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*.