Ray Simm
{{Short description|British art director}}
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Ray Simm was a British art director.Gallagher p.537{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fd4ea2b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518202844/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fd4ea2b|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 May 2017|title=Ray Simm|website=BFI}} He was nominated three times for the BAFTA Award for Best Production Design for The Slipper and the Rose, The Wrong Box and Darling, for which he won.{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1977/film/production-design|title=1977 Film Production Design | BAFTA Awards|website=awards.bafta.org}}{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1967/film/british-art-direction-colour|title=BAFTA Awards|website=awards.bafta.org}}{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1966/film/british-art-direction-black-and-white|title=BAFTA Awards|website=awards.bafta.org}}
Selected filmography
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- The Faithful City (1952)
- Brandy for the Parson (1952)
- You're Only Young Twice (1952)
- The Wedding of Lilli Marlene (1953)
- Laxdale Hall (1953)
- Conflict of Wings (1954)
- A Yank in Ermine (1955)
- The Extra Day (1956)
- The Rising of the Moon (1957)
- Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
- Idol on Parade (1959)
- Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959)
- Jazz Boat (1960)
- The Angry Silence (1960)
- Tarzan the Magnificent (1960)
- The Hellfire Club (1961)
- Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
- The Mark (1961)
- All Night Long (1962)
- The Dock Brief (1962)
- The L-Shaped Room (1962)
- A Kind of Loving (1962)
- Billy Liar (1963)
- Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
- A Hard Day's Night (1964)
- Help! (1965)
- Darling (1965)
- The Wrong Box (1966)
- Deadfall (1968)
- The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969))
- The Breaking of Bumbo (1970)
- The Reckoning (1970)
- Fragment of Fear (1970)
- Dulcima (1971)
- Straw Dogs (1971)
- No Sex Please, We're British (1973)
- Hennessy (1975)
- The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
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References
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Bibliography
- Tag Gallagher. John Ford: The Man and His Films. University of California Press, 1988.
External links
- {{IMDb name|0799596}}
{{BAFTA Award for Best Production Design}}
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Category:British art directors
Category:Best Production Design BAFTA Award winners
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