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.