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Stephen Grimes Biography (1927-1988)

Born April 18, 1927, in Weybridge, England; died of a heart attack, September12, 1988, in Positano, Italy; children: two sons, three daughters.

Nationality

English

Gender

Male

Birth Details

April 18, 1927

Weybridge, England

Death Details

September 12, 1988

Positano, Italy

Famous Works

• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• Second Commissioner, Out of Africa, Universal, 1985.
• FIRST FILM WORK--Assistant art director, Moby Dick, Warner Brothers, 1956.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK
• Art director, Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957.
• special effects (with Ivor Beddoes), Attila, Lux, 1958.
• art director (with Raymond Gabutti), The Roots of Heaven, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958.
• art director, The Unforgiven, United Artists, 1960.
• art director (with William Newberry), The Misfits, United Artists, 1961.
• art director, Freud (also known as The Secret Passion), United Artists, 1962.
• associate art director, Lawrence of Arabia, Columbia, 1962.
• art director (with Alexander Golitzen and George Webb), The List of Adrian Messenger, Universal, 1963.
• art director, The Night of the Iguana, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1964.
• production designer, The Chalk Garden, Universal, 1964.
• art director (with Hal Pereira), This Property Is Condemned, Paramount, 1966.
• produciton designer, The Bible ... In the Beginning, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1966.
• production designer, Reflections in a Golden Eye, Warner Brothers, 1967.
• production designer, Sinful Davey, United Artists, 1969.
• production designer, A Walk with Love and Death, Twentieth Century- Fox,1969.
• Production designer, Ryan's Daughter, MGM, 1970.
• production designer, The Way We Were, Columbia, 1973.
• production designer, Three Days of the Condor, Paramount, 1975.
• production designer and second unit director, The Yakuza (also known as Brotherhood of the Yakuza), Warner Brothers/Toei, 1975.
• art director, Independence, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975.
• production designer, Murder by Death, Columbia, 1976.
• production designer and second unit director, Bobby Dearfield, Columbia,1977.
• production designer, Straight Time, Warner Brothers, 1978.
• production designer, The Electric Horseman, Universal, 1979.
• production designer, Urban Cowboy, Paramount, 1980.
• production designer and second unit director, On Golden Pond, Universal,1981.
• production designer, True Confessions, United Artists, 1981.
• production designer, The Dresser, Columbia, 1983.
• production designer, Krull, Columbia, 1983.
• production designer (with Philip Harrison), Never Say Never Again, WarnerBrothers, 1983.
• production designer, Out of Africa, Universal, 1985.
• production designer (with Dennis Washington), The Dead, Vestron/Zenith, 1988.
• production designer, Haunted Summer, Cannon Releasing, 1988.

Further Reference

OBITUARIES AND OTHER SOURCES:

• Variety, September 21, 1988.