunderland, County Durham, England
Died	1970 (aged 61–62)
Occupation	Art director
Years active	1942–1969

Arthur Lawson (1908–1970) was a British art director. He had a long association with film directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, beginning in 1943 when he was floor manager on The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. Three years later, when Powell and Pressburger, also known as The Archers, made A Matter of Life and Death (1946), Lawson had graduated to assistant art director.

He worked with Alfred Junge on the set decoration for Black Narcissus (1947), and won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration for The Red Shoes (1948). Lawson's association with Powell continued until Peeping Tom (1960). He received a BAFTA nomination for The Bedford Incident (1965).

Filmography

Year	Film	Director	Notes
1942	The Foreman Went to France	Charles Frend
1943	The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp	Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
1944	This Happy Breed	David Lean
The Way Ahead	Carol Reed
1946	They Knew Mr. Knight	Norman Walker
	A Matter of Life and Death	Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
1947	Black Narcissus
1948	The Red Shoes		Won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration – Color Shared with Hein Heckroth
1950	Gone to Earth
	The Elusive Pimpernel
1951	The Tales of Hoffmann
1952	Folly to Be Wise	Frank Launder
	The Story of Robin Hood and His Merry Men	Ken Annakin
1953	Twice Upon a Time	Emeric Pressburger
	Front Page Story	Gordon Parry
1954	The Constant Husband	Sidney Gilliat
1955	Oh... Rosalinda!!	Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
	Richard III	Laurence Olivier
1956	The Battle of the River Plate	Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
	Sea Wife	Bob McNaught
	High Terrace	Henry Cass
1957	Hour of Decision	C. M. Pennington-Richards
	Seven Thunders	Hugo Fregonese
1958	Harry Black
1959	The Devils Disciple	Guy Hamilton
1960	Sink the Bismarck	Lewis Gilbert
	Peeping Tom	Michael Powell
1961	The Valiant	Roy Ward Baker
1962	The Very Edge	Cyril Frankel
	The Brian	Freddie Francis
	H.M.S. Defiant	Lewis Gilbert
1963	The Leather Boys	Sidney J. Furie
1965	The Bedford Incident	James B. Harris	Nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Art Direction – Black and White
1966	The Blue Max	John Guillermin
	Bindle (One of Them Days)	Peter Saunders
1967	The Double Man	Frank Schaeffer
1968	The Lost Continent	Michael Carreras
1969	Midas Run	Alf Kjellin

External links

• Arthur Lawson at IMDb