Preston Ames Biography (1905-1983)

Born in 1934 in Dallas, TX; married Jan Murray.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: director, designer

Famous Works

Credits; Film Work; Art Director, Except As Indicated
(With Cedric Gibbons) She Went to the Races, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1945.
(With Gibbons) The Hidden Eye, MGM, 1945.
(With Gibbons) The Show-Off, MGM, 1946.
(With Gibbons) Lady in the Lake, MGM, 1947.
(With Gibbons) Three Daring Daughters (also known as The Birdsand the Bees), MGM, 1948.
(With Gibbons) That Midnight Kiss, MGM, 1949.
(With Gibbons) The Doctor and the Girl, MGM, 1949.
(With Gibbons) Crisis, MGM, 1950.
(With Gibbons) Two Weeks--With Love, Metro, 1950.
(With Gibbons) An American in Paris, MGM, 1951.
(With Gibbons) The Wild North (also known as The Big North), MGM, 1952.
(With Gibbons) Torch Song, MGM, 1953.
(With Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, and Gabriel Scognamillo) The Story ofThree Loves, MGM, 1953.
(With Gibbons) Brigadoon, MGM, 1954.
(With Gibbons) Kismet, MGM, 1955.
(With Gibbons and Hans Peters) Lust for Life, MGM, 1956.
(With Gibbons) These Wilder Years, MGM, 1956.
(With William A. Horning) Gigi, MGM, 1958.
(With Horning) Green Mansions, MGM, 1959.
(With George W. Davis) Bells Are Ringing, MGM, 1960.
(With Davis) Home From the Hill, MGM, 1960.
(With Davis) Where the Boys Are, MGM, 1960.
(With Davis) The Honeymoon Machine, MGM, 1961.
(With Jack Martin Smith) Wild in the Country, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1961.
(With Davis) All Fall Down, MGM, 1962.

(With Davis) Jumbo, MGM, 1962.
(With Davis) It Happened at the World's Fair, MGM, 1963.
(With Davis) A Global Affair, MGM, 1964.
(With Davis) The Unsinkable Molly Brown, MGM, 1964.
(With Davis) Quick, Before It Melts, MGM, 1964.
(With Davis) Made in Paris, MGM, 1966.
(With Davis) Penelope, MGM, 1966.
(With Davis) The Impossible Years, MGM, 1968.
(With Davis) Live a Little, Love a Little, MGM, 1968.
(With Alexander Golitzen) Airport, Universal, 1970.
(With Davis) Brewster McCloud, MGM, 1970.
(With Davis) The Strawberry Statement, MGM, 1970.
(With Davis) Pretty Maids All in a Row, MGM, 1971.
Lost Horizon, Columbia, 1973.
The Don Is Dead (also known as Beautiful But Deadly), Universal, 1973.
(As E. Preston Ames; with Golitzen) Earthquake, Universal, 1974.
Rooster Cogburn, Universal, 1975.
The Prisoner of Second Avenue, Warner Brothers, 1975.
Production designer, Damnation Alley, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977.
(With John B. Mansbridge) The Cat From Outer Space, Disney, 1978.
Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, Warner Brothers, 1979.
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark, Buena Vista, 1980.
Production designer, Oh, God! Book II, Warner Brothers, 1980.
Production designer, The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper, Universal, 1981.
Also art director for No Leave, No Love, 1946; The Big City, 1948; Outriders, 1949; Dear Brat, Rhubarb, Submarine Command, and Sailor Beware, 1951; The Band Wagon, 1953; Designing Woman, 1957; and The Big Operator, 1959.
Credits; Television Work; Series
Art director, Private Benjamin, CBS, 1981.
Art director, Bare Essence (also see below), NBC, 1982.
Production designer, Casablanca, NBC, 1983.
Art director, The Mississippi, CBS, 1983.
Credits; Television Work; Movies
Art director, Babe, CBS, 1975.
Art director, The Lives of Jenny Dolan, NBC, 1975.
Art director, Woman of the Year, CBS, 1976.
Art director, A Family Upside Down, NBC, 1978.
Art director, Bare Essence, NBC, 1982.
Credits; Writings
Contributor to IATSE Official Bulletin.

Further Reference

Obituaries and Other Sources: Periodicals

Filmmakers Monthly, June, 1979*.

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