Alex Vetchinsky

{{Short description|British film designer (1904–1980)}}

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| name = Alex Vetchinsky

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1904|11|09}}

| birth_place = London, England
United Kingdom

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1980|03|04|1904|11|09}}

| death_place = Hove, East Sussex
United Kingdom

| birth_name = Alec Hyman Vetchinsky

| occupation = Art director

| yearsactive = 1928–1974

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Alex Vetchinsky ({{ne}} Alec Hyman Vetchinsky; 9 November 1904 – 4 March 1980) was a BAFTA nominated British film art director and production designer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fd54faa|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160724103621/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fd54faa|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 24, 2016|title=Alex Vetchinsky|website=BFI}}{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1966/film/british-art-direction-black-and-white|title=BAFTA Awards|website=awards.bafta.org}} He worked on more than a hundred productions during a career that lasted between 1928 and 1974. Vetchinsky was employed for many years at Gainsborough Pictures.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C-eKDwAAQBAJ&dq=alex+vetchinsky&pg=PA76|title=British Film Design: A History|first=Laurie N.|last=Ede|date=March 30, 2010|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=9780857711090|via=Google Books}} He later worked frequently for Rank, including on several Carry On films.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U3C5DwAAQBAJ&dq=alex+vetchinsky+%22The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=PA2124|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first1=Brian|last1=McFarlane|first2=Anthony|last2=Slide|date=May 16, 2016|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=9781526111968|via=Google Books}}