Historical Events
Music History
1996-07-01 Placido Domingo becomes artistic director of Washington Opera
Famous Birthdays
- 1893-03-23 Cedric Gibbons, American art director (d. 1960)
- 1908-02-28 Alexander Golitzen, American art director (d. 2005)
- 1909-10-10 Robert F. Boyle, American production designer and art director, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2010)
- 1914-04-17 George Davis, American art director (20th Century Fox), born in Kokomo, Indiana (d. 1984)
- 1915-03-17 Henry Bumstead, American art director (d. 2006)
- 1920-01-27 John Box, British Academy Award and BAFTA winning film production designer and art director (A Man for all Seasons; Oliver!), born in Highgate, London (d. 2005)
- 1925-04-09 Art Kane [Kanofsky], American art director (Seventeen Magazine), and portrait photographer (A Great Day In Harlem), born in New York City (d. 1995)
- 1932-01-12 John Berg, American art director (Columbia Records, 1961-85), winner of 4 Grammy Awards for album art, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2015)
- 1932-03-07 Ed Thrasher, American Grammy Award-winning art director (Warner Brothers Records, 1964-79), and photographer (album art for Frank Sinatra; Jimi Hendrix, Grateful Dead), born in Glendale, California (d. 2006)
- 1934-10-08 J. Carter Brown, American art director (Washington National Gallery), born in Providence, Rhode Island (d. 2002)
- 1939-07-30 Tom Wilkes, American photographer, Grammy Award-winning art director, poster and album cover designer (George Harrison; Rolling Stones; Carpenters, Sir Doug; Janis Joplin; Sandpipers), born in Long Beach, California (d. 2009)
- 1943-02-26 Dante Ferretti, Italian art director and costume designer, born in Macerata, Italy
- 1962-03-06 Valerie French, American animatronics art director
- 1970-02-27 Matthias Lechner, German art director, born in Mannheim, West Germany
- 1971-01-09 Yusuke Naora, Japanese game art director, born in Shimane Prefecture, Japan
Famous Weddings
- 1940-09-25 American "Sullivan's Travels" actress Veronica Lake (18) weds American motion picture art director and set designer John S. Detlie (31); divorce in 1943
Famous Deaths
- 1960-07-26 Cedric Gibbons, American art director (b. 1893)
- 1994-10-17 Rik van Bentum, painter/art director of Paradiso, dies at 57
- 1995-02-03 Art Kane [Kanofsky], American art director (Seventeen Magazine), and portrait photographer (A Great Day In Harlem), takes his own life at 69
- 2002-06-17 J. Carter Brown, American art director (Washington National Gallery), dies at 67
- 2003-07-21 Walter M. "Matt" Jefferies, American film art director (b. 1921)
- 2005-03-07 John Box, British Academy Award and BAFTA winning film production designer and art director (A Man for all Seasons; Oliver!), dies at 85
- 2005-07-26 Alexander Golitzen, American art director (b. 1908)
- 2006-05-24 Henry Bumstead, American art director (b. 1915)
- 2006-08-05 Ed Thrasher, American Grammy Award-winning art director (Warner Brothers Records, 1964-79), and photographer (album art for Frank Sinatra; Jimi Hendrix, Grateful Dead), dies of cancer at 74
- 2009-06-28 Tom Wilkes, American photographer, art director, poster and album cover designer (George Harrison; Rolling Stones; Carpenters, Sir Doug; Janis Joplin; Sandpipers), dies at 69
- 2010-08-01 Robert F. Boyle, American production designer and art director, dies at 100
- 2015-10-11 John Berg, American art director, 4-time Grammy Award-winner for album art (Columbia Records, 1961-85), dies of pneumonia at 83
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